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A CENTRE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

WHERE LITERATURE COMES ALIVE

The Pear Tree Centre for Education

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Trial Lesson Available At A Nominal Fee

English & Literature Tuition

The Pear Tree Philosophy
`O' Levels (GCE & GCSE)

Lower Secondary

Upper Secondary

General Paper (GP)

H1, H2 Literature

Integrated Programme (IP)
International Baccalaureate (IB)
`A' Levels

About the Teacher

An Educator with a Passion for the English Language & Literature

  • Over 20 years of experience as an educator, teacher-educator and researcher in education in Singapore as

    • Assistant Professor (NIE)

    • Associate Lecturer & Thesis Supervisor in various tertiary institutions

    • English & Literature teacher (Raffles Institution)

  • Taught overseas as

    • Language Arts Teacher (USA)

    • Lecturer in Academic Writing (Australia)

Testimonials

"The Lit lessons were very helpful. Through your lessons, I was able to attain a good understanding of Julius Caesar, and I saw improvements in my grade. I scored 24/30 for my EOY lit analysis paper."

Klaus

(Secondary 2 Literature, IP, 2023)

"Hi Dr Pereira thanks for your tutelage of Chloe so far - she shared with me that she is enjoying your classes and is learning well with you"

Chloe's mother

(Secondary 2 Literature, Express, 2023)

"Thank you for being an amazing teacher. You have helped me through many years of studies and exams. Thank you for being able to point out so many key ideas I have never seen before."

Jin

(Secondary 1 - 3 English, Secondary 1 & 2 Literature, IP, 2021 - 2023)

"The lessons were quite engaging, and were definitely useful for my learning since I could see an improvement in my lit and essay writing. The lessons also sparked an interest in me for Julius Caesar."

Jeremy

(Secondary 2 Literature, IP, 2023)

"(Would like) Yi Kai to continue with his weekly lesson with u. Again focusing on grammar and comprehension. He did well in his exam. Thank you for your help."

Yi Kai's father

(Secondary 1 English, Express, 2023)

"What really helped me was... (the) really indepth reading of the text which led me to have a better understanding and exposure (to) the questions tested :) I was scoring borderline C6 and for the Os I got b3 so honestly I think it was useful."

Elicia

(Secondary 4 Literature, `O' levels, 2024, tutored for 3 months)

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