I began taking English lessons with my tutor Tara Niemes, in an effort to improve my English grades, which are at a significant deficit to my other subjects, and as a result my motivation for this subject needed the assistance from a tutor outside of my school.
Private '1 on 1' lessons are more specific to your needs as you, or your tutor can plan and lead the lesson accordingly, whereas in my experience with group sessions the learning material is often broader, or not really helpful to you, perhaps you already understand what is being covered.
The best aspect of my lessons is having a very knowledgable, easy going and passionate tutor who is of a similar age to me. They have given me valuable insights to my texts, allowing a different perspective to the novels I am analysing. Furthermore, my tutor's feedback on practise essays always entail praise for well written paragraphs, and constructive feedback/suggestions in managable increments that motivate me to apply these in the next practise essay.
Overall my experience with Tara as my tutor has been extremely positive, most importantly changing my mindset on a struggling subject which is my opinion to high achievement in any subject.