What is the correct English word to use to describe individual tuition, one-on-one or one-to-one? Let me tell you what the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary say about it:
one-on-one: (1) A US adverb used in sports to mean that each player from one team is matched to a single player from the other team. (2) A US adjective to describe an activity in which one person is teaching or giving information to another person.
one-to-one: An adjective to describe an activity in which one person is teaching or giving information to another person.