Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...past, I have tutored students from ages 5 to 20, and I am generally very comfortable teaching within that age range. I tutor all levels of English and most levels of Spanish, and I have an extensive understanding of the English portion of the SAT as well as the Subject Test. I have also taken multiple AP tests, and I am familiar with the format. I am a very strong writer, especially academically, and I...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...written expression, math, and getting my students to develop a similar appreciation for these subjects. Together we can strengthen your rapport with these disciplines and attain the mastery you need to succeed in them. I am a thorough tutor and aim to have students understand the deeper principles at play rather than simply relying on memorization (though on occasion some simple memorization will be necessary!). I connect my subjects to the real world at every...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...Arts in English and a minor in Spanish. I am hoping to complete a PhD and teach in a university setting in the future, and I enjoy the creative challenge of developing new ways for students to relate to academic material, especially that which aligns with my own intellectual interests. Outside of literature and language learning, both of which I have continued to pursue since my graduation, I love working with animals. As an Animal...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...the land of coffee, salsa, love, and laughter. I hold a BA in Bilingual Education and a Masters Degree in using technology in the K-12 classroom. I have 12+ years of experience teaching English and Spanish as a second language. Here at Varsity, I teach all levels of my beautiful native language, Espaol (Spanish). I believe anyone can become fluent in Spanish when they find the right fit for them, whether it is full immersion...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...practicing their conversational skills. I especially enjoy helping students with the early stages of non-L1 language acquisition (in either English, Spanish, or German). Something about this stage in the process of learning a language is especially stimulating and fun. The learning curve is steep, and I get to find out a students' particular ways of acquiring a language. Outside of class, I like hiking around the Tucson area, hanging out with my friends (and my...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...history of working in higher education. I hold a PhD in Spanish from Florida State University, an MA in Liberal Arts from the University of South Florida, and a BA in International Relations from Agnes Scott College. My expertise is in Spanish language instruction at all levels, including conversational Spanish, literature and culture. I enjoy studying and teaching language through the various arts, such as music, visual art, film, and poetry. I have traveled extensively...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...with an M.A. in Specialized Translation with a degree to translate any combination of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and English. In addition to my master's, I hold a B.A. in Spanish and Portuguese with a minor in Italian from the University of Colorado at Boulder. I primarily work in the field of linguistics (more specifically in translation and interpretation). I know the ins-and-outs of learning and teaching languages, so I'm excited to share my knowledge and...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...be willing to be a great learner. All the great teachers that I have met were flexible, kind, and learners themselves. I try to bring these qualities to every class I teach. As a teacher for almost 13 years, I also believe it is important to adapt and change what you teach based off of your student's strengths and learning styles. Making each teaching experience unique to the person you are teaching will help to...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...degree in bilingual speech pathology at the university of Delaware. I also have two bachelors degrees, in Spanish and in cognitive science from the same university. I recently returned to Delaware after living in San Juan, Puerto Rico for 1.5 years and absolutely love the Latin culture & spanish language which is why spanish is my favorite subject to teach! I have experience as a substitute teacher as well as a Spanish tutor & sincerely...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...of the most powerful things, and this propels my passion for education. I believe students should drive and construct their own learning, classes should be fun, active, collaborative, and interactive, and connect to the interests and motivations of the student's real world situation. I have experience teaching with a diverse range of levels, subjects, ages, and cultures. Specifically, I have the most experience as an English, ESL, Spanish, and ACT prep. teacher. I'm excited to...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...New England to attend Bowdoin College and majored in Sociology and Latin American Studies. I teach at a bilingual school where I get to work with students from ages 4 to 14. I support students in the lower-grades with math and science, and the older students with writing in English and Spanish. Additionally, I teach Spanish to adults at a language academy. I feel passionate about learning and teaching. My favorite part of it is...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...us the stories of other people and allow us to share ours with them. I love helping my students find new ways to tell their stories, be it through languages, writing, or theatre. I have lived and worked all over the world, and have enjoyed learning about new cultures and languages each time. I have taught at international schools (IB) in many countries as well as private high schools (AP and IB) in the US,...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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I am a Dramatic Arts, acting emphasis major at the University of Southern California. I tutor in English, Spanish, Literature, Writing, Playwriting, and Acting (any age or grade level to college, AP and IB as well). A.A. in Drama from The Honors College at Miami Dade College/ International Baccalaureate high school graduate, summa cum laude.
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...language. I earned a BA (2012) and an MA (2016) in Spanish and have taught at Baylor University for 3 years. Parents, I worked as a children's minister for 2 years and enjoy working with students of all ages. Spanish has led me to me to a life of diverse experiences, opportunities, and fulfillment. I have used the language to interpret in medical clinics at home and abroad and to befriend those I otherwise could...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...I moved to the US when I was four years old, but never lost sight of my Spanish. Fortunately, I spoke Spanish every day of my life at home and that continued throughout college when I studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain for a semester. Today, I work as a bilingual writer for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. I enjoy my sharing my native language with others and encouraging a deeper understanding of Latin American culture....
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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Id like to help you speak Spanish faster than ever. I have several years of experience teaching Spanish in Ecuador and the US. Currently, I help to learn Spanish for the most prominent US diplomats in Washington, DC, who will go to Latin America for their next assignment. Cheer up! And contact me.
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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Hi! I am a Psychology graduate and currently pursuing my teaching license in Elementary Education and Special Education. I have 5+ years of tutoring experience. My passion is teaching and my goal is to make my classes fun and a positive learning experience!
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...I received my Bachelor of Arts in Education and minor in Spanish. Since graduation, I have tutored many children after and before school since I am a certified secondary Spanish teacher. I have eight years experience working in the public school system. My goal is to help students become more confident in the subject and learning material. I want my students to feel that they are in a safe environment where they will not feel...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...to reach my academic goals. By becoming a tutor, I have the opportunity to give back and impact student's lives every day. It is a rewarding feeling when a student is able to understand a concept that he/she has been struggling with. I have a bachelors degree in Physical Therapy with Universidad del Valle de Mexico and I am currently working on my master's degree in Psychopedagogy. By helping students with their academic struggles, I...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Winnetka, IL
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...I am available for tutoring online or anywhere in the Houston area. I graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics and a minor in Spanish. In my undergraduate degree, I took extensive nutrition and science courses (biology, biochemistry, chemistry, organic chemistry). I also have strong writing skills and am beneficial with proofreading and editing. I am a registered dietitian and have been working in a hospital setting for 8...
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Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Literature and Culture demands excellence from students on multiple fronts, challenging them to read classic works of Spanish and Latin American prose and poetry, think critically about the meaning readers can take from each work, compare and contrast their various features, and convey their analyses in cogent, elegant Spanish prose. Sound overwhelming? It can be, but AP Spanish Literature tutoring can help you approach your AP Spanish Literature and Culture studies in an organized manner that minimizes your stress and maximizes your understanding of the material. Rather than tackling the admittedly difficult course on your own, it may improve your chances to employ the guidance of a knowledgeable instructor who can help you in each concept in a way that you are receptive to.
As AP Spanish Literature is situated at the intersection between traditional language-learning classes and the literary analysis students in the United States typically study in English courses, it's no surprise that each student taking the course experiences unique problems with the material. How could they not? Your studies bear a unique mixture of strengths and weaknesses, assumptions, experiences, preferences, and learning styles. Along with all this, AP Spanish Literature presents a wide variety of potential stumbling blocks over the course of each assignment. For instance, if you're trying to write an essay on the role of literature in the opening chapters of Cervantes' Don Quixote, you first need to understand complex syntactic and grammatical features of the Spanish language in order to read the work accurately. You then have to apply your critical thinking skills while explaining the meaning of the text. And if this weren't enough, you need to explain yourself in a language in which you may still have unsure footing, especially in a subject like literary analysis, which requires such specialized vocabulary. Varsity Tutors understands that the difficulties you encounter in your AP Spanish Literature courses are unique, so they aim to help you connect with tutoring that is similarly custom tailored.
Varsity Tutors has educational directors who begin by helping you hand select the tutor who can best address your specific needs. Your tutor can then design a curriculum just for your AP Spanish Literature tutoring sessions, based on your particular needs and concerns. They will factor in your personal strengths and weaknesses, the course's syllabus, your schedule, and your upcoming testing dates. These allow you to have a timetable in which to focus your studies on the areas that matter, rather than those that you already thoroughly understand.
If you struggle more with poetry than prose, your tutor can focus sessions on the former and spend less time on the latter. If formulating the subjunctive is difficult for you, your tutor can provide resources, exercises, and techniques for mastering the more challenging grammatical features of Spanish. If you struggle to achieve sophistication in your written work, your tutor can provide feedback during your sessions as to what aspects of your work detract from it in his or her eyes. And when it comes time to start gearing up for the AP Spanish Literature exam, your tutor can review each text on the reading list with you, provide resources modeled after the questions you will be asked on the exam, and teach you test-taking strategies particular to the final exam.
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Recent Winnetka AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutoring Session Notes
Today's session was spent working on the student's homework. His listening skill is improving, as well as his speaking. However, he does need to practice a little bit more. On the other hand, it's an improvement from when school started again. We also went over his stroke order and character writing.
We began by going over some homework the student did from his workbook. I then gave him a quiz on the vocabulary from lesson 4, dialogue 1. He did very well. We then practiced some grammatical constructions and conversed in Mandarin.
Today, the student practiced writing sentences using prepositional phrases and adjunct phrases in Chinese with emphasis on placing modifiers in the correct position in the sentence. We briefly discussed relative clauses, since they follow the same grammar rules as the phrase types she was studying, but did not go in depth, since her class has not yet covered them. We spent most of the session practicing asking and answering questions in conversation. Her use of tones has improved, and she was able to express a wide variety of ideas in Chinese. She understood most of the questions I asked her.
In today's class, I talked about the Chinese New Year to my students, using a presentation and cartoons. They enjoyed the Chinese story and Spring Festival very much. I also taught them the basic greeting words in China. They matched the flashcards I gave them for the basic communication. Their homework was to remember all the conversation.
Student 1 and I went through his action routine and reviewed the characters for 1-10. I also taught him the pattern for writing numbers in Chinese, using 10 as a base and adding numbers on to 10 (for example, 21 in Chinese characters is 2 10 1). he and I quickly reviewed his action words, including up/down and left/right with the help of a yoga ball.
Student and I reviewed the old and new characters she had learned. I had her say the words in addition to recognizing the characters.
We talked about the Chinese new year and started a new lesson today about online chatting in China. The student read both texts and translated them into Chinese. She also wrote a 15-line dialogue in Chinese incorporating all the key words.
