Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...at an exam and other standardized tests, but also how to utilize strategies to maximize efficiency and accuracy. In teaching, I enjoy connecting the subject matter to topics that would not necessarily seem relevant to the lesson in order to engage the student on a deeper level. I can tutor many subjects, Algebra, Algebra 2, Algebra 3/4, Arithmetic, College Algebra, Elementary Math, Geometry, Linear Algebra, Middle School Math, Pre-Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Nutrition, Physical Science,...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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Welcome to my tutor page! I am a committed educator with years of experience as both a classroom teacher and private tutor in a wide array of subjects. I am committed to working with students to support them in achieving their full potential. I look forward to hearing from you!... My teaching philosophy is centered on the student. Everyone learns differently, and as a tutor, it's my responsibility to figure out how to connect students to...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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As a graduate of the UC Davis Linguistics department, I can empathize with the harsh demands of academia. For students of any age level, I believe striving for the best is a huge indicator of future success. Having an academic guide can truly be the key to the future, and I would love to help you and your family in the pursuit of the best education!
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...to pursue my love of languages by studying Arabic and Mandarin Chinese in school, as well as picking up German from my Austrian family and French from my travels. I'm currently teaching myself Russian with the online learning software Duolingo. Chemistry has always been my favorite of the three core sciences, as it's more concretely observable than much of modern physics, but more connected to underlying physical principles than biology. My approach to teaching chemistry...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...next generation." Growing up I knew my vision in life was to educate. I loved, from a young age, seeing someone journey through process and being able to coach them along the way from day one. All my strengths lean on my patience. Rushing and skipping cheats one of the journey! I am willing to stay day and night until the objective and visions are made a reality. I was born in Bogota, Colombia where...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...Studies and in Anthropology. I enjoy building a relationship with people I tutor and getting to know their interests and what motivates them. I am friendly and patient and think learning can be fun! This past year I worked served with Americorps where I worked with Reading Partners to support elementary students with literacy skills. I am passionate about languages and most enjoy tutoring Spanish and English as a Second Language (ESL). At Oberlin, I...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...any environment. I realize learning new information takes hard work and is often very challenging, but my experience as a Biomedical Science Masters student at The Commonwealth Medical College and a biology major at Wake Forest University has taught me that the best way to learn is to place yourself in a fun environment. As a tutor, I share this outlook on learning with my students by creating an engaging and gratifying environment conducive to...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...Bachelor of Arts degrees in French and Spanish. I have experience teaching college-level French and grade-school Spanish, and I love teaching both languages. Learning a new language can be a challenging experience, but I believe the key to success is motivation. For this reason, I keep my students interested and focused with fun, exciting lesson plans. I match my teaching methods as closely as possible to my students' preferred learning style. Once we set a...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...and Linguistics. I have a passion for learning languages and increasing cultural competency. I aim to cultivate strong interests in learning the Spanish language because of all the opportunities and life lessons it brings to a student's life. I have been fluent in Spanish since elementary school through my enrollment in a Spanish immersion program, and have never taken a break from learning Spanish! I have experience tutoring college students from beginners just starting out...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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I believe that each student has the potential to succeed. By teaching the fundamentals and constantly encouraging progress and effort, any student can learn any topic.
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...Peer Mentor for the introductory course "The Art of Everyday Life" mostly offered to freshmen students in college for two consecutive years, the position I held guided them to get accustomed to university life, and through it, I understood my love for teaching regardless the subject or the age group I was assigned it to. In my experience, learning is different for each person. I have become familiarized with an ample diversity of teaching tools...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...have a lot of experience. My philosophy is that the best way to help the student learn is to listen carefully to the student's feelings and needs. From there, I do my best to tailor the tutoring experience to the student's needs/feelings with regard to the subject matter. In addition, if the student/parents are interested, I'm very glad to help with study and organization skills. I believe it is essential to assist the student with...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...in December of 2019, and by that time the following year I was already teaching high school English. Even though English is my degree, I also teach and tutor high school math and science, after spending time pursuing a Mechanical Engineering degree. I believe strongly in the relation between the disciplines and something that I like to do is to bring in other subjects besides the primary one I find myself working with students on.
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...believe that education is not simply the memorization of facts and their regurgitation, but the method by which a person learns to pursue their passions. As a tutor, my aim is to do whatever it takes to light that fire and keep it burning. Through scientifically documented means, the student can begin to take control of their education and use it as a means to pursue their goals in school and in life.... I aim to...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...well as a Bachelor's degree in the same field from Cornell University. With over two years of experience teaching at both high school and university levels, including my role at Yale's Young Global Scholars program, I have developed a collaborative, student-centered approach to tutoring. I specialize in Spanish language and social sciences, particularly anthropology, sociology, and politics. My teaching philosophy is grounded in meeting students where they are, tailoring lessons to their unique backgrounds and...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...literally endless!), and I learn something new every day. I believe it's so important to keep an open mind when it comes to learning - learning is not always difficult, but it's most definitely not always easy. I try to remind students to keep an open mind because it can hinder progress; you can do and learn anything if you open/put your mind to it. Another very important concept of my teaching philosophy is that...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...Additionally, I'm a former high school English teacher and have an MFA in creative writing. I've had both poetry and short stories published, and I'm currently going through the publication process of my first novel. Although I specialize in creative writing and higher-level English courses, I have vast experience tutoring mid-level math and everything writing related. As father of a 7 year-old daughter and a 4 year-old son, I'm also passionate about working with younger...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...is through verbal and non verbal communication. Humans are understood by gestures or tone of voice and that is how we interpret our state of mind. By this, I will add that we all are receptors of languages constantly and we do get to understand the basics of language in different ways. I personally learned English listening to music and watching TV programs. Language intrigued me so much that I ended up majoring in linguistics...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...tutoring my classmates in Math. In college, I tutored freshman and sophomores in Biology, Calculus and General Chemistry. I have tutored many different subjects from early as middle school to post-college. I am from Puerto Rico currently living in NY. I was also a teaching assistant for introductory biology classes and Resident Advisor in the dorms which helped me appreciate different learning styles, identities and backgrounds. I am always open to learning new things. I...
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Certified AP Spanish Literature and Culture Tutor in Lockport, IL
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...tutoring. I believe that we can all be successful with the right tools. I have been working with students for as long as I can remember, I started as a teacher's assistant. I then became a volunteer, as a volunteer I would tutor students and conduct small group instructions for different classrooms. I have also been a substitute teacher (pre-K through 12th), a youth leader and coach, a private tutor (K-12th), and a public school...
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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.
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Recent Lockport 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.
