Award-Winning ESL/ELL Tutors serving Glendora, CA

...home. I have helped students with critical thinking, writing papers, and improving test scores. I received my training at Mills College in 2014 where I received a M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing, Poetry. As an expert in my field, I look forward to helping new students achieve their goals. My teaching style is patient, engaging,...

...St John's Collegea unique school that has retained the traditions of classical educationprovided fertile ground for my work as a tutor. By engaging deeply with a range of texts, from Euclid's Elements to Pascal's Penses, I developed close reading skills and a love for all things literary. I then passed on those skills and that...

...move and my BA in Linguistics from Georgetown University, I have a wonderful understanding of how languages are learned and how to teach them. I have tutored French and ESL to students of all ages. I thoroughly enjoy sitting down with a student of mine, pinpointing their problems, and then addressing them in an efficient...

...I try to incorporate some of these topics into our sessions to make the experience more fun and interesting for them. My objective is to leave my students with a desire to expand their horizons long after our program has been completed. I have a wide variety of hobbies and interests including astronomy, current events,...

...liberal arts with English and history concentrations. In college, I worked in our Academic Resource Center editing essays and leading study groups for struggling students. After college, I began tutoring language arts for elementary and middle school students. I help students improve their reading comprehension, phonetics, and grammar. My favorite subjects to tutor are language...

...minor. I studied abroad in Chile from 2009 to 2010, where I first started giving private instructions in English. After graduating from the university, I worked as an English instructor at the University's Center for English as a Second Language (CESL), where for three years I taught academic reading and writing, communication skills, and standardized...

...songs, learn phonics, or practice new scripts and role-plays. It was also a joy to see how excited and competitive my elementary and middle school students were on Special Activity days or when it was time to take Speaking & Listening tests, or even to practice building sentences. Over the past year, I have had...

...Continuing my education through professional development, especially in technology, has aided me in honing these skills to better reach my students. I have worked with students with diverse learning styles and have managed to successfully meet the needs of all of my students, whether they are on an IEP or are above grade level and...

...most beneficial. The more a language is used and practiced the faster we learn. I will also supplement traditional teaching methods with a constantly changing array of context based interactive activities that will help children learn and retain Chinese language, culture, history, and other things (activities such as puppet shows, singing, celebrating traditional holidays &...

...these two things, you're not living the full, rich life you deserve. I got my undergraduate degree from U.C. Santa Cruz. A few years later I was in Rome, Italy with a Cambridge RSA certificate, teaching English as a Foreign language. I've had a lot of other odd jobs that involved writing and teaching. Eventually...

...the best learning path for each of my students, and I find joy in collaborating with learners on how they best learn. My connection to math is anchored in this creative spirit--helping students see these patterns is the first step to feeling empowered as budding mathematicians. I am committed to personalizing learning for each of...

...sector as a teacher for children and adults for the last three years. While I tutor a variety of subjects, I particularly enjoy teaching History, Writing, and Literature. History is especially fun to teach as there is often a perception that it's a boring or tedious subject. I really try to break out of that...

...Outside of teaching and tutoring, I am very involved with music, hiking, and swimming. I love being outdoors and swam competitively growing up. All through my life, I have also played instruments and sung in choirs. I love learning through and listening to music. While my favorite tutoring subjects are Spanish and ESL/ELL, I also...

...with a focus on Philology and Literature. Since before graduation, I have been tutoring students in Italian, English and Mathematics. In 2009, I attended a T.E.F.L. course and since then I have been tutoring and teaching English in Los Angeles. In my experience, helping students to learn a new language is a way to share...

...my time with math did not end there. I took Differential Equations and various statistics courses as electives (for fun)! My tutoring experience includes informal tutoring of peers throughout my lifetime, private tutoring of high school students during college, teaching at a private high school during college, and mentoring peers and new hires during my...

...as a bioinformatics researcher, and I am starting graduate school this fall. My experiences as a student and scientist help me explain concepts and work through problems in a clear and engaging manner. I love teaching, and strive to make each personalized lesson enjoyable and productive. In addition to math and science, I can teach...

...most selective teaching programs in the country accepting just 11% of applicants as of 2011. I finished my first year in the classroom by being chosen to be the youngest AP Language teachers in the state and spearhead the program at my school. I built a curriculum tailored to the students needs and interests and...

...tutoring because tutoring had been a positive experience in my life. In college I majored in Biology and minored in creative writing. During my four years at Scripps I had the opportunity to gain great conceptual understanding in both the sciences and humanities. I have always had a passion for learning. My curiosity for knowledge...

...backgrounds and ages. I love connecting with my students and making the courses and materials they are studying come alive to them! My favorite subjects to teach are writing courses, literature courses, and ESL courses. I'm looking forward to being a part of your learning journey, and helping in any way I can!... Understand what you're learning, and why it matters for your life. Be passionate and pursue excellence in all your work. Have fun in...

...high school in Pomona, CA where I integrate art and music into the variety of courses I teach. I have extensive experience in History, Math, English, English Language Development, and SAT prep among other subjects, but my specialty is in motivating students. I believe it is essential for a student to enjoy our tutoring sessions....