Award-Winning ESL/ELL Tutors serving Park Forest, IL

...day I have always gone back to working with students. I did several mentorship/tutoring programs in high school and helped teach an ESL class for adults. In college I served as a Resident Assistant for the university dorms, educating students on the transition into the college life and the new study skills that that requires....

...in English and Hebrew, working with individuals, small groups, and after school classes. I love getting to work with individual students or small groups because that individual time and attention is so important for students to feel heard and understood! My job is to make learning fun and engaging, while helping to boost your student's...

I am a Senior at Illinois Institute of Technology. I major in physics and astronomy and minor in political science. I'm curious, creative, and passionate about learning and mentorship; helping every star shine bright! I adored the 3 years I have spent tutoring students ages 5-50 in subjects ranging from computer science to swimming!

...acting for over 15 years now and teaching for 8 years. I've taught in an ESL/FSL summer camp setting as well as for undergraduate students at The University of Iowa. My main focus as a teacher is to be fully present with my students to meet them where they are at and to push them...

...Spanish courses. I tutor a broad set of subjects yet I am the most passionate about Spanish, Social Studies, and English. My specialization is in teaching English as a second language (ESL). I have over 120 hours of training and I am going to become officially TEFL certified at the end of December 2020. I...

...1980s to the present, and traces the contemporary slacker's origins to 19th century literature and literary figures (such as Herman Melville's "Bartleby" and Oscar Wilde). While I was at USC I taught "Writing and Critical Reasoning," an introductory college composition course, for their Writing Program for seven and a half years. The course's themes ranged...

...to develop instructional units with colleagues from diverse backgrounds has informed my own understanding and guided my growth as an educator. By remaining open to new ideas, I've been able to introduce meaningful coding and technology initiatives into the classroom, and to successfully implement a behavior management strategy that emphasizes empathy and compassion. Building strong...

...academic work. Math can be a tough subject to master, I like helping students see that arithmetic is not so scary. In fact, they can love it like Cady from Mean Girls, because it's the same in every language. When it comes to language arts, I know how hard it can be to understand that...

...with confidence and with a good skill set. I love communication and language which is why I also have a desire to teach American Sign Language and Arabic. I believe learning is a never ending process and that each person learns a different way; that is why I am here to show you my strategies...

...and writing. I have especially enjoy sharing and learning cultural experiences from students who come from immigrant and refugee families. I believe that providing widespread educational opportunities for every child is crucial. One of my professors at Wheaton College once said, "Teaching is the profession that makes all things possible." This strongly shows that teaching...

I love to share my knowledge of the political process and my love for history and philosophy with others. Language is very important to me and I hate it when words are mispronounced and misspelled. My interests are singing, movies, history and television, as well as politics and current events.... Always make the lesson light, and inject humor when possible.

...taught Japanese classes at a high school. I enjoy teaching both English and Japanese. I like to teach the basics; reading, writing and speaking. In the Japanese class, we learned how to sing Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Japanese. I like to teach things that are fun and useful. I will work with you to...

...nonnative speakers, with various goals for improving their English language abilities, foreign language, math skills and other challenges. I hope students find me approachable and that I will work hard to help them get through any obstacles in the topic they choose to have me teach or tutor them. I certainly can put myself in...

...to our lives is nonetheless connected to us in our relation to how we approach the work. This is a process of active collaboration and mutual respect for both the skills both the learner and tutor bring to the table. I earned my MA in Women's and Gender Studies, my thesis entitled "Building Community with...

...Professor Instructor at University of Havana, Lecturer at National University of Cuyo, or Spanish Teacher at University of New Orleans. During my professional career, I have dedicated considerable time to tutoring a wide range of students from different cultures, educational levels and social strata. Also, I am a General Educator, and I have consolidated my...

...long journey and every person learns in a slightly different way than the next. Every brain is wired a little differently and that is the exciting part for me to discover together with my students because learning and how your brain absorbs knowledge is just as important like two sides of the sane coin.

...the most improvement in their English learning experience! I also believe in the teaching idea that a student's or class's success is my success. I love seeing students succeed and doing my best to facilitate their progress so we can both celebrate their achievements. I get most excited when I see a student succeed at...

...of my life and I take a lot of joy in being able to teach others. I started on a volunteer basis during high school, where I taught middle school Math and English, and I have continued tutoring middle and high school students while in college. I definitely have the most experience teaching Math, and...

...Suburban College and the University of St. Francis. I have taught as a substitute teacher, and as a Tour Guide at ButterPrint farm in Monee, Illinois, I taught students covering the 1910 Museum, the Prairie Tour, and the Nature Museum. Whether it involved new automotive technology features or capturing best practices for knowledge-sharing databases, I...

...is a commodity passed from teacher to student but rather the ability of the teacher to act a s a facilitator of the self-questioning of the student and vice-versa, for indeed the questions the student comes up with resonate and develop further questions for him-herself and the teacher that helps him-her discover his-her learning process...