Award-Winning French Tutors in Bergen County, NJ

...school and middle school environments. I have worked with beginners and intermediate students, as well as students in advanced levels of French. I enjoy tutoring one-on-one, because I am able to focus solely on the needs of one individual. As a school teacher, I have been amazed at how effective one or two private extra help sessions can be for the student who has been struggling in the larger class environment. I believe that I...

I have taught intellectual property law for the past two years and SAT preparation for the past 10 years. I am a great tutor because not only are my fundamental verbal and quantitative skills strong, but I am able to communicate my reasoning and problem solving skills quickly and clearly.... My teaching philosophy is to help empower students to stay calm and use what information they know to arrive at the correct answers on tests through good game theory and deductive reasoning

...it's okay to make mistakes sometimes, but that we need to be willing to look at those areas to see where we can improve. I see mistakes as an opportunity for me to teach the concepts in a different way, and I like to work creatively to find a teaching method that works for every student. With younger students especially, I think it's important to incorporate play into the learning process to foster a love...

...to them in an often stressful and frustrating world of standardized tests and and final exams, but a helpful tutor can really make the difference by presenting the material in a way that is simple and clear and by approaching it with methods that meet each student's needs. I know my students can realize their true potential and success if I can help them see that you really can love what you learn! After graduating...

...the theater. Musically, I play the violin and tinker with the piano. I also make sure that I have time to just relax and read a good book or spend some time in from of the TV. I believe in living a well balanced life. In order to maintain a good life, I spend a great deal of time in the outdoors walking my yellow lab. She is a very sweet dog and is on...

...from a very early age. My mother tongue is German and I am a German citizen as well as a permanent resident of the USA. I am 22 years old and my family still lives in Germany. I was raised in Germany (Bielefeld) and attended school there until I was 16 yet, my passion for ballet lead me to receive a scholarship for a school in the United Kingdom where I studied five A-levels in...

...from college I lived in Switzerland for 9 months. There, I tutored private clients in ESL, while also sharpening my French and German language skills. I worked as a peer tutor at my college's tutoring center for four years and I was also a Teaching Assistant for 3 college classes. I have always been a passionate learner and I love encouraging the students that I work with to have that same passion. No matter how...

...tutoring before college, and I have since tutored students ages three-adult in French, SAT Reading, Writing, and Verbal, Essay Writing, ESL, Study Skills, and more. I am also an avid, competitive ballroom dancer. I began teaching dance at my ballet studio in high school before going on to teach my college team, as well as wedding dances to private couples. I am also a freelance writer and am working on learning a fourth language, Spanish....

...addition to Varsity Tutors. I grew up in Westchester County, where I volunteered as an assistant creative writing teacher in high school. After high school, I moved to Evanston, Illinois for school. I studied a wide variety of subjects in college: from Medieval Literature to Buddhist Psychology. I moved back to New York after graduating to pursue a career in the arts. I currently work as a reader for the literary director of an Off-Broadway...

...now living in Brooklyn. I received my BA in History and French from the College of the Holy Cross and my Masters in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. I have worked with students my entire life, as a substitute, paraprofessional, and full-time teacher teaching both social studies and French. I spend my summers working in Nice, France at a summer camp for American high school students, running activities and trips while tutoring them...