Award-Winning French Tutors in New Rochelle, NY

...with a group of fellow students to lead community-center workshops for teenagers on health, domestic abuse, economic development and leadership skills. Nailah knows how important education has been in her life, in not only providing her with opportunities to explore the world and think deeply, but also by providing her life-long mentors. Some of the educators that first inspired her were from a performing arts camp called Acting Manitou that she attended for four summers...

...tutoring in the subject during my college years. When tutoring in Italian, French, or Psychology, I like to break down concepts into terms that are easy to understand and that incorporate examples and analogies so that they are easier to grasp. I enjoy working with students to help them realize that they know a lot more than they think they do! Confidence is a definite factor in successful learning and I am here to help...

...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 difficult the subject matter, you can always find something in the material to get excited about, and that's when real learning happens. I strongly believe that flexibility is a...

...Office of Disability Services; i.e., in several separate classes, my notes were selected as exemplary and distributed each week to students whose learning disabilities impaired their ability to take their own notes. I also spent two years working in a lawyer's office, where I became even more rigorously organized, systematic, and detail-oriented than I had been in school. To my mind, the key to organization is to create a system with enough structure that it...

...psychology and language play in the learning process. Since high school, I have tutored elementary through college-level students in a variety of subjects (primarily liberal arts.) Everyone has a unique learning style. As a tutor, I identify and utilize study techniques that each student feels works best for them. When a student is not sure how to approach a subject, I gain their perspective and guide them through breaking down the material into manageable sections....

...preparation for it. In addition to performing well on the exams themselves, I believe it is just as important for students to learn how to think calmly and confidently about these tests, so that they can help to serve students' broader educational goals. In addition to tutoring students - and being one myself - I enjoy keeping fit by boxing at the gym, reading mostly non-fiction, and rooting for favorite NCAA teams. I have had...

...way up. This makes it easier for my students to remember what they have learned throughout the semester/year, and it helps them pick up new concepts quickly. When I am not studying or tutoring, I love to read, exercise, and explore. My favorite author is Stephen King, my favorite sports are basketball and snowboarding, and my favorite food is popcorn! I just recently moved to Manhattan, so I venture out into different parts of the...

...I make learning French fun. I love helping students realize that they CAN in fact learn French, even if they thought they couldn't! One of my 9th grade students once wrote the following to me: "You are one of the most positive people I have ever met, and you taught me never to give up. You always have a HUGE smile on your face, and that is why I look up to you and why...

...way, I can vary my teaching style to suit each student and stay open to adjusting as necessary. I am fluent in French, after spending a year in Paris during college. Because of this, I am well suited to working with students who are having difficulty with French comprehension and oral skills, at all levels. Teaching the SAT is one of my passions, as it is a mystery to many students but one of the...

...Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where I graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts. Tutoring in English and French was my main activity before and after 2001 until I moved to New York City in 2003 to attend Berkeley College, where I graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Management. From my tutoring experience, I learned that tutoring in French or in any other subject should be a "custom sewing". You...