Award-Winning French Tutors in Tulsa County, OK

I want to help challenge and work with students to aid them in discovering talents and abilities they didn't know they had. I believe everyone is smart, and may just need a different style of coaching/teaching to help them to be successful! ... It is important to get to know the student's specific learning style. We try looking at a problem in multiple different ways, and I assess which field (whether audio, visual, tactile) the student is most successful in. I then gear tutoring towards this type of learning for the student.

...the 5th grade. I started off in a tutoring program where I helped 1st graders learn to read French. Since then I have tutored kids ranging from 5 years old to students in college. Whether it is helping someone with basic grammar or teaching them how to analyze French literature, I have helped students through...

...literacy. In life, we may never need to remember the parts of a cell or the quadratic equation but a requisite of success and upward mobility in many fields is analytical thinking, reading, and writing. Another crucial skillset I foster in my students is having a growth mindset, the philosophy by Stanford University psychologist Carol...

...new language and become fluent in writing and in speaking French. Throughout my studies at Oral Roberts University, I learned to go into every person's world, to meet them where they are and to bring out the best in them. Also throughout my teaching career, I have had the wonderful opportunity to help students whose...

...people around 4 continents I have visited. My experience working in varied environments has enabled me to develop a range of practical skills. I am able to manage challenging behavior effectively, conduct activities safely and communicate with people from diverse backgrounds. Further, I am very creative and enjoy sourcing materials that make learning interesting. Most...

...that I can help stoke the fire of curiosity in students and help them (especially struggling students who may be frustrated with a topic) learn to delight in learning. My musical education consists of 13 years of choral singing, 12 years of electric guitar, 5 years of piano, and 3 years of singing classical art...

...and am in a bi-lingual extended family, I speak near-native level Spanish and can tutor it at any level. I also tutor French, as well as English as a Second Language, and English grammar and literature. My many hobbies include camping, hiking, gardening, reading, crafting, and travel.... Personal Philosophy of Teaching Robin E. Tinley No matter how well I may teach, if learning is not taking place the purpose of education is defeated. I thoroughly agree with Socrates’ famous maxim, “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” My philosophy of education is to challenge, motivate, encourage and help each student to light that flame of passion for learning as a life-long pursuit and application. I want to tap into the knowledge the student already has, to help develop, strengthen, build upon, and apply that knowledge. I want to help them leverage that knowledge so they can successfully learn now, prepare for further learning, and have firm mastery of a tool which will be a meaningful and useful addition to their toolbox, necessary for life beyond the classroom walls. My philosophy of education also means tailoring learning as much as possible to the individual class body and student, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. The articulate S.M. Lockridge once quaintly said in a dialect of the times, “If I shoots above the heads of my people, it does not mean I have superior artillery. It means I am a poor shot.” Additionally, I consider it of paramount importance in this rapidly changing world to challenge students to have a comprehensive understanding of their world, to be competent to face these unique times, to become men and women of integrity and strong values who can invest in their community, country, and world. Specifically in the area of language, I believe a bi-lingual or multi-lingual person has an edge not only in the competitive work world but in the joys of learning for pleasure. As a learner myself, and a lover of learning, I want to teach and inter-act with students with such enthusiasm and passion that the student not only learn at the time but also become a self-starting learners for life, acquiring skills, knowledge, and the ability to become independent and motivated learners in the future. I believe in a varied and participatory learning atmosphere. I am familiar with and use principles of TPS (Total Physical Response) for language acquisition. In conjunction with language learning, I consider it of great value and importance for students to also acquire a familiarity with other countries, cultures, and worldviews. I want students to see that their present learning situation has great potential for a practical – as well as enjoyable – effect on their future. I believe it is necessary and right to clearly articulate and convey to the student the expectations, to work with the student in accomplishing those expectations, and to lead the student in cross-cultural awareness. I intend to clearly define for them the concrete course requirements and the concrete means by which they may achieve their best possible results. Why do I teach with enthusiasm, passion, and an understanding of the students? The following brief anecdote demonstrates to a large degree how I formed my philosophy of teaching and why I bring to teaching what I do. As part of my degree plan I was required to take a course in a subject of no interest whatsoever to me: Economics. I took the course merely to complete a requirement and check off a box on my path toward a degree in my chosen area. That same semester I took a course I’d looked forward to with great anticipation: Latin American Areas Studies. What a surprise was in store! My Economics professor was knowledgeable, articulate, compelling, and above all passionate about his subject. A new hitherto unknown window on the world was opened to me. I learned so much in that course. Meanwhile, my LatAm Areas professor, although he may have been knowledgeable, was not articulate, not compelling, and not passionate about his subject. I still resent how he cheated us, his students. I want to be the teacher who inspires to greater learning and practice those who already have an interest in - perhaps even a love of - Spanish and French, challenging them to an ever-greater understanding of other peoples and cultures so that they may gain access to new worlds through mastery of another language. I want to be the teacher who opens a window on a new world for those who think they are merely completing a course and checking off a requirement, so that they will be surprised into new thinking and learning, and perhaps even a new love. I am vastly privileged to have lived and worked in Latin America for over thirty-five years. I have traveled or lived in all of Middle America and some of the Caribbean. During the past 4 years I have worked in, and taught in every Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking country in South America, as well as Cuba. What a wealth of experiences, information, knowledge, and areas for further exploration has been mine, that can now be translated to the classroom setting. What an opportunity and challenge for thoughtful and thought-provoking teaching and learning in a purposeful and meaningful way.

...to elementary and middle school students at a private school in Tulsa, as well as teaching Arabic to adult learners at Sunday schools. I master three languages: Arabic , French and English. I am very patient and positive and I use different methods in teaching to make sure my classes are interactive and relaxed and...

...at a Sino British University in China. During my time in China I tutored at risk students individually and in groups, taught seminars (20 students per classroom), and presented lectures to a maximum of 250 students. In addition to teaching, I helped to develop final assessments for students, and I worked as an examiner for...

...forth), but what I really emphasize are building long-term skills so that students are learning HOW to learn on their own. I focus on building their confidence along with their skills: setting short-term, achievable goals so the student sees regular progress can help immensely with low academic esteem. I also strive to give positive, constructive...