Award-Winning English Grammar and Syntax Tutors serving Lakewood, WA

I attended Stanford University for my B.A., earned an M.M. (Master's of Music) from the University of Washington in 2012, and am now completing my D.M.A. at UW as well. All of my degrees are in music composition, a field that allows me to interpret and describe ideas that intrigue me in creative ways using...

...have 10+ years of tutoring experience ranging from elementary students to undergraduate seniors. Additionally, I am a published writer and have worked for multiple literary magazines. I am skilled in writing, reading, editing, research, prose, language acquisition, and literary analysis. I am also proficient in Italian and am working towards fluency. I consider myself to...

...ability to explain complex ideas in clear and intuitive ways. However, as I have learned during my years of tutoring experience, a good educator also needs to have the ability to engage pupils and to give them the tools that they need to succeed on their own. This means not only teaching students the material,...

...seeing and experiencing a different culture. I have experience teaching classrooms, worked as a mentor, and also a one-on-one ESL instructor. I can tutor English, ESL/ELL, Grammar and Mechanics, Reading, and Writing. While I do enjoy all of the subjects, I tutor I have a passion for ESL, it is very exciting to watch students...

...the English language. I believe that I am able to do this by employing the conversational method of pedagogy: asking questions, prodding students to push themselves creatively and intellectually, and attending to the details of their written work. By submitting ourselves to this process, we not only improve the quality of the essay, we improve...

I am a graduate from one of the best universities in the nation, where I graduated at the top of my class with two degrees: one in Electrical Engineering and the other in Dance. As an electrical engineer, I study digital signal processing and controls, developing projects such as equalizers, audio mixers, and building robots...

...learning about flora and fauna, skiing, and spending as much time as possible with my lovable mutt, Zuca. Fortunately, my job as a wilderness therapist in Montana and Idaho gave me the opportunity to embrace my passions while working with at-risk youth. I hope to bring passion, energy, organization, and a sense of humor to...

I truly enjoy working with students of different ages and learning needs. I have experience with K-12 to adult learners who are professionals and have very specific needs. I hope we can work together to increase knowledge on different topics and abilities.

...me gifted in some areas, but very slow in others. This disconnect made my educational journey a long and difficult one. I understand the thrill of success, but also the despair and discouragement that comes with failure. I know how hard it can be to play the game of getting through school. I also know...

...him or her well in school and beyond. Everyone can become a better writer, and I enjoy being part of that process. When I am not writing or teaching writing, I spend my free time reading, listening to music, or drawing with my three-year-old son, who is just learning to write his name!

...experience tutoring high school students in mathematics and helping high school students to write effectively, and have taught basic equine science to groups of middle and high school students. I tutor in a broad range of subjects, but I am most passionate about sharing the elegance of Algebra with any attentive student, and I enjoy...

...enhances understanding in many others. Exposure to a broad range of subjectsthe arts and humanities, the social and 'hard' sciences, history and languageshows how much they intertwine and reinforce each other. All scienceall knowledgeis 'one'. Of all investments, education in yourself is the most valuable. The more you know, the more your intellectual horizons expand...

...I am very patient and I love to watch them learn and grow as students. I am currently tutoring a student in ESL. This is my first time working in this subject area but it is a positive and fulfilling experience. I like to equate my teaching style with that of the old saying, if...

...French fluently, with some experience in Arabic as well. I have traveled extensively through Europe, as well as to South America and Latin America. I love to tutor because it allows me to meet students where they are, and develop personal relationships with them that allow me to better understand their learning styles. I'm an...

...complex ideas. I have a near-native accent and a nuanced understanding of grammatical structure from years of studying and teaching higher level French. I would love to work with all levels of French learners from those looking to brush up their French for their next journey abroad to students from preschool to high school! As...

...I studied abroad in Japan at Kobe University's Intercultural Studies department, and also studied broadly while in university, with coursework in mathematics, cultural studies, economics, and business. The subjects I tutor are Japanese and different levels of mathematicsfields that I particularly loveas well as standardized test preparation (SAT, SSAT, ISEE, and HSPT). I have found that...

...try to ensure my students understand each component of the language fully until moving onto the next. Language learning builds on itself, and if one gets caught up and confused within the first weeks, there is no doubt trouble will arise down the road. I like to ensure my students feel confident each step of...

...art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.--Mark Van Doren I attended the University of California at Berkeley starting in the summer of 2011. When I began, I thought that I would enter the computer science field. I quickly realized, however, that my strengths and interests lay in essay writing and the development of...

...eggs for release as fry (juvenile fish). Math is exciting to tutor, especially using manipulatives and other forms of representation-we can do that visually online as we work together. Reading for fun is one of my hobbies, but I know how to inspire struggling readers and teach them techniques for making sense of what they're...

I began my academic career in community college; I became inspired to teach others by a Math tutor; as it is for most people, math was a very difficult subject for myself but he showed me that with a little faith and hard work anything was possible. As he did for me, I started teaching...