Award-Winning German Tutors in Blue Island, IL

...some German, ESL (English as a Second Language), Linguistics, Psychology, Sociology, Music (introductory classes or even Saxophone), etc. I am also willing to help you with study skills, time management, and how to be a good student in other classes that I may not have a lot of knowledge in. I have an immense amount...

...eager to help you grow in your knowledge and appreciation of French and German - my hope is that you will not only become proficient in your foreign language of choice, but that you will come to love it as well. To this end, my lessons engage all of your capacities to communicate: reading, listening,...

...North African Studies and Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies respectively from the University of Michigan. In September 2014, I began working as a substitute teacher. I teach students, some of whom are bilingual Arabic/English speakers, a wide variety of topics, including Math, Science, English, and Social Studies. However, my favorite topics to teach...

...skills rather than material they must know for a test. I want students to be motivated to learn for the sake of learning something new, rather than simply to pass a test. When I'm not tutoring or writing my medical school applications, I enjoy teaching myself new languages and reading works by authors such as...

...the tools requisite for historical perspective. Another example includes my experience working in New York City public schools, K-12, as a Curriculum/Professional Development consultant with Ventures Education Systems Corporation (VESC). As a consultant for this national school reform and professional development organization, I designed and delivered workshops in balanced literarcy, test preparation and critical thinking....

...Writing. I have taught English as a Foreign Language at an elementary school in China, K-6 science with Americorps in Oregon and Idaho and English as a Second Language at a college in Chicago. I have enjoyed success with a wide range of students; seeing their skills develop is something in which I take pride....

...I get this student interested and confident in this subject matter?" I spend my sessions doing just that: getting kids excited about whatever it is they are learning. In doing so, that student's chance of succeeding in the classroom grows immensely. Tutoring does not take up all my time, however. Since finishing school and moving...

...English. I will be graduating this spring and plan to return to China next fall, where I recently spent a semester abroad studying Mandarin intensively. I have a passion for learning languages, and have also studied Spanish and German for several years. In the past I have tutored Chinese students looking to improve their conversational...

...utilize these abilities in interpreting and interacting with the world around them. I believe that liberal education is one of the great pillars of democracy and civil society. If I can help young people understand and assess academic material, achieve their academic goals, and appropriate what they learn to apply it to their own lives...

...learn languages. Above all, I want to show students, how much fun it is to study languages, because it opens the door to different cultures in our globalized environment. Still, I would also love to learn from my students how to improve my educational skills and it would be great to hear feedback after the lessons.