Award-Winning German Tutors in Cicero, IL

...prep for the SATs and ACTs, as well as math for all ages. I excel particularly in writing and editing and love tutoring in the humanities. My teaching philosophy is one of guidance rather than direct instruction, helping students to discover answers on their own. I am very patient and understand that sometimes all it...

...with middle and high schoolers in a variety of educational environments - including public, charter, and private schools throughout New York City. My individual-driven approach to tutoring has been shaped by working with students with diverse needs and educational backgrounds. In addition to standardized test preparation, I enjoy tutoring a variety of academic subjects spanning...

...am a multilingual (5 languages) person with spanish origins, but who was born and raised in Switzerland. I love to help people especially teaching them, as I am conviced we would live in a better world with a higher education level. In my opinion education has a huge effect on the social behaviour of each...

...am a professor of German at DePaul University in Chicago. For the past ten years, I've been teaching German to students here in the Midwest, and before that, in the Ivy League. My mission has always been to help my language students - both those still in school, or folks who have decided to learn...

...writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and have taught classes in fiction writing at the University of Iowa. I have received a C1 certification in German through Middlebury College's rigorous German Language School, and completed an extensive German immersion program at the Freie Universität in Berlin. I am currently at work on an MSJ degree...

...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, writing and speaking. As a continuing language-learner myself, I value trust and encouragement highly. I look...

...these ventures, my favorite aspect of the vocation has always been the "question," the moment when a student pauses, sits befuddled for a second or two, then either is able to pinpoint exactly what is keeping him or her from moving on or making a poignant observation in the form of a question. What is...

...auf die Welt eroeffnet und die Lebensauffassung weitet. This quote by Frank Harris sums up why I feel it is important to learn foreign languages. I believe that everybody is capable to learn a foreign language. I am passionate about teaching German, the language and the culture. I have a strong desire to help students...

...the classroom grows immensely. Tutoring does not take up all my time, however. Since finishing school and moving back to the Chicagoland area, I have been able to do some things I did not quite have the time to do while studying. First and foremost, it has been so great to be able to see...

...worked with students in a variety of capacities for the past seventeen years, including creating and administering German tutoring clubs and classes for homeless and at-risk students. I also served for six years as the Director and Lead Teacher for a pre-school. As an alumnus of Indiana State University, I developed and co-facilitated its German...