Award-Winning German Tutors in Laguna Niguel, CA

...profile! I am a proud Banana Slug (UC Santa Cruz alumnus) with a passion for exploring planet Earth. I value academia as a tool for deepening our understanding and appreciation of the world around us. My favorite disciplines -- languages, history, geography, and ecology -- are also my pastimes, as they reward me with a sense of wonder for the staggering diversity of human achievements and the rich beauty of the natural environment. I take...

...myself really enjoying helping this young lady fast forward to proficiency at her grade level. I approach tutoring with much creativity. I am dedicated to finding out precisely where my pupil's skills are at and to build from there, step by step with much patience. I love to spark joy in learning and I am committed to help establish a long term structure of habits and methods for your child. I am currently working towards...

...is a passion of mine- I am conversational in both Spanish and German, and am TEFL certified to teach English as a foreign language. I started learning Spanish in primary school, and practiced my skills abroad as well as in San Antonio, Texas, where I obtained my undergraduate degree. I have a B.A. in German, and studied abroad in Berlin, Germany for seven months during college. During this time I was immersed in German language...

...a love for language and a desire to experience the world through multiple perspectives, I am a dedicated student at heart. Up to this point, my entire life has been as a student and I have enjoyed every bit of it - learning new things is a productive, enlightening pastime! That's why I want to help others enjoy learning as much as I have. I have 8 years of experience with Spanish language and literature,...

...poetry, and cinema. This quest for interconnected knowledge is why I find joy in teaching multiple subjects, especially writing, math, German and reading. My love and understanding of writing, reading and math also make me a suitable teacher for standardized test preparation. I prefer a student-centered approach to tutoring: I get to know a student and work with them to develop ways of understanding a subject on their own terms (and writing in their own...

...an instructor with the Newport­-Mesa Unified School District at BESST Center and Whittier Adult Schools in Costa Mesa, CA. In that capacity, I utilized SmartBoard technology daily with class sizes of up to thirty mostly Spanish-­speaking adult students? I re-arranged classroom seating in a semi-circle to facilitate easier dialogue between students? created weekly posting of top ten to fifteen students with the most hours of attendance? used “Funny Money” incentive system, rewarding various students for...

I am currently a junior at the University of La Verne working towards a B. A. in English. I am familiar with AP exams and honors course material. I look forward to strengthening and developing prospective clients' skills by a variety of teaching and learning methods I have acquired and found most effective. ... I believe that all students differ in the way in which they obtain information. A student's interest in the subject has an effect on how well they retain given material, but I believe that the best way for student retention of skills and information comes from various exposure to different materials that range from primary, secondary, and adapted material. I believe that challenging students, and teaching them to question and analyze material presented, is a good method to fuel a hunger for more knowledge.

...State University and also of the University of Wisconsin. I grew up near Madison. I was a faculty member at The Scripps Research Institute where I did chemistry research. Two different Nobel Prize winners mentored me. I tutor Chemistry and German, two of my favorite subjects. I know all sorts of Chemistry at many levels and I now enjoy tutoring my son in high school Chemistry (he's prepping for the AP Chemistry exam in the...

...finishing up my Junior year at Cal State Long Beach. I am also working on minors in University Honors as well as TESOL (Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages). This summer I will be in Costa Rica researching the origins of their growing child immigrant population and how the government is assisting their integration into the country through educational and other social programs. After receiving my Bachelor's Degree, I plan to do a Master's...

...and learning how to learn before entering university level courses or other future types of education. I have also tutored for writing at the high school level, and for the Revelle College Humanities Program at UCSD. I have not officially tutored German, but have experience in teaching German to fellow peers. My preference for tutoring is middle school math, primarily because this is the fundamental level of math and it will be easier for students...