Award-Winning German Tutors serving Nashville, TN

...accompany each individual throughout life's duration. That's amazing to me! Third grade thru high school, and college thru adult students benefit greatly from simple, straightforward methods of building words, sentences, paragraphs, and essays. Foreign language learning is a critical key of humanity's interdependent growth. While attending the University of Vienna, Austria, I had my first contracted tutor job with a group of soldiers from the Austrian army, teaching English as a second language. All these...

...for Speaking and Listening and am super passionate about helping students become more confident in their Public Speaking abilities. I came into Sewanee as a math major and love helping students up to Pre-Calculus learn to love math just as I did from elementary school to high school! I also remember struggling with standardized tests such as the ACT and cannot wait to help students improve their score in the Reading Comprehension section which was...

...first teaching experience occurred while I was studying abroad in Germany, where I shadowed and assisted teachers at German secondary schools. Since then, I have planned and taught EFL lessons to non-native English speaking students (for which I am certified), and taught German lessons to kids at the German Saturday School in Knoxville. While my primary experience is with foreign language instruction, I am also well-versed in English writing and reading, history, and geography. I...

My name is Christopher and I've been tutoring for just around two years. My first tutoring experience was working with some of the girls and boys clubs around Nashville. I eventually started branch out and help classmates with things like the ACT or SAT. I hope to help you or your child succeed with the subjects where they need assistance.

...but also to make sure they enjoy the learning process and grow personally. I am a native German speaker, but I grew up in Thailand and attended both a German and an English international school. I've had the privilege to grow up and study in a multilingual environment, where I developed a passion for languages early on. I have been able to share my passion teaching and tutoring students in both Thailand and Germany. As...

I'm not always nerdy, but when I am I go all in.

...I've studied both since as long as I can remember and have taught both for half as long as that. I speak six languages fluently and know the struggles an English speaker has in coming to grips with grammar and pronunciation that are foreign. I've helped many get over those hurdles. I majored in Political Science and Spanish in undergrad, Latin American Economics and History in graduate school, and worked for the U.S. State Department...

...student in the Human Development Counseling program at Vanderbilt University. Before moving to Nashville, I attended college at Ohio State University where I majored in Psychology and minored in creative writing. I spent a year serving with AmeriCorps where I worked full-time tutoring children who were working as many as 2 grade levels behind the state's standard. With my help, they improved their understanding of their school material and met their grade level standards on...

I'm born and raised in Munich, Germany and reside in Nashville, TN since 1999. I hold a masters degree in graphic design and a associate degree in offset printing. I started my professional music career in 1985 playing guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro (resophonic guitar) and bass. Music is pure, it is real. It heals, it communicates and does a lot of incredible things.

...students in Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Chemistry. Since then, I have tutored for four years at the college level in both German and Music Theory/Aural Skills. I have also twice co-taught an intensive one-month long German 101 course, where I designed the lesson plans, and graded homework, quizzes and tests. I am a great tutor because of my broad experience in tutoring many different subjects, so that I have a wide variety of approaches to...

...needs. I specialize in ISEE, PSAT, and SAT prep, English, History, and German tutoring, and college essay coaching. Having worked in undergraduate admissions at a top 50 research university for 3 years, I know exactly what top colleges are looking for, and I'm ready to help you get into the school of your dreams. Whether you need tutoring in the Humanities, test prep strategies, or individualized essay assistance, I know that I can help you...

...That way a subject becomes approachable and intriguing for the student, as opposed to intimidating and stressful. I currently live and work in Germany as the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship. I work at local middle and high schools, teaching English to students and running an "American Group" in my free time. I am also a freelance Writing Tutor for an education consulting company in Beijing. These vast and varied experiences has exposed me to...

...and kick-started my tutoring career many years ago while volunteering at a refugee home in Berlin. It's been an amazing journey ever since! Between teaching 4th grade and solely instructing an accredited freshman-level sociology course at Rutgers University during my senior year of college, I've been fortunate enough to help students adequately connect with the necessary material (school work, prep courses, etc) in ways that suit their maturity level, learning style and personal needs. You...

...and I have worked with a number of educational programs, from boarding schools to Americorps. I specialize in languages (English, French, German, Latin, and Ancient Greek) and test prep. I seek to help my students make connections between new material and things that are familiar to them, breaking down higher concepts with accessible examples that can help foster creativity. I care deeply about my students and their success, and I look forward to working with...

...passionate about the German language and culture, and from my perspective bettering one's writing is also a process in bettering one's thinking. I find it rewarding to help students overcome many of the same challenges and hurtles that I and my peers overcame. Tutoring is a way for me to repay a debt I feel I owe to my own teachers by helping others succeed where my teachers helped me succeed. Education is necessary for...

...about finding the ways in which you learn best and allowing yourself to have what you need, even if it isn't seen as average. Too often, our schools value data over students and forget that education is about discovery and personal growth. As a teacher and tutor, I strive to understand my students individually as whole, complex people. In doing so, I am able to better reach the person in front of me, utilizing their...

...tutor, I think it's just as important for me to motivate, lead, inspire, and mentor my students. Do you have test anxiety? Math anxiety, specifically? Is it difficult for you to create, organize, and execute a study plan? Or do you simply want straightforward, content-based prep and study help? In either case, I'm excited to help you achieve your academic and standardized test goals. My academic credentials consist of a BA in Political Science and...

...a BA in Cognitive Science (Neuroscience concentration) as well as a BMus and Masters degree in Voice and Opera Performance. I tutor test 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...

...love tutoring students in math, German, SHSAT, and SAT. I believe that I have good communication and pedagogical skills, and a firm understanding of the subject matter. Having come from Germany at the age of eleven, I know the frustration that can come with feeling overwhelmed by coursework. I performed well on standardized exams like the SHSAT and the SAT and can teach test-taking skills that will ultimately lead students to institutions like Stuyvesant H.S....

...clearly and always make sure I can help the student find a way to understand the material, even if it means deviating form normal techniques. I have tutored both kids and peers in the past. I have found that for kids, especially in mathematics, relating to something they enjoy makes the experience more enjoyable. Regarding peers/college level students, I can relate to them very well, because I have been through exactly what they're going through...