Award-Winning German Tutors in Palmdale, CA

...have always been a strong advocate for education, because, I believe, it is the best way to explore the world and find one's place in it. My philosophy, when it comes to education, is empowering and releasing the potential. As far as I am concerned, my student can be the next Ernest Hemingway, Friedrich Nietzsche,...

Teaching is a matter of questioning. The unexamined life is not worth living.... My teaching philosophy is to encourage question marks, not periods. The value in education and tutoring is not finding the answer, but discovering ways to find answers. Asking questions, not dictating methods. Retention of process is much easier when it is self-generated, rather than dictated. Dictation simply becomes rote memorization on behalf of the student, and the only people who enjoy memorizing are actors.

...My most intensive teaching experiences were in the small classroom setting of German courses I designed and instructed at UC Irvine, but I have also worked one-on-one with students in German and a range of other subjects. I am a polymath with a love for discovering the interconnectedness of all knowledge; for instance, I studied...

...California. I have been teaching and tutoring for many years, since I started college. I've done private SAT Prep tutoring both here and in New York, as well as prep for other standardized tests such as the ISEE, SSAT, and HSPT. I also teach a bi-weekly SAT Prep course in Glendale, and an advanced Competition...

...was awarded the bachelor's degree with highest honors. From there I continued my studies at UCLA, where I earned my PhD in European History with a focus on Germany. For the past fifteen years I have been teaching History at the collegiate level, first at a large research university, then at a small liberal arts...

...have been tutoring all my life, whether it be in a classroom or household setting. I am versed in various subjects from math to social studies and most subjects in between. I specialize in breaking down complicated things into various simplistic forms and both learn and teach with the "explain it to me like I'm...

...Marketing, and additional studies in Music Composition and Arrangement. As a tutor, teacher and translator, I have worked with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the German Consulate General and the German Ministry of Justice. In my free time I like playing music, surfing, skating, hiking, and cycling. I love music, movies, languages and art.

...life. We will look at English news, music, and film, and each session, your speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills will improve greatly. If you are learning German, I can also help! I have lived and studied in Berlin and Munich, and I know my way around the German language pretty well. I can teach...

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.

...what was wrong with his work, so long that I would sometimes get behind on my own work, I would always get this feeling of joy. I do not know why it comes. It just does. This is what led me to want to be a tutor; I genuinely enjoy helping people learn and understand...