Hi there! My name is Sean and I like language!!! I think learning languages and meeting new people is the most fun you can have without getting in trouble. I've been in the National Guard for the better part of the last decade (9 and 1/2 years) and I'm a proud American. If you want to learn a foreign language or brush up on your arts and humanities, I'm your guy.... Slow and steady wins the...
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...and most love teaching a new language because it's exciting and fun. My favorite thing about tutoring is helping a student figure out how to do things by himself/herself. It's super rewarding! I am an excellent tutor because I am enthusiastic and generous. I do not punish mistakes, but try to encourage the development of good study habits, rather than just feeding answers. With writing, I believe it is most important to give constructive criticism...
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...and writing. I often still edit and better essays for friends and family. I am their go-to editor. I also speak German fluently after living in Germany for 18 months. I tutor many subjects. German. Math. English. Reading. Writing. Violin. I absolutely love tutoring German, English, and Violin! They are what I am most passionate about and my greatest strengths. What is your favorite subject(s) to tutor and why? My philosophy is that every student...
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...concentration in Supply Chain Management. As an undergraduate, I spent a year living in Germany, first studying engineering at a technical university in Braunschweig and then working for a logistics company, DB Schenker, in Berlin. I have been learning German since I was a freshman in high school and have spent a lot of time in the country. After graduating from college, I began working as an Industrial Engineer for the U.S. Navy. During this...
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...names Joshua Leach. I'm a Native German who lived in Bavaria Germany for 16 years before moving to the United States and graduating form the University of Kentucky at the age of 21. I then became a Program Manager in the International Automotive Industry for 2 years and I am now looking to help others improve in German and achieve whatever goals they have set for themselves. Please feel free to contact me at any...
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...I've worked with students of all ages and am able to adapt to many kinds of learning styles. I went to high school in Indiana, PA, and I am currently studying at the University of Pittsburgh. I also studied abroad for a year with the CBYX program in Germany- I gained a lot of insight and hope to inspire many of you to consider doing something similar. I am working towards a Biochemistry degree on...
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...teach English in foreign countries. I have been interested in teaching all of my life. I helped out peers of mine throughout grade school, and when I reached ninth grade I tutored a sophomore in Latin II. During the summers of these years, I taught music at a children's day camp at the same place I went to high school, Dexter. I tutor a variety of subjects. As for languages, I tutor Spanish, French, Italian,...
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...I have worked within a variety of community colleges as an instructor and spent a lot of time working with high school-aged students on career development and tutoring a variety of subjects. Currently, I am a high school teacher where I teach and tutor students on subjects such as Social Studies, Economics, Global Studies, Government, US Government, Yearbook, and Dual Credit courses. Prior to my time at Clark University I spent a significant amount of...
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I am a professional actor, singer, vocal coach, and teacher. I am a bilingual native German speaker and am happy and excited to help you with your German and/or public speaking. I have a lot of experience in teaching people of any age and level, so everyone is welcome to contact me. ... I am happy and excited to teach anyone who is willing to learn and is curious. Everything else can be acquired and developed....
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...hence my focus on medical translations. Since graduation, I have started my own translation business and have taught German at various co-ops. I have also taught ESL/EFL online (as I am a certified ESL instructor). While I tutor and teach a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about English, German, Medicine, Literature, and History. I am a firm believer in languages opening up a whole new world and and erasing cross-cultural barriers. I...
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...these topics as a part of my early undergraduate education. I hope to create an environment where a student is able to ask questions and get alternate explanations until they are confident in the subject material. I have been a leader for the City of Eugene Dept. of Recreation in both their BEST after school program, providing enrichment and engagement for students gr. 2-5, as well as for their Fun-For-All summer program which provided activities...
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...I was thirteen. I continued that work until high school graduation, but throughout high school, I tutored geometry and algebra. In college, I was privileged to volunteer at the Columbus Literacy Council, helping adults learn how to read and write English. While working as an undergraduate research assistant, I trained new assistants in the maintenance and function of laboratory equipment. After graduation, I volunteered at the Homework Help Center at the Whetstone Branch of the...
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I am trained as a historian, and have taught World History, American History, Ancient/Medieval History, and Latin. I am also versatile in Spanish, French, and German, and have experience tutoring in Algebra and Geometry. In eight years of teaching, the most rewarding part of my job was always tutoring students one-on-one. I look forward to meeting you!
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...tutors should instead be there to provide feedback to students as they work through the material. When they make mistakes, tutors should correct them, but, more importantly, they should also help the student understand why the mistake happened. The goal of a tutoring session is not to just complete the work -- many assignments are lengthy, and in many cases, completing the entire assignment with a tutor is expensive and a waste of time. Instead,...
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...German, English, Math and Art for various ages. I am an Artist myself, so art and creativity are my favorite subjects to teach. But I use my creative side to help come up with ways to teach all areas of study. As a kinesthetic learner myself, I like to work with physical materials to assist in learning. I love to hike, swim, explore, bake, and surround myself with people, and I can't wait to work...
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I've always had a great love for reading and writing and hope to pass that love along, while also ensuring that students have a good grasp on reading comprehension, grammar, and writing mechanics. I use a combination of several different techniques to enable students to improve in their reading and writing skills, and try to use resources that are not only helpful but also relate to the students' interests.
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...History). Previously, I received my master's degree at UW-Madison in Music Composition and my bachelor's at Kansas State University in music with an emphasis in Music Composition and Piano Performance with a minor in German. I have studied composition with film and video game composers, Pulitzer Prize winning composers, and I have worked with Grammy winning and nominated artists. Since graduating, I have been commissioned to compose several works for ensembles throughout the United States....
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...in foreign languages started in middle school, and since then I've had a lot of first-hand experience with the language-learning process. I understand that learning a new language can be uniquely intimidating, which is why I believe an important part of my job is making my students feel comfortable to challenge themselves and try new things. Besides German I'm also pursuing a minor in Russian language, and in my free time I sing opera.
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...I have a passion for language and languages, and I've spent a lot of time and effort learning German, Viennese, Dutch, French, and Spanish. My teaching and research interests are intentionally interdisciplinary, ranging from European culture, literatures and languages, to several subfields of linguistics (sociolinguistics, dialectology, linguistic anthropology, internet linguistics). I'm particularly passionate about teaching my students to think about and LOOK AT language in completely mind-bending ways. (If I'm your tutor, you'll see what...
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A first language course can be deceptively simple. As you begin to learn conversational German, it can seem as if you are merely being taught an assortment of basic vocabulary words, short phrases, and sentences. Certainly, German 1 is a far distance from the rigors of AP German, but this should not trick you into thinking that tutoring help will be superfluous for your early studies. Instead of waiting for problems to arise in later classes, provide for mastery in your German 1 class.
Contact Varsity Tutors today for help connecting with a tutor who can provide German 1 tutoring options to lay a foundation that you can rely on throughout all of your future German studies. Unlike learning the Romance languages such as French or Spanish, learning German can be quite a different and difficult affair for students whose native language is English. Although English does have a relationship to modern German, there are many aspects of German vocabulary and grammar that are not directly mirrored in English. At first this difference can seem minimal. Hence, it is tempting to ignore minor difficulties, which perhaps do not have negative effects on your grade, or at least not significant ones.
However, like all language learning, German is a cumulative affair, and a small error in the beginning of your studies can become a larger issue in more advanced classes. Personal German 1 tutoring can help you develop a rigorous program of language study from the very beginning, helping to prevent any untimely errors or frustrations in the coming years of study. Given the more complex vocabulary and grammar of German, not to mention the three genders it espouses, it is helpful to have an active partner for using the language. Instead of working through grammar by repetitive, rote monologues, you can best learn the language by having an active interlocutor who can help probe your capabilities, forcing you to use the new vocabulary, phrases, and basic grammar in an active manner that greatly facilitates mastery and memorization. Few subjects benefit from personal attention like language learning, and German 1 tutoring can help you reap the benefits of personalized one-on-one attention today, setting the foundation for continued language success in the coming years of study with their significantly increased difficulties.
German can be a very difficult language to learn. A private tutor can also be helpful by acting as a friend and mentor. They can help guide you through areas where you are struggling and help to encourage you when you feel like giving up. A private tutor is also beneficial in the sense that they allow you to work at your own pace. It is unlikely that your German teacher will slow down or speed up the pace at which they present material to accommodate individual students. Thus, if you get lost with a particular topic, it may seem impossible for you to ever catch up.
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Recent German 1 Tutoring Session Notes
Today's focus was Mandarin grammar points to prepare the student for his Chinese final. We went through grammar points that covered time, being at a location or a repeated action, as well as location direction (front, back, NSEW, etc.) He seemed comfortable studying for his other final on his own. I directed him to go over the vocabulary himself since we only had time for sentence practices.
We hadn't met in a while, so we spent the session reviewing what we covered previously, especially lesson seven. The student did fairly well. We did dictation and tried to converse in Mandarin, and I assigned him homework from his workbook. We also discussed how best to proceed.
The student did great today. He had completed most of his homework in school, so after we reviewed it he studied for his dictation test. He had some trouble with the two new words but was attentive and eager to participate in tutoring. He cooperated for writing sentences and even requested to write his own sentences. I was very impressed with his initiative. I left him with two short sentences that he helped write that he can copy as practice during the week.
In this class, we practiced the Chinese test, including listening comprehension and reading comprehension. Before practicing, we went over 80 vocabulary words. I asked the student to memorize the words and we will have a little test next class.
We went over her homework which was writing the new characters in her lesson. We put together a memory game for these characters and played the game until she could remember her new words. We watched a video of a Chinese kid's song talking about spring and the seasons.
Today we went over all colors we learned from the student's last two classes, and also we learned 4 more colors in Chinese. I brought a bunch of my family's pets' photos to show him for helping him to master the new sentence structures, like "This is a small cat" "This is a big dinosaur",etc.. We had conversations with these new sentences together. His pronunciation was surprisingly perfect! He had trouble on the word "white" and "gold". We will practice more at next class!
