Award-Winning English Grammar and Syntax Tutors in San Jose, CA

...studying history and English. I taught 7th grade math (pre-algebra) for a year and was the peer tutoring mentor teacher during that time. For the last year and a half I have worked with the teenage girls at church. I teach biweekly Sunday School lessons and help plan weekly activities. Currently I stay at home with our two little boys while my husband works on a PhD at Stanford and I love it, but I...

...University (Go Rams!). I studied abroad in Seville, Spain and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communication and a Minor in Spanish. I worked in both the health care and the non-profit sectors for a few years before deciding to go abroad to teach English in Central America. After 15 months tutoring and traveling in Panama, I am back in the Bay Area! I am passionate about language and am fully bilingual in Spanish and...

...I obtained my first Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Communication Studies. I obtained my second Bachelor's degree from the University of Houston in English-Creative Writing. I LOVE writing and reading. I write and read everyday. I am currently working on several novels, short stories, poems, and a blog. In the past, I have worked as a reading teacher, a reading and writing tutor, and a special education teacher. I have...

...an English instructor with high school-level students in France for a school year. While I tutor a range of subjects, I most enjoy tutoring French and Social Sciences. I really enjoy the tutoring process; I like building a rapport with my clients such that I gain a sense of accomplishment from their academic growth and success. I am a firm believer that all goals are achievable with enough effort and dedication. In my leisure time...

...immunology at UCSF and volunteering in the Hospital School Program at Children’s Hospital Oakland. In the Hospital School Program, I have gained experience teaching K-12 students from all over the Bay Area in all academic subjects. My expertise is in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics (through Calculus), English language (writing and ESL), and foreign languages (Spanish and Italian). My goal is to help students see the bigger picture in what they are learning and to master the...

...Bachelor of Science is in Organizational Leadership and Master of Arts is in Teaching ESL with an emphasis on Education Technology. For the last nine years, I have been teaching ESL and English Language Arts to adults and children from numerous cultural and linguistic backgrounds. For me, teaching is a gift. Teaching gives my life a purpose and the opportunity to empower my students with knowledge. In addition to teaching I spend my time traveling...

...a new concept. I have a Bachelor's degree in English and Spanish from U.C. Berkeley and a law degree from University of San Francisco School of Law. I have traveled extensively in Mexico and Latin America, often living for months speaking only Spanish and Portuguese. I also have spent the last eight years in a career with a heavy emphasis on persuasive writing in English. I enjoy reading and discussing literature and poetry and helping...

...talks at national and regional conferences in my field. I have been an academic adviser to more than one hundred students at various colleges, and I have offered individual, tailored tutoring to many students over the years. In addition to helping students with specific subjects, I frequently help them with time-management, study skills, academic-life balance, and strategies to make sure they benefit the most from their time in and out of the classroom. I most...

...education programming. I was Mr. Science for the YMCA Kindergarten Enrichment Program and coordinated field education programming, integrating grammar school, middle school, and high school students. I find life fascinating and enjoy helping others learn the complexities of the living world. My approach to helping students learn Biology and Environmental Science is to use diagrams to understand the complex vocabulary associated with the topic at hand. Through discussion and question and answer, I help learners...

...academic goals. Going to UC Berkeley has taught me to appreciate the beauty within the little things while also understanding the importance of greater things, like the SATs! I majored in molecular and cell biology, with an emphasis in neurobiology, and love everything about science! From chemistry to biology, the intricacies of the human body never cease to fascinate me and I hope that this enthusiasm will catch on, whether it be via passive diffusion...