Award-Winning IELTS - International English Language Testing System Tutors serving Elgin, IL

...children, and gone back to school for a graduate degree in Applied Linguistics. I am a certified ESL instructor with both TEFL and TESOL certifications as well as English for Business Purposes, TOEIC Preparation, IELTS Exam Preparation. I spent a great deal of time during the recent COVID school distance learning tutoring students as well...

...a half years, I have served as a graduate teaching assistant, where I conducted programming labs for undergraduate students learning Python and introductory computer science. Prior to my graduate studies, I spent four years providing private tutoring to elementary and middle school students in mathematics and all other science-related subjects. This experience taught me how...

...and History and I hold a Masters in Counseling and Educational Psychology from NMSU. I love to teach and mentor others because I still love to learn. I will likely be most helpful in the areas of psychology and written communication (let's call this writing!). I strive to help you make your knowledge USEFUL and...

My primary goal is to improve the lives of my students by developing their communication skills in English language and helping them achieve what they aspire to be. To achieve this goal, I sometimes need to go "outside the box" to find unconventional solutions for the problems faced by my students.

...hope and meaningful outcome to each moment that I find a door opening to someone's life. In Egypt, for example, I had the privilege to work among Syrian refugees. I met many families and young people with the desire to grow in their education and to improve their English. I had the beautiful opportunity to...

...and teenagers in China. Some of the topics I have taught were in: academic writing, reading comprehension, critical reading/thinking, grammar rules, KET, PET (english fluency tests), annotation, paraphrasing, essay writing, spelling bee vocabulary words, IELTS, language development, and etc. I was also a mock interlocutor and helped students by asking them practice questions and then...

...reading comprehension, and writing including SAT and ACT preparation. I taught grades 7-12 for 12 years in Florida using Achieve 3000 for the FCAT reading assessment and Read 180 for struggling readers. I use online fiction and nonfiction articles, SAT and TOEFL exam preparation booklets, and various websites which allow me to teach reading, comprehension,...

...teacher. I also tutor SAT, IELTS, TOEFL, Life Sciences, Biology and Math. I do not necessarily have a favorite subject to tutor. All subjects are equally interesting and challenging. As a tutor, patience is key; I would say my favorite part of tutoring is being able to explain a concept in many different ways until...

...not left behind along with the satisfaction of ensuring they achieve their academic goals. This passion was exemplified when I was tutoring 11 and 12 graders and they achieved top 10 national rankings . These subjects include history and social studies. I also help and maximize students' potential for exams such as the SSAT, ISEE...

I am friendly and funny; I will do my best to help you learn to the best of your ability.