Award-Winning Languages Tutors in Houston, TX

...my experience leading a student-run business, mentoring employees and peers, and managing the HR department of a restaurant group. The importance of active listening and clear communication while tutoring is paramount to my teaching philosophy. My goal is to help your student realize their strengths. As a Linguistics major, much of my academic career focused on studying and understanding the nuances of English and French in both reading and writing, though I also have a...

...is really important not to give the student the answers but to ask them questions and help them come up with strategies to get to the answer for themselves; the goal is to make myself unnecessary in a way. My strengths (in school and tutoring) are in foreign languages including Latin and humanitiesexpect a very enthusiastic tutor especially if we are talking about Shakespeare! I also think it is important to try and frame things...

...the past five years. I am a very upbeat teacher, using not only the textbooks and CD's, but songs and rhymes as well to help students learn and master both verbal and written communication. I have found that what I truly love is helping others to succeed in any way that I can. I truly believe anyone can comprehend, speak, read and write Spanish. It is perfectly phonetic and it is spoken exactly the way...

I started tutoring professionally in 2002 while I was in college. In 2004, I tutored English, French, Latin, and constitutional government for Baylor University's Student-Athlete Services and stayed there the first two years of law school. I love working with foreign languages. I speak English natively, French fluently, and Spanish and Arabic proficiently. I also can read and write Arabic.

...right tools and encouragement. I have a significant amount of experience in elementary education; particularly in: reading, reading comprehension, and phonics as well as upper level ELA (English Language Arts): essay-writing, proofreading, and editing. My teaching style is very interactive and hands-on, my most important goal is to meet your student's needs. My interests are running, teaching, cooking, traveling, volunteering, and being with family and friends. I believe that every day is a chance to...

...Laboratory. I enjoyed designing experiments and working on different instruments. The link between theory and practice, the methodical laboratory preparations, and the tangible results of successful experiments, all seemed to strengthen and solidify my tutoring skills in science. I believe “The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one” (Malcolm S. Forbes). It is a joy for me to make a difference in people’s life though education.

I want to show my students the joy of learning, as cliche as that might sound. I guess this stems from my own love of learning, but tutoring lets me share this love in a one-on-one, individual scenario. Seeing as my desired career is to be a college professor, tutoring allows me to get an early edge on my teaching skills as well.

...volunteered as a tutor for students from the middle school level to adults. Since graduation, I moved to Florida where I started my career in teaching and obtained my teaching certification. My first three years I worked as a pre-school teacher, and the last eight years I have been a high school teacher, having taught Spanish I, II, III, and AP Spanish. While I have tutored a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate...

...Art History and Child Development and completed my master's degree in Communications at the American University of Paris. I am a former classroom teacher at a wonderful Houston charter school, as well as several different schools around the world. I have worked with students from kindergarten to middle school in many different subject areas. I love the learning process, and figuring out how to best design a lesson for a specific student so that learning...

...traditional disciplines in a small window of time then I would have to learn how to absorb, process, and apply information at an extremely rapid rate. With the help of select mentors coupled with tons of excellent resources on the internet, I developed a toolbox of accelerated learning and advanced study techniques that I used to crush my schoolwork while cutting my studying time in half. Not only did I have more free time to...

...Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston. I have experience tutoring ages ranging from elementary through college since 2010. I can tutor many levels of math and advanced math, biology, physics, and chemistry, as well as all levels of Spanish. When it comes to teaching I like to get to know my students and adjust my teaching style to better suit their needs. I have learned that some students are visual learners, some learn better...

...I try to teach my students with that same passion in hopes that I might ignite them not only to absorb the material we are currently studying but to become proactive and go above and beyond the texts. If you haven't guessed already by my choice of major and experience, I LOVE Biology! In addition, I tutor in a wide variety of subjects, including SAT Math, Algebra I & 2, Pre Calc, Physics, Chemistry, and...

...also a member of the medical honor society, Alpha Epsilon Delta, and the American Medical Student Association. I am also working with the Bonner Leaders Program and have certification in leadership through the Ted Bauer Leadership Certificate Program. I am volunteering at the Texas Children’s Hospital at the Medical Center learning about the practices and day-to-day work. I am currently developing a service-learning program called Honors in Community Health for the greater Houston area. My...

...a deep love for languages, people, cultures, reading and so much more. Currently I'm a wordsmith by trade, and have experience tutoring and teaching various subjects in the USA and China, including ESL, TOEFL, Social Studies, English, Writing and Reading comprehension. I like to get to know my students, their strength and weakness and look for creative ways to teach my student and help turn that weakness into a another strength! I am looking forward...

...also tutor French. Tutoring has always been something I enjoyed. For example, when I was in middle school, I tutored students in math for two summers in a row. Later, during high school, I tutored students in Chemistry. And now, I hope to tutor more students through Varsity Tutors. Outside of academics, I enjoy playing several sports such as Ultimate Frisbee, ping pong, and basketball. I really look forward to meeting all of you!

I am a recent graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, of which I graduated with Latin honors (Magna Cum Laude). I obtained high marks on AP exams (English, Spanish and Psychology) and the English/reading/writing sections of the ACT and GRE, so I am happy to offer my expertise!

...my inability to choose a favorite subject--I love literature and science! This love of learning translates naturally to my role as a tutor. Because I love learning, I look for ways to transmit my passions to others by teaching them. Another reason I enjoy tutoring lies in my own experience as a student. I had to work very hard for the grades it took to get to college, so I understand the problems of the...

...volunteered at my local Boys and Girls club. I have tutored students in subjects ranging from Calculus to Chemistry to Language Arts, but I specialize in teaching Math and Science. As a tutor, I love to see students improve themselves, and I strive to create those "aha!" moments when everything begins to make sense. When I teach, I find it is most effective to find out how a student approaches a problem and rationalize it...

I am really interested in teaching Spanish to many people. I am a kind, honest, and responsible person. I am civil engineer and I work in a company in Houston.... Give students choices rather than directives, and they will feel empowered to learn. All students are individual, and everyone learns in their own unique way. Learning is a lifelong process, and I want to instill that passion in my students.

I am a scientific writer with a PhD in applied biosciences. I love science and enjoy sharing what I have learnt until now with others.