Award-Winning Languages Tutors in University at Albany, NY

...Guilderland and recently moved back to the capital region. After completing college I began service as an active duty infantry officer in the United States Army. This experience gave me tremendous opportunities to travel, meet new people, and challenge myself in ways that I never before imagined. I am grateful to have returned home and...

...speaker, the knowledge of Spanish, the understanding of culture and my experience in teaching help students I tutor learn it easily in a fun way. I am convinced that patience, clear explanations, rapport and motivation are the keys for success in teaching and learning. I understand that not everybody learns in the same way, not...

...language which makes it common to all of us. This reflects the nature of language and the will or the need to communicate. Yet all the languages are not the same and, learning them can be something difficult but necessary for intercultural exchange to people in contact. I will be glad as a French near-native...

...to high school and university students. What drew me to tutoring Spanish was that it not only allowed me to maintain my Spanish after graduating, but also gave me a chance to share my the experiences I had gained while traveling the Spanish-speaking world (Mexico and Spain). I chose to tutor math as well, after...

...to come. It is important to me that each student makes academic goals and that I help achieve those goals so that every student feels successful and well equipped to handle material on their own. I think that it is crucial that students also learn what resources they have available to them when a tutor...

...for about 9-10 years. I started learning Spanish in middle school and continued my education in this field through my college career. I studied abroad at ECELA in Santiago, Chile for the 2015 fall semester. I enrolled with the purpose of improving my Spanish speaking abilities. I traveled alone to Chile and I did not...

...well. Other subjects I tutor are Math and Test Prep. Outside of work and school, I enjoy art, music, writing, and being outdoors as much as possible. My previous experience with teaching includes teaching faith formation classes of different ages, tutoring high school students (primarily in Math, but also other subjects such as English), and being...

...certified to teach English and Spanish as well. I love teaching. I have worked as a Spanish teacher for about nine years. My first five years of teaching were in the public school system. Later on, I taught at a private school for four years. During those years of teaching, I also did a fair...

...of Mandarin Chinese. I'm formally trained as a teacher and teacher educator, and got my PhD in second language education. I taught college-level English, and had experience teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages in China. After moving to the US, I have been teaching and tutoring Chinese at the postsecondary level, and also involving...

...Buffalo, and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have over 10 years' research experience in social sciences, health, mental health, teaching, and writing journal articles. I'm currently an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, partnering with the principal investigator of the Successful Aging project....