Award-Winning Latin Tutors in Elk Grove Village, IL

...sequencing of phototransductive proteins in the eye tissues of a species of freshwater American fish. Further, I studied at the Universidad de San Francisco de Quito(USFQ) on Ecuadorian mainland and the Galapagos Academic Institute of the Arts and Sciences(GAIAS) on San Cristobal of the Galapagos Islands. I am also well versed in mathematics and physics....

...prestigious Herman B Wells Scholars Program. I joined the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and I graduated summa cum laude with degrees in Classical Studies: Latin and Greek and Theatre & Drama, and with a minor in Art History. My strengths as a tutor are my personable style and my individualized review methods. I believe in...

...have me teach or tutor them. I certainly can put myself in the place of others, as I have in the past relied on tutors to get me through some tough topics. As for other interests outside tutoring, I am very interested in languages and linguistics, as I currently teach graduate and undergraduate linguistics at...

...A's. Having earned a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (SMU) and a Master's Degree in Biochemistry (CCNY), I specialize in the various math and science subjects. In addition to complete mastery of the respective subject at hand, my tutoring experiences also show that listening, patience, and good communication are key for good tutoring sessions.

I am a senior at the University of Chicago, studying English and Theatre and Performance Studies. I have worked with children of all ages in various capacities, including teaching, and I find that the best way for students to learn is to have fun and engage them. ... Learning is most effective when the student is having fun, and the best way to learn is to teach.

...students build connections within their own universe of knowledge. I closely track each student’s performance to identify areas of strength to use as a framework for learning new material. I then teach my students not only the material they are struggling with but also how to critically answer similar questions. My goal is to help...

...recovered! It is this sort of a-ha moment that I hope my students find. I approach each student question as having multiple ways to get to the answer and, as a former college math major, I also try to get at cultural and linguistic problems from unexpected angles, like through the scientific method or pythagorean...

...tutoring reflects these diverse perspectives: my lessons are student-centered rather than tutor-centered. I aim to speak as little as possible and allow students to build upon their own prior knowledge while making connections to new information. Because I have worked with students as young as five years old and as old as forty years old,...

...evidence of the benefits of learning a language at a young age with many claims as to the impact on a student’s future success. To speak from my experience, learning a new language challenges you to understand an entirely foreign tongue in the same way that a native speaker understands it, which trains you to...

...English major at Columbia University, I hope to be able to use the critical thinking skills I have acquired along my personal journey to work with students and adapt to any learning environment and situation. I hope that someday, too, students will find learning fun and engaging, because attitude will make a great difference in...