Award-Winning Latin Tutors in Illinois

...subjects that I tutor, I particularly enjoy tutoring Spanish and French because they open doors to communicating with and understanding so many people, both near and far! I have traveled to Peru and hope to travel more in the future. I strongly believe that anyone can learn anything, as long as enough time and effort...

...become proficient in these areas with patience, encouragement, and practice. For the past eight years, I have helped students with standardized test preparation, debate and argumentation, and traditional academic subjects. The subjects I enjoy most are writing, college preparation, and history. Yet the focus with all of my students, whether they are in the sixth...

...Chinese Studies with minors in both Spanish an Middle Eastern Studies. I have worked as a Chinese tutor at Drew University and have volunteered as an English teacher at elementary schools in both Egypt and China. I love teaching languages, including Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and Latin because I believe that knowing a foreign language is...

...Department. As a Teaching Assistant, I conduct discussion based tutorials, lecture on thesis development and argumentation, mentor students on paper writing and study skills during office hours, and constructively comment on close reading exercises and essays. I am advanced in both Classical and Medieval languages, and have extensive experience tutoring Latin at the grade and...

...is) to earn a teaching certificate, but that is still a ways off. What else could I do? An idea hit me. Just because I am not a student anymore, however, does not mean I can't still dedicate myself to learning. There is no better way to do that than to help others learn too,...

...and Classical Civilizations. I also have taken Spanish classes for eight years at both the high school and college levels and have an upper intermediate fluency. I hope to continue my education and eventually become a professor of Classics with a focus on ancient religion and art during the Archaic period. I enjoy all of...

...includes a large amount of reading, analysis, and writing, which are suited to the SAT preparation. I especially love teaching Latin; over the past four years I have helped students master grammar and translation, while transferring my enthusiasm for the language and literature itself. I work very hard to make sure that my students make...

...good communication and classroom management skills. I do not get frustrated if my students do not understand something right away; instead, I look for an alternative way to explain whatever is confusing to my students. My goal is not simply to help my students improve their grades, but rather to teach reliable study skills, encourage...

...During that time I've spent many years teaching Latin, English, and Ancient Greek at independent schools in New York and California and four years doing graduate work in the Classics at USC, three of which were spent teaching Latin and Ancient Greek to undergraduates while enrolled. While I can teach other subjects, the majority of...

...the right approach. My job is to help each student master the material at hand by exploring different learning styles and techniques. Though I tutor a variety of subjects including Latin, chemistry, biology, and math, my favorite subject to tutor is organic chemistry. Organic chemistry problem sets have always felt more like logic puzzles than...