Award-Winning Latin Tutors in Troy, MI

...and private schools as well as online. I enjoy my students and everything I teach, but guess I probably like Classics the best. I know how easy it is for a student to get lost in a class of 25-30 students and how it is to feel lost or so far behind you don't think you will ever catch up. I also know that anyone can learn almost anything; it just depends on the teacher,...

...taught students of many ages, I know how to convey complex concepts in accessible terms, and my exceptional patience enables me to deduce and utilize the learning styles of individual students. Having always found classroom and standardized tests to be intuitive and learnable, I am able to impart testing strategies in addition to teaching textbook material. In my woefully limited spare time, I read extensively, dabble in creative writing, and translate my favorite Latin literature....

...Turkish, Attic Greek, Ancient Hebrew, and, of course, English) and I've learned that a lot of the principles of communication are universal. If you're reading this, you already know one language, so you've made the first step toward learning another! I'd love to help you go further. If it's English that's giving you trouble, I'd also be happy to be of assistance. I wrote over 150 pages of independent research in college and was an...

...the subject an intrinsic motivation (i.e., worth doing for its own sake). Reading Latin (or Greek) literature in the original language with students is my favorite type of teaching because I love both the language and the literature. I teach language, literature, history, and writing at all levels, most subjects at the elementary or middle school level, and test prep. I am extremely curious, have lots of interests (literature, history, psychology, philosophy, linguistics), and love...

...tutor for Latin. One of the things I enjoy most about tutoring students in Latin and Italian is helping them build a stronger foundation in their native English language as well as in the foreign language. Over the course of my years as a tutor, I have seen my students expand their vocabulary and rhetorical skills in English through their study of foreign and classical language. I firmly believe that by grasping the roots of...

...realize that a so-called "dead" language can actually be relevant to their lives! When tutoring Latin, I like to focus on using various strategies to help students "read with expectations, " meaning that students engage in linear reading (reading left-to-right, without skipping around), and approach texts with a notion of what makes a sentence complete. More generally, as a tutor, I am very patient and flexible, always keeping a student's goals and motivations in mind...

...experience tutoring high school and college students in Algebra, Latin, French, and Spanish. While I love all of the 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 are...

...in working with younger students. Throughout my career I have been recognized and awarded for the skill with which I inspire students in several different disciplines, for the ease with which I build strong relationships, and for the innumerable ways I contribute to the school community. My education in the Classics and in History, my award-winning experience, as well as my longstanding love for language, literature, and history, enable me to excel in all the...

...their own goals and develop useful skills. I began tutoring as an undergraduate, for history, French, German, and Latin. I also have extensive experience editing English essays (my own, those of my peers, and those of my students.) I spend a lot of time thinking about these subjects, and about how to help others understand them better. When I'm not doing academic work, I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen and exploring on my bicycle. I...

...love foreign languages, and I have traveled all around the world trying to learn the native languages where I am. I have been studying language since age 11, and I have never stopped trying to master new languages. Besides tutoring, I am a classical musician, a singer, and a composer; I perform all around the world. I have experience working with all age groups and I first started tutoring at age 15. I am a...