Award-Winning Spanish Tutors in Fairfield, CT

...believed in her, including herself. This upset me greatly and I then told her that I believe in her. Her goal was to get a 65 on the regents so she could pass the ninth grade. (I always tell my students that their goal should be 100, but that is just me!) I always thought math was fun, so that is how I make my students feel about it. She told me that it felt...

...tutor in the Westchester, NY area. I tutor Spanish and English. I graduated from Villanova University and am starting my MA in Spanish at Middlebury College. I studied for eight months in the beautiful city of Madrid, Spain. I have tutored students in Spanish at the middle school, high school and undergraduate levels. My approach is explicit instruction and drills combined with practical conversation so students can get comfortable speaking and using the language. I...

...Writing, and Math. I helped my students successfully achieve their goals and get into college! In addition, during college I tutored at various middle schools in the greater College Park, MD area. Most of the students I met with needed help in Math and Writing, although I also tutored in Spanish on the side. I tutor a broad range of subjects including Math, Spanish, SAT Verbal, Grammar, Essay Editing, and Essay Writing. In my free...

...am able to tutor in a variety of subjects from middle school all the way up to introductory college courses. I especially enjoy helping students with math or English coursework. I can also help with a variety of standardized tests, from the SSAT to the MCAT. I am very interested in helping students overcome test anxiety by learning strategies that can help them stay calm and be efficient. In particular, I want to help students...

...and subjects. I am currently in the process of attaining my certificate in TESOL which I will have completed by January. Growing up in a multicultural household, languages and culture have become a passion for me. Learning and helping other learn to love languages, history and cultural diversity has become a big part of my life. Aside from learning languages and history, I am also interested in food. Cooking, baking and experimenting different cuisines to...

...consistently providing positive encouragement, and finding creative ways to explain difficult concepts through examples, illustrations, and analogies. Through my great amount of teaching experience, I have worked with a diverse array of students and enjoy supporting all types of individuals with their many learning needs. Since graduating from NYU, I have spent three months in Uganda conducting public health outreach in rural villages and am now interviewing for medical schools. Outside of my professional aspirations,...

...high school English at the renowned Townsend Harris High School, The Wheatley School in Westbury and at Newfield High School in Selden, has illuminated the wide variety of students, their positive learning abilities and has revealed the joy of bringing the beauty of the English language and its literature to young people. My extensive school and life experience, along with my passion for teaching make me an ideal tutor. The triumph my students experience lies...

...abilities, and ages. No matter what the circumstances, though, I am able to develop a rapport with the student, which allows them to feel comfortable working with me as their tutor. I tutor a wide variety of subjects, but enjoy tutoring English writing and grammar the most. I love to read, so I want my students to feel as passionate about reading as I do. I also have a background in languages, which allows me...

...tutors in the past, I learned that the key to strengthening one's abilities in any subject is through practice and repetition. For this reason, my lessons emphasize the need for the students to engage themselves in order to take what they have learned in school, in the tutoring sessions, and on their own to successfully strengthen their knowledge. This will be accomplished through a lot of practice (problems, questions, grammar, vocabulary, etc) with guidance from...

...the world becomes as they advance to higher reading levels. My philosophy is simple: keep it fun, and help the student to become self-motivated. Once a student sees that learning can be joyful, rather than painful, they will look forward to honing their skills and tackling increasingly difficult areas of a given subject. I have previously taught: reading to five-year-olds, essay writing to college students, English and Spanish as second languages,and life-management skills in a...