Award-Winning Spanish Tutors in Syracuse, NY

...recently moved back to the US and I am currently living in Syracuse. I moved with my parents to Saudi Arabia senior year of high school, and in the interest of exposing myself to a culture different from mine, I decided to continue my higher education over there. I graduated for medical school in Saudi Arabia and I am currently working on my United States Medical Licensing Exams so I can practice medicine here in...

I received degrees from Syracuse University, S.I Newhouse School of Communications Television, Film, and Radio M.A (2017) and University of California Santa Barbara Film and Media Studies B.A (2016). I am a documentary filmmaker with a passion for helping others learn and grow. ... As a student-parent, I have faced many hurdles throughout my education. However, I believe you can truly conquer any obstacle you are faced with. I want to help students overcome their difficulties and succeed.

I am currently a teaching assistant and pursuing my PhD in Political Science (International Relations and Comparative Politics). I enjoy working with students and seeing them develop their academic interests. ... I like to encourage students to develop their own academic interests. As a TA in the political science department, I encourage students to follow current events in the topic of their choice, be it the economy, the environment, international politics, technology, etc.... I would establish what problem areas the student is concerned with and what we should focus on in our sessions.

...the sky is the limit when you are able to do something you truly enjoy and are passionate about. My teaching method would absolutely vary depending on the student. Visual learners need different kind of help than non-visual. For visual learners, I would try to paint a picture of the problem or formula so it is easier for them to understand. For non-visual, I can stick more with formulas, numbers, and memorization.... To get the student not to simply memorize how to get or find an answer, but to help them reach a level of confidence and preparation that makes the material seem second nature to them.

...earned a Bachelor's degree in Spanish and Secondary Education and taught Spanish for 9 years at the high school level. During those 9 years I also earned a Master's degree in Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment as well as a Master's degree in Educational Leadership. I recently left the classroom to take a position as a high school administrator at a Vocational and Technical high school, but still have a passion for the Spanish language and...

...other French-speaking parts of Canada. I am also actively compiling an online dictionary of Canadian French. I have many years of professional experience teaching and tutoring French, English, grammar, linguistics and ESL at the college and adult levels. In addition, for many years I have operated an online language consulting service. In my teaching, tutoring and consulting, I have usually been successful in making complex material understandable and learnable for students of diverse backgrounds and...

...approach situations in a creative way. This means I like to look at something from several different angles. When it comes to teaching, this means I can teach one thing in several different ways depending upon how the student needs to learn. It is fun and rewarding for me. I am passionate about reading and writing, and I do both very frequently. My hobbies are video production, playing guitar, and art projects.

...in the two years I have been here I have started a professional acting career in films, plays, commercials and other fun arenas. I love teaching and learning in just about any subject but I am most fond of languages, literature History - there's just so much humanity and adventure and passion and awesomeness and...we'll you catch my drift :) I have taught and tutored children as young as 5 up through college aged folk...

¨Learn a language today, opens a door tomorrow¨... Teaching = Learning... Find a way to feel comfortable with each other so that we can bond.... Challenging him/her.... Meet his/her needs and know his/her interests to apply them in the lesson.... Explain… explain and explain, until I find the correct teaching language (method) the student understands.... I would work a lot with vocabulary, meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and provide a lot of examples of difficult words in different contexts. I would generally work with a lot of semantics concepts.

...with both high school and college students of all backgrounds and interests. I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Hispanic Linguistics program at the University of Arizona, and have previously earned a B.A. in Spanish and Linguistics with a minor in Gender and Women's Studies and an M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics. Above all, I strive to identify students' learning styles and preferences and to help them not only understand material but also see how it...