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Bridgette

Bachelors, Foreign Languages

8+ years of tutoring

University of California-Riverside

Webster University

Buenos Dias a Todos! I am here to tailor my teaching to your Spanish needs! I have experience in teaching all ages and all ability levels, from kindergarteners all the way through college students, as well as native Speakers who may need to touch up on spelling or grammar. I was born into a Mexican family, so the dialect that I am familiar with is Mexican Spanish, but I also studied abroad in Spain for a year while working on my bachelor's degree and am therefore also familiar with the proper Castillian Spanish from Spain. I got my bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics from the University of California, Riverside and my master's degree in International Relations from Webster University in Washington D.C. Whether you need to prepare for a test, brush up on your conversational skills, read Spanish literature, or distinguish between the different accents, I am here to help you with your Spanish language learning needs!

Q&A with Bridgette

When it comes to foreign language acquisition, the first question that comes to mind is: what are your learning goals? Are you trying to ace a test? Do you need assistance with reading comprehension? Does your pronunciation need work? I take into account all aspects of learning a foreign language, including reading, writing, speaking and listening, ask the student what his/her goals are, and then prepare a lesson plan from there. How can you help a student become an independent learner? By pointing the student in the right direction as far as what helped me and providing the student with resources to work on the language on his or her own time. How would you help a student stay motivated?