
Arram
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: Colorado College - Bachelor in Arts, Romance Languages and Literatures
Tennis, lifting, hiking, learning languages, piano, programming
Conversational Spanish
Spanish 1
What is your teaching philosophy?
As a teacher, I believe it is more my job to guide a student through their own learning process. As such, I only help as much as a need to. Students learn by teaching themselves, not by watching someone else do the work. A teacher is mainly there to provide direction and clues. The student must struggle a bit on their own to arrive at a solid understanding of the material.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
I would ask them why they want to learn the material, what point they are at and what difficulties they have with it. I would then draw out a series of lesson plans specific to that student.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
A student becomes an independent learner when they are willing to struggle in the face of difficulty instead of relying on the instructor to help them. The more a student struggles themselves, the better they will understand the material.
How would you help a student stay motivated?
I would make the student understand that patience is a virtue and that any improvement matters.
If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?
I would try to use a way they haven't been taught before. I am fine with turning to other sources for instruction. Sometimes it just takes another voice telling a student the same thing for the process to click in their head.