
Natalia
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: University of Pennsylvania - Bachelors, Visual Studies
ACT Math: 30
ACT Science: 31
I like to travel and meet new people. I enjoy learning new architecture software. I enjoy some light reading every now and then.
What is your teaching philosophy?
I have the most experience teaching and tutoring in languages. When I tutor languages, I push more for conversation techniques to get the students more comfortable with the language, assuring them that messing up is okay, they begin to formulate own sentences as opposed to translating word for word. I also encourage reading in the language to gain a better instinct on the rhythm and fluidity of the language so that it becomes more intuitive. I also encourage repetition for verb conjugations, so that the student becomes more comfortable in conjugating verbs. In other subjects, my techniques are more in practice and finding the student's best learning technique. When I tutored SAT math in Brazil, I found that the student's learned more by working through problems and identifying the steps needed to solve the problem than by sitting and staring at the problem. I generally try to work with the student to push him/her to solve the problem on their own, before stepping in and explaining the problems.