...My specialty area is ESL, however, I have taught college English and English composition at all levels, in both school settings and privately. I have an MA in TESOL and have served as an adjunct professor, K through 12 classroom teacher, and private tutor. My students have ranged from four years old to adult and at all levels. (read more)
...History, English Lit, and Art History. Great test scores are terrific -- and I love helping kids get them. But if students devote their teen years only to cramming for tests, when are they going to have time to become remarkable, thinking individuals? (read more)
...I am able to switch between English and Spanish with ease, which allows me to adapt to the student's needs. I specialize in reading, writing and speaking formal/professional Spanish. Regarding written Spanish, I enjoy guiding students to identify when an accent or tilde should be placed in sele... (read more)
...I'm excited to work through writing and reading with my students, and I've included everything from 2,000-year-old poems to Black Mirror episodes on my syllabuses. While my specialty is undergraduate college students, I also volunteered as a teacher's assistant in high school, where I helped stu... (read more)
...SAT reading can be challenging for most adults, let alone young people whose vocabularies are still developing. I offer practical ways to analyze written passages, accurately infer meaning, see their structure and organization, and eliminate incorrect answer choices. There are systematic ways to improve SAT reading scores, and my lessons will familiarize you with all of them. (read more)