...In working with elementary school children as a tutor, I have implemented phonics into reading practice with all of my students. I feel phonics are the building blocks of reading and spelling. I have experience using phonics for tutoring and used phonics as an elementary special education inclusion teacher. (read more)
...Since moving to El Paso I have tutored several children with predominately Spanish speaking families and have never had any issues communicating with them, as well as briefly teaching a Spanish GED class for a local El Pasoan church. My M.A. in Political Science was heavily based on research, re... (read more)
...I successfully completed elementary education and secondary education till grade 10 in Hong Kong. During the years of my schooling, I received academic instruction in both Chinese and English, Chinese being the first language and English the secondary, which gives me equally substantial training... (read more)
...We focused mostly on Math and Reading but also covered daily science and art lessons. I also spent several months as a tutor at Sylvan Learning Center of Brentwood, where I tutored students from 1st grade to high school seniors. With younger students, I focused on Math and Reading, and with high school students I focused on SAT Prep, English, and Social Studies. (read more)
...It probably seems counterintuitive that I enjoy correcting (proofreading) student essays and research papers. On the contrary, it is the proofing of papers where I begin to understand students as writers and thinkers. From this place, lessons of writing (grammar, word choice, transition, coherence, documentation, etc.) and thinking (logic, evidence, evolved thesis) begin. (read more)