Hello! I have four years of teaching English as a second language in Japan in a public classroom setting, as well as over 10 years of experience tutoring both adults and students ranging from elementary age to high school in ESL. I speak business level Japanese so I am able to help Japanese ESL learners achieve fluent conversational English, while being able answer questions in Japanese. (read more)
...I also tutor academic math subjects - PreAlgebra, Algebra, and Geometry. I have tutored several students in the GRE and specialize in assisting students in the quantitative section. My background in academic math and test prep strategies for the SAT and ACT tests prepare me to tutor students in the GRE. (read more)
...I like to make learning languages practical and fun. I studied Composition Studies at San Francisco State with some of the best teachers in the field and learned great strategies that really work. I also learn new strategies all the time by keeping up with the latest in the field through books and conferences. (read more)
...They travel, exploring both inner and outer landscapes, and a great variety of cultural and historical contexts . Realizing, as did Einstein, that imagination is greater than knowledge, they become problem solvers in real-life circumstances. They learn to understand a creative work in context relative to an author's purpose. They learn to appreciate authors' creative choices and why. (read more)
...English has always been my passion but I understand its complexities can be challenging. My tutoring style includes getting to know the individual I'm tutoring so that I can relate the material to real experiences they've had to make understanding the different concepts in English easier. I am ... (read more)