...While I have over 20 years experience and the skill and certification of an educator, my approach is less skill and drill and more reliant on getting students to think deeply and gain the confidence and eagerness to share their ideas. I can teach the basics, but I also love to change a student's opinion of and approach to reading and writing. The best writers are readers. (read more)
...Over the course of my career, I have actively pursued professional development opportunities such as workshops on differentiated instruction and blended learning, which have enriched my teaching methodologies and fostered a dynamic classroom environment. With four years of classroom teaching exp... (read more)
Hello! My name is Eric: in 2019, I received a doctorate in linguistics from the CUNY Graduate Center. As a lecturer at a state university, I also have 5+ years of teaching experience working with both college students and older adults, teaching classes on phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. (read more)
...The students make connections between the text and their lives, global or historical events, and other texts. We practice making inferences, predictions, visualizations, and observations. I lead students through the process of essay writing, from brainstorming and note-taking to research and structure, and sentence-by-sentence syntax and eloquence. (read more)
...I work with private school students, as well as those in less privileged school districts, finding it particularly rewarding to tap into the hidden potential of those for whom learning is challenging. My areas of expertise are reading and writing. I understand the joys and advantages that being a confident reader with a strong vocabulary provide. (read more)