...However, I don't look at grammar as an isolated part of language learning. In my approach to tutoring grammar I always make it a point to consider the context in which certain grammar concepts are used. I am a German native and veteran teacher. (read more)
...I work closely with them to understand their interests and work with them to match colleges that suit those interests. I walk students and parents through the application process, helping students craft their college essays and supplements, as well as ensuring that they are completing the common app thoroughly and accurately. My students have had great success with full scholarships to St. (read more)
9 Subjects: includingEnglish,Writing,Grammar,ACT English
...I love that point in all ages, when the student "gets" it. One of the nicest things about tutoring is when I work with a family from PSATs right through College Acceptance. I work in your home, in a mutually convenient library and online. (read more)
...In creative work, vivid language works to eschew the general observation and replace it with specifics of time and place. Clarity is celebrated, thus, in creative work as well, as characters, setting and plot are developed. I have taught MS and US English, including hundreds of literary titles, over 35 years, and have won five school-wide teaching awards over these years. (read more)
I have tutored elementary students in the distant past. More recently I have taught College Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Business Writing at the New England College of Finance in Boston as an adjunct faculty member. I have recently been tutoring college students in Tax Accounting. (read more)