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Gracias a los hombres y mujeres que han peleado y muerto en la guerra para que nosotros pudiramos vivir en un pais libre.

Thanks to all the men and women who have fought and died in the war, so we can live in a free nation.

Throughout my life, from the time I was in Kindergarten until the present time, I have been involved in learning different languages. Every school day from K-6th grade, our classes learned French from the TV. That's a lot of French lessons for a child. Sometimes I dream in French.

In Middle School I took Spanish for three years and it was quite easy since I had that French background. Three years ago I decided to take Chinese, just to satisfy my own curiosity to see if I could. Using Rosetta Stone, I found I was quite good at recognizing characters and their meanings. I could never speak a word of it, but my focus was on understanding the written word. This year I corresponded with a Danish man and went back to Rosetta stone to learn Danish. It was quite fun for me. Rosetta Stone is a no-pressure, fun way to learn a language.

However, a personal tutor is much faster and gives immediate feedback for correct pronunciation and grammar. No software can do that. Your tutor can show you how their mouth looks and the position of the tongue for exact pronunciation. Your personal tutor assesses your needs and progress during every lesson and tailors them to your exact need. Need to fill out an application? No problem. It becomes part of the lesson. Need to be able to read a restaurant menu and know what you are ordering? No problem. Whatever your language needs are, we can succeed together!

Sometimes, it is essential to provide students with additional perspectives, besides the tutor's. As I tutor more and more, I realize that even with the one-on-one benefits of tutoring, there is a need for interaction with other students. However, the problem is, there are no other students to provide this feedback when you are tutoring a student. I have found that creating relationships with other students is a remarkable enhancement to the tutoring experience.

I have used Pen Pals to meet this need. There are a variety of websites that offer pen pals for different purposes. If I am tutoring a student in Social Studies, Geography or History, a Pen Pal is an amazing resource for FREE and REAL information about the study topics. This is usually an exciting concept that is well-received by the student because they thrive with interactions with others and they think it's amazing to connect with people like them all around the world! Using the right resources for this is essential, so I suggest that tutors spend some time locating the right program for their needs. Usually, those that are dedicated to teachers offer the most security and less potential for spam and unwanted leaks of information to the Web. Additionally, these sites allow the tutor more access to hand-picking the pen pals for their needs. The greatest benefit for this type of tutoring lesson is the ability to focus on the writing skills of the student while not needing to create writing assignments for the sake of writing! This makes the students more likely to give their effort to their tasks AND it allows the tutor to challenge the student to become eloquent in their writing efforts because it is directed at a "friend". I encourage tutors to give this a try in Foreign Languages, Writing, History and Social Studies, ESOL... actually, the possibilities are endless! I'd love to know how YOU are using Pen Pals in your tutoring!

I taught English to Spanish speaking students in Puerto Rico. It was very challenging. I sang and played games with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders. The students who where interested in learning did well and later on the could go to a private school where the classes were all in English, since the main language in Puerto Rico is Spanish.

For 12 years I taught family Consumer Science to 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th grade and pre-vocational students. They learned the basics in cooking, sewing, crafts, and ceramics. The students boys and girls sewed an easy piece of garment, pillow and other thing they could do.

Hola! I am a native speaker and I’m a Spanish tutor in Brecksville, OH.

You can learn Spanish in an interesting way, improving the reading, talking, and listening by choosing the topics that are interesting for you. I teach all levels of Spanish from beginning to advanced (adults and children). I also teach Spanish for business.