1,190 East Los Angeles Literature Tutors

...I approach each student as a unique, individual learner, finding the best teaching approach for their personality and abilities. A former instructor for the Institute of Reading Development, I am a voracious reader and highly familiar with the classics of English literature. I teach students to be active readers--looking for foreshadowing, literary... read more

...I'm bilingual in Mandarin, which is my native language, but I majored in English at UCLA, one of the best universities in the nation. As an English major, my classes emphasized critical reading and analysis skills in literature, as well as eloquent writing skills. I also have plenty of experience with math as well, having taken advanced calculus... read more

...I know the subject matter, but more important, I know what to do to get the highest score possible on these tests, and I can quickly teach these tips and techniques to you. As a lawyer, I made my living writing and analyzing the writing of others for 30 years. Since retiring, I have used my love of literature to tutor many students in high school... read more

...Together, we can read through your books, plays, or short stories, and work out how to talk about and write about them. I have been studying theatre since age 12, when I began taking classes at the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco. After exhausting their range of classes, I also trained at Judy Berlin's Kids on Camera before... read more

...I am a published author--two books and several articles--and have taught writing courses going all the way back to 1996. I can help with a wide variety of writing and research issues. I teach British literature, mainly Renaissance authors like Shakespeare and Milton. I am also very familiar with the Romantics (Blake is a favorite) and the Greek... read more