250 La Mesa Literature Tutors

...I was an English major before I switched to Biology. I have had many College level English courses. I have worked as a Technical writer. I have had many college level courses in literature, and was previously majored in this subject before changing to Biology. I was an AP English/literature student in High School. I have worked as a Technical Writer... read more

I sincerely and unabatedly love teaching and tutoring. My enthusiasm spills over to my students, which encourages them to do their best. The thank you letters from students I have tutored are among my most precious possessions. I am skilled, knowledgeable, articulate, and flexible. I meet the needs of my students. I have wide and long experience,... read more

I am a qualified ESL teacher with a master's degree in linguistics. I have experience teaching children as well as adults. As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jordan I taught English to fourth- and fifth-grade girls in a village school. This experience taught me the importance of flexibility and cultural sensitivity. Exposure to a culture different from... read more

...I have experience as a writing teacher. I have developed a writing program that presents an incremental step-by-step approach to teach writing skills one at a time. The program provides the student with a model to use, so the student always has a specific idea to use in the writing assignment; a checklist that identifies each element of the assignment,... read more

..." In real life, when is the student ever going to be asked to define those concepts? Never. But real life DOES require us to write well -- we can do that without the foreign-sounding grammatical terms. Reading is the one skill that the student needs in order to write well. Largely a matter of practice -- with a guide -- reading may open a whole new... read more