51 Los Gatos Latin Tutors

...Building your vocabulary cannot be crammed into a couple of tutorials but there are techniques for building and expanding your vocabulary rapidly. English borrows as much as 60% of its vocabulary from Latin. Learning Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes can multiple your English vocabulary, and help you to decipher words newly seen. A few Greek roots... read more

...am working on my PhD in Classics from the University of Pittsburgh, while living in the Bay Area. I have received my Master's in Classics from UPitt and graduated cum laude from Pomona College with a double major in Classics and Geology. I have taught college-level Latin, semesters 1-3 as a TA and TF in Pittsburgh, as well as courses in classical... read more

...I also prepare my students with an emphasis on writing, reading comprehension, and critical analysis skill-building. In addition, analysis and understanding of modern British Poetry is a subject upon which I place a great deal of emphasis and importance. Although this might appear difficult, I can assure you that we all have fun learning about Literature... read more

...I have experience with tutoring groups of students, up to six or seven at a time, but have also spent many hours working one on one with students. Though I took few math courses in college, I am highly skilled in High School math, and find it to be on of the easier subjects to tutor. My collegiate background is in Medieval European History, though... read more

...I also have a very large personal inventory of learning materials, including Montessori materials, appropriate for ages from toddlers through elementary. I also have sensory therapeutic items for those with special needs. A grounding in Latin and Greek roots forms the basis of a very strong English vocabulary. I can teach students how to recognize... read more