81 San Jose 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

...I have been playing Chess for over 15 years, and play at a very high level. As a Medieval Studies graduate from UC Davis, I was able to delve into several topics that together make up 'Social Studies'. To begin with, my minor was through the History department, as were a majority of the classes I took for Medieval studies. My main foci were literature... 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

Education is my passion. "Education", from the Latin, means "to lead out of." We need to open ourselves up to the world around us. There is so much going on. New discoveries in science open up the universe and find cures for diseases. Hi-tech communication puts the world at our finger tips. We just have to learn to discover our world and the people... read more

...I bring creativity to every learning experience and love to see the light of understanding sparkle in students' eyes! I have taught vocabulary classes for middle and high school, focusing on the Latin and Greek roots of English along with word use in context. I have a history of creative writing dating back to my undergrad years as an English major,... read more