252 Thornton ESL/ESOL Tutors

...I am familiar with the materials used in grades k-6 (math, grammar, english, reading, history, geography) and the positive coaching methods to encourage students in their learning style. My BS degree is in Recreation and Psychology which I have used often when teaching to understand a child's perceptions, move through them and into the material... read more

...I have successfully used instruction of word families and blends to build phonemic awareness in developing readers with and without Dyslexia. Games and word activities are fun ways to help students associate consonant and vowel combinations with appropriate spelling. Writing activities reinforce the learning while improving spelling and reading... read more

...Another interest I have is understanding people and figuring them out and I went as far as getting another degree in the subject matter of psychology from Regis University. I love the English language and am also still learning Spanish, therefore I am inviting anyone who wants to expand their horizon into another culture and language such as German,... read more

...Over the years I added ACT, GRE, GMAT and TOEFL. In 2007, while living in New York City I earned my TESOL certificate from Global TESOL College to teach English overseas. From 2007 to 2010 I lived in Istanbul where I taught for Kaplan and a local language school. While working as a teacher, I have also built something of a career as a freelance... read more

...All of my 28 years of licensed teaching experience have been in elementary school. Most of that time, I taught kindergarten or first grade, which of course emphasized phonics. I used a balanced approach to teaching literacy, but also taught with many reading programs (LLI, JERI, CHEERS, Reading Street, Mondo) during my career in Jeffco Public Schools... read more