Certified, Experienced ESL/English and Spanish Tutor

I'm a native English speaker and have been teaching since 2009. I have a certificate in TESOL from California State University East Bay and a B.A. in Foreign Languages from Lewis and Clark College. I'm a member of several professional organizations such as TESOL and CATESOL and ESL International. I am finishing my master's degree in English, specializing in TESOL.

I enjoy helping students learn. Learning can be fun. My goal is to make my lessons as engaging as possible. My knowledge of other languages helps me understand the challenges learners face. I am able to explain the differences in grammar between languages so that students can understand. I tutor English to non native speakers as well as tutor Spanish to native English speakers.

My English teaching experience includes teaching writing to college students, both native and non native English speakers as well as middle school students. I currently teach reading and writing to international students at California State University East Bay.

I've taught English oral fluency, pronunciation, speaking and listening to Italian high school students. I taught ESL/English conversation, grammar, reading and writing to individuals and small groups.

I have worked with adult immigrants from a variety of countries, including Japan, China, Nepal, Eritrea, Iraq, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador. The lessons focused on improving their conversational fluency, listening, reading and writing skills.

I've taught English for specific purposes in subjects such as childcare, real estate and career skills. In addition, I've taught native Spanish speakers English using both English and Spanish depending on their English language proficiency.

Spanish Language Teaching:

My Spanish language teaching experience includes teaching Spanish to adults, middle school and high school students, focusing on conversation, grammar and vocabulary. I also taught Spanish to middle school students at a private school in the East Bay.

I work collaboratively with my students to create fun, engaging lessons customized to meet their learning goals. I incorporate role playing, games and technology to facilitate learning.

After working together one-on-one, my students have been able to improve their grades by at least one grade point or more.

Genevieve's Subjects

English:	English, ESL/ESOL, grammar, proofreading, reading, vocabulary, writing
Test Preparation:	GED
Language:	ESL/ESOL, Spanish
Special Needs:	phonics
Elementary Education:	grammar, phonics, reading, vocabulary
Corporate Training:	ESL/ESOL, grammar, proofreading, Spanish
Homeschool:	English, ESL/ESOL, reading, Spanish, writing

Grammar

My friends nicknamed me the Grammar Queen because I understand and can explain English grammar in an understandable way.

My former coworkers put me in charge of reviewing their marketing materials to make sure they were grammatically correct and without errors.

Reading

I worked as a volunteer for Alameda Reads teaching adult immigrants to read. I took a morphology class which discussed how prefixes, stems and suffixes are combined to create words.

Spanish

I have a B.A. in Foreign Languages, with Spanish as my primary language. I taught Spanish to middle school students at a private school in the East Bay. I have tutored high school students one on one in Spanish for the past three years.

Writing

I taught writing to both native and non-native English speakers at the university level. I regularly attend seminars and workshops for my professional development.

Proofreading

In my everday life, I always seem to find the typos in written mateial. While I don't have professional training, I end up finding them.

In my previous positions working for Fortune 500 companies, I reviewed the marketing materials before they went out to make sure there weren't any errors.

Phonics

In my role as a substitute teacher and ESL teacher, I worked with adults and children on their pronunciation and beginning reading skills teaching them to sound out the letters in the various word families.

I volunteered with AlamedaReads, helping adult immigrants with reading, vocabulary and reading comprehension.

ESL/ESOL

I have a TESOL Certificate from California State University East Bay. The program consisted of coursework and a teaching practicum at Piedmont Hills High School, where I taught ELD students.

My areas of knowledge include teaching speaking, listening, pronunciation, oral fluency, reading and writing.

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Education

Lewis and Clark College (Foreign Languages) California State University - East Bay (Other) California State University, East Bay (Enrolled)

Very patient and highly effective tutor — Genevieve did a tremendous job to help my high schooler to improve his grade more than a full grade in Spanish class.

— Ryan from Alameda, CA

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Genevieve will travel within 16 miles of Alameda, CA 94501.

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