Patient and willing to go above and beyond Spanish/English Tutor

My name is Linda and I love teaching English and Spanish. I am a native English speaker who has taught ESL, and currently I work with Spanish-speaking students who are trying to better their English writing skills and pronunciation. I have a lot of experience teaching Spanish to all ages, from children, up through older adults. I have a BA and an MA in Spanish. I am the kind of teacher who understands the struggles that one can have as they learn a foreign language, as I have studied French, Spanish and Hebrew. I am extremely patient, and love the challenge of explaining things in as many different ways as possible so that my students can grasp subject matter.

I believe that learning a language must include opportunities to be exposed to grammar, speaking, listening and writing, and I strive to provide all of these in my lessons with students; however, I am happy to tailor tutorial sessions to a student's needs if they express that they are struggling in a certain area. I see the student (and parent, when applicable) as the one who will set the direction for tutoring. If a certain approach is not working, I invite feedback form students, so we can make needed alterations.
After having home schooled my four children, I can assure you I have learned flexibility and creativity in my teaching approaches! I look forward to meeting you and beginning our tutoring sessions!

Linda's Subjects

English:	English, ESL/ESOL, grammar, reading, TOEFL, writing
Test Preparation:	TOEFL
Language:	ESL/ESOL, Spanish, TOEFL
Special Needs:	phonics
Elementary Education:	elementary (k-6th), grammar, phonics, reading, spelling
Corporate Training:	ESL/ESOL, grammar, Spanish
Homeschool:	elementary (k-6th), English, ESL/ESOL, reading, Spanish, writing

Grammar

Grammar is one of my first loves in language study. I homeschooled my four children through elementary and middle school years, and became quite proficient in matters of grammar. I have also studied Spanish (have a BA and MA in Spanish) and am very well acquainted with Spanish grammar, and many of the similarities between the two languages - English and Spanish.In my MA studies, I focused on linguistics and the acquisition of native and second languages.

Reading

I am a former home schooling parent who taught four children up through middle school, and I currently tutor children and adults. I have been a substitute teacher for Aurora Public Schools as well as an Art and and Spanish teacher in their Options Program.
Teaching Language Arts and Spanish has given me a solid foundation in English-language grammar, phonics, reading and writing.I believe children need a strong foundation in letter recognition, phoneme identification and associated sounds... Read More

Spanish

I have a BA and MA in Spanish from the University of Wisconsin and CU-Denver.As an undergrad, I attended the University of Madrid for a year while living with a Spanish family.Over the last 10 years I have taught Spanish to children, high school and college students, and adults in the community. I love the language and sharing it with other people. I am equally comfortable in a one-on-one or in a classroom setting.If you tutor with me we will cover speaking, reading, writing and listening, all... Read More

Writing

Having recently obtained a Master's in Spanish, I have considerable writing experience! I have done tutoring in job- related and academic writing for ESL students.
I home schooled my four children from K-8th grade and so I am familiar with writing,reading, grammar, spelling,and phonics aspects of Language Arts.
I have taught Spanish to children through adults, and have included writing skills in my curriculum.

English

In my long career as a home schooling parent of four children (20 years), I have had much opportunity to teach phonics, grammar, spelling, writing,and reading comprehension. I have also taught ESL and Spanish-language students in grammar, writing, speaking and reading comprehension, and currently have students in these areas, ranging in age from high school through adult.I am a former APS substitute teacher for elementary grades, and have also taught Spanish and Art to students K-9th, through... Read More

Spelling

I am a former home schooling parent who taught my four children during the elementary and middle school grades. I am well acquainted with various strategies and approaches to teaching phonics, reading, spelling and reading comprehension.I have used ABeka, Bob Jones, Rod and Staff, Houghton Mifflin and other resources in my teaching of Language Arts. Once my children started high school, their teachers always commented that they were some of the few students who actually knew their parts of speech... Read More

Elementary (K-6th)

I am a former home schooling mom who taught her four children up until high school. I have much experience teaching reading, phonics, grammar, language arts, writing, elementary school math, history, social studies and science. My main loves are reading/phonics, grammar, writing and language arts in general. I am also very experienced teaching English as a second language, and Spanish. I have experience working with children as I have been an Aurora Public Schools substitute in the elementary... Read More

Phonics

I have a great background in phonics having homeschooled my four children up until their Freshman year in High School. I taught all of them to read using phonics programs and believe strongly in the necessity of phonics instruction for promoting strong reading abilities. I also have a strong background in Spanish phonics, and a solid background in Spanish linguistics.

ESL/ESOL

I began teaching English as a second language during my undergraduate career while volunteering at a neighborhood community center. Before starting my Master's in Spanish, I spent two years teaching ESL classes in a continuing education program for Aurora Public Schools. I taught students from all over the world. While studying for my Masters, I tutored a Spanish-speaking colleague in English academic writing, and did coursework related to language acquisition, linguistics and the teaching of... Read More

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Education

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI University of Colorado - Denver (Master's)

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