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Janine D. for tutoring lessons in Alexandria VA Over 600 tutoring hours WyzAnt Tutoring Tutor Tutor United States

Janine D.

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Alexandria, VA (22310)

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Recently, I returned to the United States from Dakar, Senegal where I had spent four years teaching English and Art in a private French/Senegalese IB High School and a Middle School.

My teaching career has evolved primarily through the teaching of French, English and Art in private and International schools in the US and abroad. Over the years, I have learned to optimize the first contact with a new student. The manner in which I approach a student for the first time determines the success or failure of our work together. Thus, making him feel comfortable and gaining his trust, facilitate communication and enable me to pinpoint his strong points as well as his weak ones. Only then can our work begin.

Students, I am at your service! French-speaking adults, would you like to join a conversation group? Just drop me a line!

My first book was released on June 20, 2011. Titled "A World Apart, a story of forbidden love" and geared to the Young Adult crowd, it explores a bias in Mauritian society. It is listed on Amazon.

Janine

Janine's Subjects

Art:
  • drawing,
  • painting
English:
Test Preparation:
Language:
Elementary Education:
Corporate Training:
Homeschool:

Vocabulary

When a student needs help with vocabulary, I encourage him to read and to have a dictionary handy at all times. While reading passages I bring to the session, the student underlines unfamiliar words. First, I show him how to understand the words through the meaning of the passage. Then I encourage him to look up the words in his dictionary and write down the meaning according to the reading. Prior to the end of the lesson the student makes a list of the difficult words encountered. He studies... Read More

Grammar

Unless a student who is having difficulties in grammar knows his weak areas, I ask him to write a paragraph or two during the first session. Once this preliminary step has been taken, I teach or re-teach the grammatical structure(s). I give the student written instructions, in a worksheet format, on the formation - if it is a verb - the usage, the placement of this structure in a sentence. The student then performs guided practice exercises during the session and independent practice and application... Read More

French

As a French native speaker, I take great pleasure and great pride in teaching my language and especially in seeing my students succeed. Perhaps the best example of a student's success is my own daughter who started her French language acquisition with me in ninth grade. Today she is a successful Language Teacher in an International school abroad.

My current students range in age and in ability from Elementary grades to Middle School/High School and adults. Several are learning to surmount... Read More

Reading

In helping a student improve his Reading skills, I usually contact the student's teacher for guidance. I follow the teacher's suggestions while evaluating and adjusting my own work with the student. Keeping in touch with the teacher enables me to monitor the student's progress throughout.

Writing

Once the student in need of help understands the basic elements of a sentence and a paragraph, I can start work on guiding him through the development of his writing skills.

I generally determine his need by asking him to either bring something he has written to the first session, or write a paragraph or two at the first session. Based on this, I determine how to proceed throughout the following sessions.

English

In an effort to help a student having difficulties in English,first I ask him to read a short article, then he writes about an incident or a happening, third he relates an event orally. These three modes of expression guide me in determining where he needs help.

In the case of an elementary student, I ask the parent's permission to contact the student's teacher from whom I gain insight into the precise problem the student is encountering. At this point, the student and I begin the remedial... Read More

Proofreading

As a published author, I have learned the importance of revision. It is this attention to detail that I offer the student who needs help proofreading his work.

In so doing, I look for incorrect sentence structure, awkward construction, inappropriate wording, grammatical error and wordiness, just to mention a few imperfections. I work with the student in the expression of his ideas while these remain his own.

SAT Reading

In order to be successful on the SATs Language sections, a student must
1. be able to read effectively
2. have sound vocabulary
3. have developed problem-solving skills
4. have strong writing skills
Thus, in preparing a student for the Reading and Writing sections, I guide him in learning, improving, developing and strenghtening the above-mentioned skills.

The student and I work together in understanding the process, reinforcing weak areas, developing stategies... Read More

SAT Writing

The Writing component of the SAT's Language section is composed of two parts:
1. an essay
2. multiple-choice questions
Under my guidance, the student preparing the "Essay" will learn to
1. develop and express ideas
logically and clearly
2. develop a point of view using
precise language
3. support ideas by using previous
knowledge
4. work within a limited time frame
In preparing for the "Multiple-choice" questions, the student will be shown... Read More

TOEFL

Throughout my career as a Language Teacher, I have devoted myself to the teaching of English as a Second Language and French. During the six years I spent at the SHAPE International School in Mons, Belgium, I taught ESL to the children of the NATO forces stationed there. While I worked in the American section, my students hailed from various countries in Europe, Belgium, Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Greece to name a few. Recently I returned to the US after having spent four years in Senegal... Read More

ESL/ESOL

Throughout my career as a Language Teacher, I have devoted myself to the teaching of English as a Second Language and French. During the six years I spent at the SHAPE International School in Mons, Belgium, I taught ESL to the children of the NATO forces stationed there. While I worked in the American section, my students hailed from various countries in Europe, Belgium, Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Greece to name a few.

Recently I returned to the US after having spent four years... Read More

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