• Undergrad:

  URI

• Tutors Out Of:

  East Greenwich, RI

• Travel Radius:

  18 miles

• Tutoring Certifications:

  ESL/ESOL - grammar - literature - proofreading - Spanish - TOEFL - vocabulary - writing

• Tutor's Fee Per Hour:

  $36.00 * with a 10% discount after purchasing $360

My name is Valerie and I come from a tradition of teaching. I have had a very fulfilling and interesting career all my life and would like to continue doing so. While attending the University of Rhode Island, I worked at the International House as an administrative assistant to the Director. I had an immense amount of contact with students from all over the world and, needless to say, it was a very gratifying experience. Upon graduation from URI, with a BA in Spanish Literature, I received a job offer to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) in Madrid, Spain. I was told by my director at the language academy that I was a natural at teaching. I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of teaching and also was happy with my ultimate fluency in Spanish. Over the years, I have continued teaching ESL and Spanish to a wide range of clients in various venues, from immigrant factory employees to BMW executives and to university law students, among others. I have always used the Direct Method, which is based on conversation and pronounciation.This style, I have found, is extremely successful, and, I would like to emphasize, allows students to begin conversing in the first few minutes of class. In closing, I will say that I would love to be your tutor and give you the wonderul opportunity to make learning fun.
Thank you,
Valerie

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• ESL/ESOL

  I have taught ESL for more than 15 years both in the US and in Spain. After earning my BA in Spanish literature from the University of Rhode Island, I received a job offer to work in Spain at a language academy in Madrid. Before beginning my classes I received training in the Direct Method of teaching ESL. This method focuses on conversation, role-playing, idioms and visual aids. It is ideal as the student immediately is conversing in English. During my many years in Spain I had wonderful teaching experiences involving a wide variety of people. I spent a semester at the University of Madrid where I taught ESL to Law students and a few years in the south of Spain where I had great fun teaching children in a day care center in the afternoon and in the evening I would tutor the children's parents in ESL. In Rhode Island and Massachusetts I spent many years teaching ESL to the Hispanic and Brazilian communities. I taught both privately and in companies, focusing on everday english to specific english language skills needed for job improvement and advancement. While in South Carolina I taught ESL to business executives, their spouses and their children. Many of my students were from China, Japan and Germany. While I do speak Spanish very well, I would like to make it clear that the best way to learn a language is to be immersed in it. Therefore, I have exclusively held my classes in English. In conclusion, I would just like to say that I have always loved teaching as well as learning a new language! l