The Best Reading Tutors in New York City, NY

I provide structured reading tutoring for students of all grade levels, with a strong focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and critical thinking. My instruction emphasizes close reading, accuracy, and fluency while building the skills students need to understand complex texts with...See Wendy's full profile

Are you staring at the Common App essay prompts and wondering where to begin? Maybe you're not sure which of your life stories will make the strongest essay, or perhaps you already know what you want to write but aren't sure how to put it into words. If that sounds like you, I'm here to help! After graduating from...See Benjamin's full profile

Students are motivated by concretely seeing that they can solve questions they struggled with before. For ELA, I teach "epiphanies": tangible realizations that help approach questions consistently and accurately. There are tricks to hack reading and writing that are not taught in schools. I am a firm...See Erica's full profile

I teach students (from 8th grade through adulthood) how to read in a clear, structured way so they’re actually in control of the material in front of them. By focusing on how sentences and paragraphs are built, students learn to identify the main idea, follow how it develops, and separate what matters from what...See Scott's full profile

Perhaps the best way to master reading is to become a "reader." I ask students to read aloud. I then ask questions about what they read, to ensure comprehension, and I go over new vocabulary words. See Olya's full profile

I completed the ACT reading section in the 99th percentile and am excited to share my tools and strategies with students. In my lessons, I review how to pick up on nuances of the text such as the authors tone, that help to answer the trickier ACT questions. I help students break down the text before answering...See Olivia's full profile

I’m Cole, a Harvard graduate with a master’s degree from Oxford, where I studied on a full scholarship and subsequently taught Ancient Greek. My background in philosophy and classics shapes my approach: careful questions, close reading, and clear, practical feedback. We can work together on personal...See Cole's full profile

I bring 12+ years of teaching and tutoring experience to individualized reading instruction, including work with students with ADHD, autism, and learning differences. I help students identify central ideas, make supported inferences, understand vocabulary in context, and explain how details contribute to a...See Ryan's full profile

I recently graduated from Georgetown University's English M.A. program (2023), and graduated with a B.A. from Georgetown in English and Art (2022). I received Honors on my English thesis on the role of journalistic ethics in political mass media. I am also a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C., and serve as a...See Alexandra's full profile

Hello! I am a law student and food and culture writer who has tutored students across a range of English levels. I particularly enjoy helping students improve their writing, as I have experience being edited myself on pieces of creative nonfiction for online magazines as well as on a book-length essay collection. I...See Anna's full profile

Most of my tutoring has been on how to write a term paper -- how to research it, how to organize it, and how to write it on a sentence by sentence level. When I tutor reading, I do the same things as when I tutor writing. See Avi's full profile

Hello! My name is Kelli. I am a creative ESL Instructor and book editor from California, recently based in NYC! I offer personalized English language tutoring for international professionals and adult students. My most recent private students are graduate students and international corporate employees in Manhattan....See Kelli's full profile

I have extensive experience helping students of all ages and abilities improve their reading comprehension skills. I've taught in the NYC public school system, and have over 5 years of direct tutoring experience. I've worked with young children and adults, advanced and remedial readers, and even...See Michael's full profile

I received my MFA in creative writing from New York University, where I taught Introduction to Creative Writing. I currently work at Columbia university, where I help masters and PhD students refine their reading and writing skills. I have also worked at NYU Stern School of Business as a TA. I am also an avid...See Naomi's full profile

I'm a professional writer and studied languages in college. I know all the parts of language like the back of my hand and can help with anything from the basics of reading to advanced grammatical terminology. See Ben's full profile

I have scored in the 99th percentile (the highest possible score) of every standardized test I have taken, including the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and IQ tests. I also won national essay writing competitions in high school. For over 20 years, I have tutored thousands of students. I leverage my International Coaching...See Brad's full profile

Hi everyone, my name is Alex and I'm a Master's student at Columbia University. I scored a 1540 on the SAT and a 34/36 on the ACT exam and can help you with any possible section on these exams. I have also experience teaching Calculus 1-3 and the AP Calculus sequence. My approach to each student is different, and...See Alexander's full profile

I have helped students of all ages improve their reading, from students in Kindergarten, to 80 year old retired ESL students. I love to help others gain a love for reading. Reading leads to knowledge, and knowledge leads to so many opportunities.See Shaniqua's full profile

I have taught reading from elementary to university level. I help students comprehend and analyze texts, growing their confidence and skills. See Jonathan's full profile

I know how overwhelming it can be to stare at a writing assignment and not know where to start. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be so difficult. When you work with me, I’ll guide you through the process step by step, helping your ideas come to life on the page. My goal is to make writing clearer and less...See Judith's full profile

Hi! For more than a decade, I've helped students achieve perfect scores on their academic papers, and make huge score improvements on the SAT (200+), ACT (10+), GRE (15+ per section). I feel very comfortable with students of any age, gender, or circumstance. I aim to try to make the sessions as enjoyable as possible...See Ian's full profile

Next, I attended Columbia's School of the Arts, where I studied writing and literature. I also taught academic writing courses for over two years that focused on reading, analyzing, and writing about literature. Finally, I'm a lifelong reader and lover of literature. See Elliott's full profile

My name is Ashley and I am a PhD candidate in English Literature at Columbia University. I graduated summa cum laude with my BA in 2017 and received my MA in English Literature in 2021. I have been tutoring students for the past 7 years and I specialize in college essay writing, and I teach my own University Writing...See Ashley's full profile

With a BA from Bryn Mawr College I am proficient in tutoring reading. My six-weeks paper was on James' Joyce's Ulysses, a difficult opus. I am a native American with an Oxonian British father. I read the Economist every week and have a variety of interests. I would be willing to teach from some...See Alice's full profile

I can help a student in the areas of reading comprehension, parts of speech, sentence structure, and many other vital parts of reading literature. I can also help a student comprehend many devices used by writers in their works, such as irony, metaphor, characterization, simile, and many other devices...See Vincent's full profile