FACTS: I am a recent graduate with four years experience in language and writing tutoring. My only goal is to make the often confusing and tiresome work of language learning newly enjoyable.
I'm friendly, excited about the work I do, and solely concerned with getting you to your goals. Whether those are accent therapy, conversational practice, reading comprehension, writing fluency, or simple homework help, I want to make sure you find a way to get to your goals that makes sense to you and...
FACTS: I am a recent graduate with four years experience in language and writing tutoring. My only goal is to make the often confusing and tiresome work of language learning newly enjoyable.
I'm friendly, excited about the work I do, and solely concerned with getting you to your goals. Whether those are accent therapy, conversational practice, reading comprehension, writing fluency, or simple homework help, I want to make sure you find a way to get to your goals that makes sense to you and fills you with confidence. If you don't—I won't charge you!
MY BACKGROUND: I've previously taught high school Spanish at the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade levels. I've also been a lecturer of undergraduate philosophy at Tufts University through their ExCollege program. I was one of the first students in years to receive a Highest Thesis Honors in International Literary and Visual Studies. I later graduated Magna Cum Laude in both ILVS and Child Development. All of my work in the Child Development department focused on multilingual acquisition, the history and success rates of bilingual education, linguistic theory, and misconceptions about language acquisition. I worked for three years as a Writing Tutor for Tufts University, tutoring in all fields and styles of academic writing, and have spent the last year as an independent tutor servicing the greater Cambridge area. Presently, I'm working on acquiring my license for ESL/ESOL.
MY METHODS: Against the popular (but unfounded!) claims of thousands of blogs, second-hand accounts, and the casual ease of language savants, I am dedicated to using techniques that have been peer-reviewed to ensure results. As someone who has no exceptional ability for language other than a lifelong passion and five tongues in his repertoire, I know that my methods can work for anyone, however challenging language learning has been for them in the past.
My focus is always on what you want. I aim for a lot of back and forth conversation in my sessions; I want to find what gets you excited, howev
