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Susan S.

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What's the best way to learn English? The honest answer is that there is no single best way, no "magic bullet", and no app to learn English while you sleep (at least not yet). However, there are many good strategies and tools for learning English. Which ones you use when, and how you use them to reach your goals, depends on you: your personality, your situation, and your goals. My job is to guide you on a learning path that works best for you, and keep you from getting stuck along the way....

What's the best way to learn English? The honest answer is that there is no single best way, no "magic bullet", and no app to learn English while you sleep (at least not yet). However, there are many good strategies and tools for learning English. Which ones you use when, and how you use them to reach your goals, depends on you: your personality, your situation, and your goals. My job is to guide you on a learning path that works best for you, and keep you from getting stuck along the way.

My professional background is in science, business, and education. I'm a language learner myself, having studied several languages and lived abroad. I understand the obstacles language learners face, and also the joy of accomplishment when you "get it" in another language.

Here's a little more about me, so you can feel confident I'm qualified to help you, I have a Master's Degree in TESOL from the University of San Francisco, earned in 2004. Since that time I have taught English in China (4 years), Turkey (3 years) and in the United States for the past 10 years. I love working with language learners at all proficiency levels, from basic literacy to academic and professional English for career advancement.

I'd like to learn more about you to see if we are a good match. If so, we can work out a plan and schedule to get you started.

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Education

University of Washington
Environmental Health
University of California, Berkeley
Masters
University of San Francisco
Masters

Policies

  • Tutor’s lessons: In-person
  • Hourly Rate: $70
  • Rate details: Group rates available by request.
  • Travel policy: Within 5 miles of San Francisco, CA 94109
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

  • No background check

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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English

English

I have been teaching English to non-native English speakers for 12 years, working at a variety of skill levels and with students of diverse interests and goals for learning English. I have taught adults, teenagers and children in the United States, China and Turkey and am sympathetic to the many challenges English presents to students of all ages and proficiency levels. My students know me as someone who makes learning English fun, motivates them to do their best and helps them achieve their English proficiency goals.
ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I have been teaching ESL/ESOL to adults and children for 14 years, working both in the US and abroad. I focus on a practical, communicative approach to help my students use the language as it is used in daily life - whether in casual conversation, business or academics. I draw on authentic materials in addition to following a sound pedagogical approach based on current research about language acquisition. My students have gone on to successful careers or higher education where good English language skills are essential.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

From 2004 through 2006, I taught public speaking to university students at Shantou University in China. I was also a public speaking coach, during which time one of my students won second place in the Chinese National University English Public Speaking Competition. From 2006 through 2008, I taught public speaking at Beijing Foreign Studies University in China. Prior to becoming a teacher, I worked in public relations, writing speeches for executives, coaching them in public speaking and preparing visual presentations in a variety of formats.
Reading

Reading

In addition to teaching English to non-native speakers for 11 years, I spent many hours during the 2014-2015 school year volunteering as a reading support specialist at Jackson Elementary School (Everett, WA) assisting students who were having difficulties reading at grade level. I understand the challenges that frustrated readers face and have developed effective methods to boost confidence, interest and skills.
TOEFL

TOEFL

TOEFL is a game. Play it to win! Having a good grasp of English is not enough to achieve a high score on the TOEFL. You also need to understand the structure of the test, how it is scored, and what strategies to use to get the best score on each task. I can help you prepare most efficiently and effectively to get the score you need in the TOEFL game.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Research and common sense tell us that vocabulary is best learned in context, not by memorizing long lists of words. I have been helping English learners increase their conversational, technical and academic vocabulary for 12 years as an EFL teacher and teacher trainer. My techniques are based on an integrated, student-centered approach to building vocabulary as you speak, listen, read and write -- not as an isolated memorization drill.
Writing

Writing

In addition to teaching basic and intermediate writing for multilingual students, I have taught English composition, business writing, and technical writing -- all at the university level -- in the United States and abroad. I just completed teaching the course, Introduction to Composition, at the University of San Francisco.
Grammar
Proofreading

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Tutor, who understans student needs

Susan is a great listener and mentor. She understands what's needed for the student, documents it, creates a baseline and goes from it so that improvement would be easily measured. Susan provides relevant hints and helps to grow the knowledge.

Anton, 4 lessons with Susan

Fantastic!

My husband has loved his sessions with Susan and would recommend her. She seemed to know exactly how to connect with and support him through some of his challenges, and is a real professional. He was very glad to have found her.

Katherine, 4 lessons with Susan

Wonderful Tutor!!

Susan is an absolutely stellar tutor, with incredible understanding, enthusiasm and dedication. I feel so lucky to have found her, and my daughter just adores learning with her.

Stacey, 2 lessons with Susan

Highly skilled and professional tutor.

Susan is helping me writing a complicated article. In addition to going through grammar and phrasing, she is excellent at editing and commenting inconsistencies . She has also provided me with useful grammar tools and showed me my development needs and pattern of mistakes. I can highly recommend Susan as a tutor

Lisa, 3 lessons with Susan

Knowledgeable, super helpful tutor

We did TOEFL preparation with great material. I feel so much more comfortable with the tasks after this lesson. We mainly worked on my speaking skills and discussed the most important points. She answered to all my questions.

Anna, 1 lesson with Susan

Susan is an amazing teacher!

So patient, understanding and skillful! She is able to help on various issues. I have been using Susan's help recently and I'm fully impressed and I'm glad I found her!

Gosia, 3 lessons with Susan

Knowledgeable and Patient Tutor

Susan finds what I should improve and she gives me a study plan. It really helps me a lot.

Jingjie, 5 lessons with Susan

Amazing tutor!

Susan is the best English tutor I've ever seen. She helps me a lot to prepare for TOEFL Speaking. I highly recommend her for everyone who needs to understand every task of TOEFL Speaking.

Azamat, 7 lessons with Susan

Patience and awesome

She gave me many good lesson and corrected my grammar.she also helped me to work with pronunciation .She is very nice and patience.

Trang, 14 lessons with Susan

Great tutor

Susan is a great tutor. I learn from her in many ways and she explains to me very well when I don't know words and others. Thank you, Susan!

Mami, 35 lessons with Susan
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