Chinese Mandarin and Spanish are the foreign languages that I am available to tutor in. I am a full time Chinese teacher at a middle school and specialize in working in secondary education. I was a language analyst in the Air Force for 10 years and have my Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Education Chinese Mandarin from Towson University.
At the same time I was learning Chinese in 2003, I tutored Spanish to another military student who then was able to pass his required Spanish test. ...
Chinese Mandarin and Spanish are the foreign languages that I am available to tutor in. I am a full time Chinese teacher at a middle school and specialize in working in secondary education. I was a language analyst in the Air Force for 10 years and have my Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Education Chinese Mandarin from Towson University.
At the same time I was learning Chinese in 2003, I tutored Spanish to another military student who then was able to pass his required Spanish test. My listening and reading levels of Chinese Mandarin on the ILR (Inter-agency Language Roundtable) scale are a 2+ and 2+. This means that I have close to a native ability in the Chinese language. For Spanish, my scores were a 2 and 2. My American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages scores are intermediate high for writing and advanced low for speaking.
I completed a Bachelor's degree in Spanish at Northwestern College in 2001. I trained with the Border Patrol for about 1 month in 2002.
I earned an associate's degree in Chinese Mandarin in 2005 at the Defense Language Institute after a 63 week intensive basic Chinese Mandarin course. Although I only received an Associate's Degree in Chinese, this language ability is the strongest for me. I have continued to take Chinese language classes almost every year since then to keep the language fresh.
I received an associate's degree in Communications Applications Technology from the Community College of the Air Force in 2008.
My tutoring methods depend upon the level of the student. I will normally use whatever language materials he or she has been provided with in language class. If the student is starting with no knowledge of the language, we will begin with the alphabet (if applicable) and pronunciation. In the past, I have used flashcards for both Chinese Mandarin and Spanish. The tutoring method also depends upon the learning style of the student.
