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Elena teaches ESL- more than ten years experience teaching Adult ESL
Elena E.

158 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $45
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About Elena


Bio

I have more than ten years of teaching ESL at Austin Community College. I am a highly rated teacher, and students ask for my classes. I enjoy meeting and teaching foreign adult students. I have many tricks to make it fun, and although your accent is probably not going to disappear, I can help with your pronunciation so that people don't always ask you to repeat yourself. I use a variety of fun resources to teach, including music lyrics and games, but I am serious about grammar. Before...

I have more than ten years of teaching ESL at Austin Community College. I am a highly rated teacher, and students ask for my classes. I enjoy meeting and teaching foreign adult students. I have many tricks to make it fun, and although your accent is probably not going to disappear, I can help with your pronunciation so that people don't always ask you to repeat yourself. I use a variety of fun resources to teach, including music lyrics and games, but I am serious about grammar. Before becoming an ESL teacher, I taught dyslexic students. I find that this training has helped me teach reading and phonics. English is such a difficult language to spell because the rules are not consistent.

I was born in California and am a native English speaker, but in a way, I have been teaching English since Elementary school, because my parents were immigrants to the USA. I do speak Spanish, but I will not let you default to it. However, it is useful to translate sometimes.

I teach ESL at Austin Community College in Austin in the Adult Education Department to students from all over the world. I prefer to teach in my home if you want to meet in person because all my books are here, and having the copier is convenient. I have a dog, so if you don't like dogs, I will come to you or teach you online.


Education

- UNM
Theater Arts
UTPB
Graduate Coursework
  • Licensed teacher

Additional Languages

Spanish

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $45
  • Rate details: For 2 students I will charge $40/hr.
  • Lesson cancellation: 36 hours notice required
  • Background check passed on 11/26/2013

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Approved Subjects

ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I am an Oxford Certified ESL, TEFL, TESOL instructor. I have taught English to speakers of Spanish, Farsi, French and Hungarian and have two years of experience.
Literature

Literature

I am very versed in world literature and I can help with essays and writing assignments. It was not my focus in college but it probably should have been!
Phonics

Phonics

I have been trained in the Wilson Reading Method, which was developed to help students with Dyslexia. It is an excellent program to teach ESL phonics, as well.
Reading

Reading

I have recently received training in the Wilson Reading Method which is an excellent program for English language learners and for anyone who struggles with reading and phonics.
TOEFL

TOEFL

I am experienced in tutoring conversation, grammar, and vocabulary. I teach both written (formal) and spoken English. I am experienced in tutoring for the IELTS and the TOEFL.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

I have been teaching ESL reading, writing, speaking, and listening classes for more than 10 years. I am very good at teaching reading and pronunciation.
Writing

Writing

I write for fun and for me it is such a pleasure to find exactly the right word to convey what I want to say. I know for some it's a chore but I think I can convince you that there is joy in writing!
English
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Ratings and Reviews


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Reviews

The Best Tutor Ever!

Elena is a great tutor: very patient, helpful, always available. She starts teaching from the first class, which is very important (you do not waste your time and money to introduce each other, because your goal is to get knowledge). She does not mind staying an extra 5-10 mins. after class and answering your questions. And I just love her as a person!

Yulia, 4 lessons with Elena

Great Teacher

Elena is very patient and well prepared. I meet with her every Sunday and she will bring copies of things that I need to learn and I have learned so much from her. I will love to work with her again in the future.

Que, 6 lessons with Elena

She was great!

She taught me for TOEFL speaking portion. She prepared a lot of information for this test. She is friendly and patient! I really like her. Thank you so much.

Akiko, 10 lessons with Elena

Has been working great!

Elena has provided some concrete homework for my husband to acquire the English language. I noticed that he is more familiar with letters, their sounds, and words. This is only after 3 sessions.

Juanita, 5 lessons with Elena

The best recipe to pass the TOEFL

The best recipe to pass the TOEFL: I was lucky when I chose Elena as my tutor. She is a dedicated, conscientious, compassionate teacher and helped me a lot to improve my language and to pass the TOEFL. I scored an 89. Thank you, Elena, you rock!

Zaid, 11 lessons with Elena

Great tutor

Elena is an excellent tutor, and she likes to teach. She's very patient and knows how to encourage her students. My writing and grammar skills have been improved by her. She makes the lesson fun and exciting by trying different methods. Also, she likes to help and responds fast to her students. Thanks so much Elena.

Arwa, 10 lessons with Elena

An exceptional mastery of professional skills.

Elena is a subject matter expert of how to help a student to achieve a goal. I am amazed on how Elena was able to create a curriculum tuned to my specific needs. Elena has all her lessons planned and her assignments give me an ample opportunity to practice new skills. Elena’s enthusiasm, a caring attitude, and a love of learning have made a great difference in my confidence to communicate in English. Thank you, Elena! You Rock! See you at our next class.

Svetlana, 29 lessons with Elena

Very patient

She is very kind and very patient to explain. Furthermore, she is full of passion to help me to improve my English. Individually, I prefer correcting my mistake. She corrects my English mistake by reviewing my writing and speaking. Furthermore, she sometimes helped me to call to discuss about difficult problems like insurance. It was a great helpful!

Jeewon, 9 lessons with Elena
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