Deborah N.
Menomonee Falls, WI
Hello Language Students! I can show you how to learn with ease!
Temple University
BA MusicGeorgetown University
Master'sMarquette University
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Hello Foreign Languages Students!
I would be glad to show you how to learn with ease (German, French, Latin, Ancient Greek) (or ESL as needed).
My background includes 25+ years of teaching (philosophy, humanities, classics) at colleges, community colleges, high schools and middle schools, and in one-on-one settings. I have
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Travels within 20 miles of Menomonee Falls, WI 53051Deborah offers online lessons
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English
My background includes 25+ years of teaching and tutoring. I very much enjoy working with students of all ages and have helped many learners, both young people and adults, to develop better skills in all areas of English (conversational English, public speaking and business English and presentations reading comprehension and essay and report writing). Generally this multi-pronged approach produces excellent results quickly. Students come away with greater confidence in their learning abilities and and enhanced awareness of the importance of clear and correct verbal communication.
As for educational background, my degrees are in philosophy (MA Georgetown, A.B.D. Marquette) with a secondary concentration in languages (Latin, Greek, German, French). I have worked as a writer/editor and translator for many years concurrent with teaching and tutoring.
Greek
Hello,
I have taught and tutored Ancient Greek for 5 years, including university classes, high school students and one-on-one adult courses. My background includes numerous years of study and translation of this language. I use it regularly in my research and have also traveled to Greece in conjunction with study.
To be clear, however, I teach only the scholarly languages (Attic Greek and Koine), not Demotic (modern Greek).
For Greek study, traditional methods exist and are well defined. I use Chase and Phillips (textbook) and also draw on Athenaze (vols 1-3) and Morice's Greek stories to supplement the text. This generally suffices to move students to a good level of basic and intermediate Greek reading. Certain texts of Plato (Apology, selections from Crito and Phaedo) are also accessible but only after the intermediate level texts have been thoroughly worked through and the basics of style understood.
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Deborah N.
Menomonee Falls, WI
Hello Language Students! I can show you how to learn with ease!