Guten Tag! I am a retired German teacher with 33 years of experience from a high school in Western Pennsylvania. During my time, I have seen what is important to learn at the basic levels to ensure success at the upper levels. I can teach all the skills of the German language as per the ACTFL proficiency guidelines, encompassing speaking, listening, reading, writing skill with cultural knowledge. German pronunciation is a fun challenge!
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...student in neural computation, and majored in math as an undergraduate. I have lots of experience tutoring high school and college students in various levels of math classes, from Algebra and Geometry to AP Calculus. I work with the student to figure out how they learn best, and identify specific goals of learning to create a plan for tutoring. Outside of tutoring I enjoy outdoor activities, including rock climbing, mountain biking, and walking my dog.
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Hi there! First of, I love teaching & being part of your learning progress! I'm a native German speaker, so teaching German for conversational purposes as well as writing and reading will be a walk in the park for us, as I can explain linguistic & cultural backgrounds. I'm looking forward to meeting you & teach you everything you want to know!
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...college students and mental health professionals in a virtual online platform through the utilization of problem-solving, feedback, psychosocial support, assessment, developing goals, planning that is unique to each student's personality, needs and focus, skill building(including test-taking, motivation, confidence, communication,and time-management), implementing solution-focused interventions, client-centered interventions, techniques for reducing test anxiety, and stress management. The subjects I tutor are professional licensure exams for social work and counseling, psychology, sociology, academic/career advising, and college level courses.
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...I'm continuing to tutor outside of college because it's something that I love to do! I'm fascinated with the German language and culture, and I love being able to help others learn it with me. I started my fascination in the 7th grade (about 11 years ago!), and have been lucky enough to spend time in Germany to continue my studies- for three weeks in high school, and for 6 months in college. I also...
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...time teaching private guitar/mandolin lessons. The only important factor for me was if the student improved. However, it did not start out that way. In college, I often studied in groups so that we could teach one another the material. I always felt that was the best way to internalize and comprehend difficult material - to teach it to someone who does not understand as clearly as I might. Moreover, my work experience extends to...
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...to top universities. After graduation from the University of Massachusetts with a MA in German, I spent a number of years at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand working toward the PhD in German and film studies. I have also studied and taught for a number of years in Germany. Courses I have taught include American literature, British literature, film studies, IB German language, and college-level German literature and language. I am very familiar...
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...as an English (ESL) as well as Physical Education teacher at German secondary schools for over 7 years, teaching students grades 5 through 12. On top of that, I was responsible for organizing a school exchange with a Chinese high school and also to accompany the group of German students on a 2-week-trip to China. With all that being said, I love teaching and offering as many opportunities as possible to students to gain experience...
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...in Germany and interning as a Fulbright English teaching assistant in a middle school and high school. I love working with students who are passionate about learning languages. My passion and knowledge for German has helped me to study and pursue the language for over 10 years, and I love sharing the nuances of German with others. Even though English is my native language, I have a deep understanding of it, which helps to navigate...
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...with over 6 years of experience, I am passionate about sharing knowledge and simplifying complex coding concepts. My expertise in languages like Python, JavaScript, and SQL, combined with my experience in mentoring and technical writing, positions me to effectively teach and inspire students. I am dedicated to helping learners not only understand the fundamentals but also apply them in real-world scenarios, ensuring they develop the skills needed for success in the tech industry.
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...these moves to different schools, learning different languages, and even different cultures. When I was in high school I began to tutor elementary and middle school English and Math, but am not tied down to these subjects. My goal is to leave students with the same lasting impact that my tutors and mentors left me with when I was younger, both in the context of education and that of life in general. Outside of education,...
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...UGA as well. I have since taught German to students from ages 10-80. I love working with German students because learning German was such a fun and meaningful experience for me! My teaching style is very student-centered. In each session, I try to create as many opportunities as possible for the student to voice their ideas and practice using the German language. My mission is to help students at all levels use German to communicate...
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...younger brother, I've had the unique opportunity to practice different tutoring styles. I love teaching him German, math and reading/writing, but I love even more to watch his abilities improve! I believe that we are all born with relatively similar abilities; our choice to improve upon them, however, is up to us. In tutoring, I don't just want to teach a subject. I want to convey an appreciation for the significance of learning. I am...
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...majority of chemical fields including Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry and even Nanochemistry. I also took four years of high school German and four years of college German courses, and I enjoy finding new opportunities to practice my language skills. In addition to academics, I was a Division III football and baseball player throughout my time in college. Since everyone learns differently and has different needs, I try my best to get to know...
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My goal is to provide the best possible instruction to students in need of extra assistance through a variety of teaching methods that are appropriate to the student's learning style.... Usually, it is a lot of translating from one language to the other and systematically going through each sentence so that the student understands the relationship between all the words within the sentence. This is usually done with written sentences I come up with using the...
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...Thereafter, I spent the summer teaching English to children in Italy and working as an adjunct German instructor for the Georgia Institute of Technology. While I enjoy learning new languages, I enjoy teaching them just as much. It is important to me that students have fun while learning and develop a sense of personal confidence with material that they can carry out of the classroom. While I specialize in German language, history, and literature, I...
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...know how to speak English? Now wouldn't it be wonderful if you could speak German?! German is set-up just like English, except the main verb goes at the end. So, there isn't much trouble there. However, the words are very long and complex. I remember being in my first German class and we learned the longest German word, and I thought to myself, why would I want to learn this language? Nonetheless, I stuck with...
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I am going into my senior year at Saint Vincent College with a major in chemistry. I love learning and enjoy sharing knowledge. I tutor chemistry and general science as well as German, English, college application essays, and essay editing. I like to make concepts fun to learn, with memes if I can (they make it way more enjoyable).
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...that greatly increased my self-confidence and mastery of the course material. In my tutoring sessions, I use many techniques which I learned from him, and my #1 goal is to empathize with the student and make them feel valued despite their academic struggles. My tutoring sessions focus on helping the student understand the "why" -- "why is equation X appropriate and not equation Y?". From my own experience, this approach allows students to fully understand...
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...interests are intentionally interdisciplinary, ranging from European culture, literatures and languages, to several subfields of linguistics (sociolinguistics, dialectology, linguistic anthropology, internet linguistics). I'm particularly passionate about teaching my students to think about and LOOK AT language in completely mind-bending ways. (If I'm your tutor, you'll see what I mean... =) While my professional passions are teaching and language, privately I enjoy tinkering with computers and technology, exercising, home brewing, hiking, fishing the many streams of...
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The German language has many idiosyncrasies to master in order to excel in Advanced Placement (AP) German Language and Culture to attain an impressive score on the AP exam. While AP German classes attempt to devote class time to each of the language's aspects, every student approaches the language with a different background and learning style, so classes may leave students confused about certain facets of German. Given that AP German covers a large amount of content in a short amount of time, it is quite possible that it may fly through a concept that bewilders you in order to spend time reviewing material you already understand. Do you ever wish there was a way for you to decide exactly what your AP German class focused on so that it could proceed precisely in sync with your personal learning? Personal AP German tutoring can give you the individualized and focused attention that you need.
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Recent AP German Language and Culture Tutoring Session Notes
The student and I had a productive session today. We completed his assignment that he did not get to finish in class. We also did listening practice where he had to tell me what tone certain characters were. He has a tendency to want to rush through, so he mixes the tones. However, when he takes his time to really listen to the final rather than the initial, he is able to hear the differences and get the right tone. Mostly, we just need to practice his listening. His speaking and understanding has been improving greatly.
I always start the student's lesson with reviews. She is very fluent with the Pinyin alphabets and numbers 1-10 by now. Some of the things from the previous lessons that she should still work on are conversational Chinese like "morning, goodnight...." but overall she is a fast learner. During this lesson, we covered numbers 11-20, self introduction, and things like "water, fire, stars....etc." I also assigned her homework. Her progress is really impressive for a 6 yr. old.
It was a great session. He told me he scored in the 90s on his previous dictation test, which is great. We spent the full tutoring session on his workbook assignment because it was particularly complicated this week. He had to read, understand, and illustrate four, 3-sentence passages written in characters. He did a fantastic job, looking up words he didn't know on his phone app and patiently going word-by-word to understand a sentence. He was able to figure out some words from context, which is a new skill for him.
The first student and I reviewed characters she had learned from her book: Chinese menu items and the words for woman, child, small, and man. She recognized the characters but did not recognize the pronunciation, so we worked on connecting those two areas. The second student and I ran through his action routine and added the words for ball, up, down, left, and right. The third student and I ran through his action routine briefly and then reviewed writing numbers from 1-10 and the words for "woman" and "man."
We focused on action words today. First we did TPR again to review the vocabulary and it was also a demonstration to the student about what we covered last time. We also went over all the animals in the Chinese zodiac and talked about different animals' abilities, that is, what can they do (run, jump, fly, walk, crawl, and swim). Students started to use "can/cannot" in Chinese to answer the questions. The Chinese New Year is coming near so I let them write a "spring" character on the traditional red paper to teach a little culture at the end of the session. Both students learned and memorized how to write the character and they did a good job.
The student showed progress in recognizing linguistic characteristics of Chinese. Today's lesson covered vowels, tones, consonants, and numbers one through ten. Homework will involve practice with all of the aforementioned. Great lesson!
