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Experienced tutor in English in Vancouver, Angie offers private lessons tailored to your needs.
- English
- Reading
- Grammar
- Creative writing
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About Angie
Albert Einstein has once said, "imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." His statement is full of wisdom and contains a fascinating paradox, which is that knowledge is the key to the imagination. A well-educated student cannot escape from recognizing one of life's most important lessons, which is that "the more you know, the more you want to know."
A tutor of literature knows how important reading and writing are in any future. A child with a high level of curiosity, and a strong imagination has a major advantage, the advantage of the drive that many children lack. Motivation and a lack of effort are the greatest obstacles to learning that I have encountered during my experience as a tutor. Most of the children I tutored had the ability and did extremely well when I was able to find the right motivation. Curiosity is one of the strongest motivation, however, this too is something that is learned. Some children are more curious than others, however, many children's curiosity is decreased when the lessons bore them. A child who requires entertainment with every lesson will also learn at a slower pace. The best way to create curiosity in children is to ban simplistic methods of acquiring education. Most children learn from watching television and YouTube videos. However, the problem with this kind of knowledge is that it is easily forgotten. The reason that knowledge acquired from books rather than television has a much longer effect is that while reading the child is a participant. Watching TV is an activity in which the child is nothing more than a spectator. Overall, gaining information from television acts completely differently. It does not have a direct impact on the child, and transforms him from participant to spectator. Life is meant to be participation. For many years I had no interest in watching soccer on TV, until I myself started to play the game. When I became a participant in the game, I used the games at the stadium or on TV to teach me more about the game. However, I kept watching to a minimum, and no matter how many shows about soccer I would have watched, nothing would have taught me to play except actually playing or training to play. It is the same with reading, although few people recognize the importance of learning from participation. It is for this reason that many people think of television and reading as equivalent, and I often hear people say, "I do not need to read the book, I will just watch the movie."
As a tutor, I will strive to teach my children through participation. The students who are preparing to write an essay must first come up with a thesis statement (an assertion), which they can develop into a convincing argument. To do this, the students must by finding the pertinent quotes and explanations from the text. First I will teach my students the structure of the essay. Once I explain the structure of the essays (analytical essays differ from research essays; an essay analyzing a novel differs in structure from an essay analyzing a poem, etc.), I can concentrate on the most important part. A great essay must provide the information in an organized manner and transition sentences must be used between the paragraphs. With each transition sentence, the essay gives the reader more and more knowledge supporting the thesis described in the introduction.
One of the best ways to help a student write a good essay is by asking the right questions. Once the student has an idea for a thesis statement, I can ask him to create a brief outline describing the arguments he plans to use in order to support his thesis. A great conclusion tells the reader why this essay was written, and why it is important for people to read it. The way a tutor helps a student who is first striving to create a cohesive essay, is by asking the questions that keep him thinking about his thesis. All novels provoke a variety of interpretations. Often arguing for the opposing side is a great way to keep the student arguing with me (the tutor) in order to prove his side. This method of debate can help a student keep his ideas in order, and recognize that he has chosen his thesis because he really believes that his interpretation has the greatest merit.
Each student has a different way of learning. Most students use a combination of visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles. For example, I would need to know if my student learns best through visual cues since this would help me form my lessons plans accordingly.
As my student improves, the lesson plan is altered again. This time it is used to measure past performance in an attempt to see if the study plan of used in the past is still working for the student's new goals. Sometimes improvement in one area is fairly fast, and a entirely new lesson plan must be developed. Sometimes, while the student improves, he or she might explain that the lessons had been too difficult, and learning is a paradoxical combination of hard work and the joy and pride of achievement.
The best think about teaching is seeing the change in a student as he/she starts to understand, improve and in many cases even enjoy the lesson that had once posed such great difficulties.
After I graduated with a Master's Degree in English Literature I wanted to teach Literature but I needed teaching experience, so I started to teach what I knew. Having worked as a software engineer for over a decade, I started teaching coding. I then started to work as a tutor in English Literature.
Education:
In 2017, I earned my TESOL/TESL/TEFL Certification from Oxford Seminars.
In 2016, I graduated with a Master's Degree in English Literature from The College of New Jersey (GPA: 3.75).
In 1999, I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rider University with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems (GPA: 3.868).
In 1997, I studied abroad at the University of Wollongong in Australia.
Literary Achievements:
I am the editor of a collection of short stories called "The Alpha Tales" by Lucian Hontau, available currently on Amazon.
I have submitted two different papers to two different conferences in New Jersey. My first paper explains Schiller's philosophical concept of the play drive as depicted in his novel-in-verse, "The Robbers." My second paper was an Aristotelian description of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
My GRE score for writing was in the top 98%.
Work Experience:
In February of 2019, I started working as a reading and writing tutor for HeyTutor.com.
Since 2018 I worked for Rover.com where I work as a dog sitter.
In 2017, I started working as a part time teacher for Coding with Kids. I taught several after-school programs and spring and summer camps.
In 1989, I started working as a tutor while still a student at Rider University. I tutored statistics and financial accounting, helping one of my students improve her grades from a D to a B.
Awards:
Alpha Epsilon Zeta (Rider University)
Phi Beta Delta - Honor Society for International Scholars (Rider University)
Phi Theta Kappa (North Virginia Community College)
Volunteer Work:
Since 2004 until 2008, I volunteered for Animal Allies in Alexandria, VA. I helped homeless cats by giving them a temporary home. I created the company calendar which sold fairly well and gave a lot of profits which were used to help other cats find food, and shelter and most importantly, a new home. I currently work for Rover.com, and I spend the night with dogs whose owners go on vacation. However, I charge very little because this too is mostly becasue I love animals.
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When I meet with a student, I first create a lesson plan, which includes the student's goals. I try to make a rough estimate of what the student would like to achieve each session. I use the format of a brief spreadsheet. At the end of each session, I ask my students if they feel they have accomplished their goal. In order to measure my own performance, I ask my students if they feel I have been an effective tutor, and in what way could I alter my teaching? A vague question like this would never work. The exact question, presents them with choices. For example, I would ask my a student if she feels that we need to add more reading time or more grammar into future lessons? Or, I would ask a student if writing at school is difficult for her. If she says yes, I would then ask her if she would find it beneficial if we would take two or three sessions and work on an essay, instead of continuing our reading and grammar lessons.
Once a stable lesson plan is created, it is likely to remain the same for a while. As the student progresses, the lesson plan changes.
As an example, I started out helping a student who had difficulty reading by working from a book from where she read a passage and answered questions. She had difficult reading longer words. After a while, her reading improved substantially. I wanted to create a whole new lesson plan, but my student who was comfortable with the old ways of studying resisted. This is to be expected especially from children. Now that she read so well, I wanted her to see why reading is important by finding her a novel that would hold her interest. To compromise, I asked her to read from a novel for twenty minutes every other session. The problem was that many of the books did not interest her. However, I kept insisting that this is important, and eventually found a book that she enjoyed reading. When she finished reading the novel, the lesson plan changed once again. I had previously helped her with writing, and she always did very well. However, I now wanted to see if she could write about the novel, and so the lesson plan changed once again. The new lesson plan included reading a novel, and writing about it. In the one hour lesson, half an hour was set apart for reading. The other half was set aside for vocabulary, grammar or writing.
As a tutor, I must keep in mind that learning is a paradoxical combination of hard work and the excitement of achieving. Increasing the demands on a student is often met with resistance. However, constant reminders that the student's hard work is paying off can help me keep the student motivated until he or she recognizes the value of learning. At that point, the students no longer find the lessons as difficult and gladly notice their improvement.
I have worked with really young children as young as 5 years old.
I have worked with high-school and college students.
I have also worked with adults.
The best advise I can give a student looking to hire a teacher in my area of expertise is to hire me. I have experience, I am well educated. I read almost every day. I am writing two different novels, and I know a lot of tricks that can make learning easier and fun.
I have been to six different colleges and Universities and I love to learn. The only thing I love even more is teaching.
I started tutoring a high school student whose writing was disorganized, and full of grammatical errors. In only a few sessions I taught him how to perfect his writing, by shortening his sentences, to avoid run-on sentences and repetitions.
I also taught him how to organize his writing, and improve his grammar. It was only a few sessions and he is already becomming an excellent writer.
A few things worth thinking about before reaching out
Before asking the teachers for help, a student should try to do the assigment. A teacher can help much better if she can see the kind of work the student can do. Once the problem is established, the solution is not far behind.
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- 10h: UGX 1920
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Pricing depends on what the student requires and depends on location as well. Usually I charge about $50/hour. I can charge less for online lessons, $40 per hour depending on the subject.
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