Jenny D.
- Arvada, CO 80004 ( 17.2 mi )
- Expert English Tutor
- Female
- Member Since: 01/2013
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $18.00 to $30.00 /hr
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On-line
In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: Language Arts, Writing, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Literature, Grammar, Composition
English is one of my top subjects! ESL - My first experience teaching English was in Mexico where I taught for over 5 1/2 years, from 2005 - 2010. I taught in private K-12 schools and language institutes, young children and business professionals, basic and advanced levels. It was a humbling and simply amazing life experience!
For the last 2 years I have been tutoring immigrant and refugee students in writing, grammar, reading, pronunciation in the ESL tutoring center at the Community College of Denver. I hope to continue helping and inspiring eager and willing students in English, ESL, grammar, vocabulary, literature for years to come.
I have always loved traveling, learning about different cultures, history, ideologies and of course food and have traveled to over 16 countries and lived in 5, Germany, Israel, Egypt, Turkey and most recently México, where my Spanish speaking and ESL teaching journey began. I have significant experience in Mexican culture from teaching English for 5 1/2 years to learners of all ages from young children to adults. I have experience teaching all subjects in bilingual primary schools and English Literature for a year in a private IBO (K-12) school in Querétaro, MX. The subjects that I taught to adults included conversation, Basic English literacy, Business English, and TOEFL preparation.
While living abroad, I experienced firsthand the struggles and daily frustrations of not being able to communicate my ideas, feelings or simply ask for directions or order from a menu at a restaurant. I ... read more