Casey F.

• Kamuela, HI 96743 ( 8.3 mi )
• Japanese Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 02/2010
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $48.00 to $60.00 /hr

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A Little Bit About Me...

As an engineering graduate from BYU, I have extensive training in physics and math, as well as a solid foundation in how to apply these studies to real life situations. Problem solving is a strong suit, and I feel the principles gained from engineering studies apply to a host of fields where the primary objective is solving problems. As a volunteer in Japan for 2 years and also as an engineer with Toyota, I have developed comfortable conversational Japanese in both personal and scientific settings. I provide a "gaijin" perspective on how the language is structured and how best to approach learning it.
As a parent of 4 children, I have a love for teaching in a variety of settings. I gain a sense of the students' interests and tie every subject back to something they are interested in. They need to "see" what difference their studies make. Learning needs to be a love, and I l ... read more

Jordan L.

• Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 ( 16.4 mi )
• Japanese Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 11/2010
• Will travel up to 30 miles
• Rates from $48.00 to $60.00 /hr

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My college experience was unique to the learning community. Instead of theorizing and contemplating what lives the subjects we studied were living, we lived amongst those most only read about. In addition to traditional bouts of homework and exams I lived in the homes and attended their schools. The philosophy, language and religions they lived became our texts. During which I spent an extended amount of time learning about Japanese culture, their language and their traditions. In Japan I was able to pick up a majority of their spoken and written language, which inevitably assisted me in completing an unprecedented study of the Chinese in Japan. The multiple discipline study allows me to share those subjects with my students.
My strategy to learning unknown subjects is very close to the same way children learn to walk, by immersion. Everything we learned as children was assimilat ... read more

Lance T.

• Kailua Kona, HI 96740 ( 19.6 mi )
• Japanese Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 01/2011
• Will travel up to 50 miles
• Rates from $49.00 to $58.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Portuguese, French, English ESOL

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I recently graduated with my Master's degree in Social Welfare from the University of California at Berkeley, and earned my first graduate degree in 1997 at the University of California at Los Angeles in Education. I taught 2nd grade in a bilingual Spanish classroom from 1996 to 2000 for the Los Angeles Unified School District. I also taught English to high school students for the Peace Corps in Nicaragua. I have studied foreign languages and speak Spanish and Portuguese fluently, and also speak some French and Japanese. Due to my past education, work experience, and time spent abroad, I am comfortable tutoring language arts, the social sciences, basic math, reading, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
During my Master's program at UCLA, I was exposed to different ways of teaching and believe that students learn in a variety of ways. I am open to trying different approaches and m ... read more

Masa L.

• Honaunau, HI 96726 ( 29.4 mi )
• Japanese Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 03/2010
• Will travel up to 15 miles
• Rates from $46.00 to $61.00 /hr
• I am a Certified Teacher
• Also Tutors: English ESOL, Chinese

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A Little Bit About Me...

My teaching style is based on building an empowering relationship between teacher and student. The aim in my teaching is to make the student into an out-going self-learner and to teach the student positive ways of challenging himself. If I were to label myself, I would call myself a patient, understanding teacher. I look for tools and ways to reach my student, often employing numerous aids for a single subject. With the right combination of creativity and patience, I believe I may create a lesson plan suitable to not only teach the student, but inspire the student to take an active role in the learning process.
2009 Assistant Language Teacher Ageo, Japan • Consulted and taught at four different schools. • Lead class instruction in the areas of grammar, listening comprehension, and cultural internationalization. 2008 6th Grade Tutor • Serve as a tutor for a 6th grade s ... read more