Philip I.
- Brooklyn, NY 11237 ( 30.1 mi )
- Japanese Tutor
- Male
- Member Since: 03/2010
- Will travel up to 5 miles
- Rates from $54.00 to $64.00 /hr
- Also Tutors: French, English ESOL
A Little Bit About Me...
As a Kentuckian, I was very lucky to have the opportunity to study and excel in French and to study abroad in Japan in high school. These experiences, related to the smallness and isolation of my hometown, made me uniquely aware of and interested in international issues and foreign language learning and teaching. As I have studied various languages, the most important of which being French, Japanese, and Spanish, I have actively sought the chance to share the knowledge I have acquired. For this reason, I have taught French both as an instructor and tutor since the age of 16. Of course, this love of teaching languages has spilled over into tutoring children and adults in writing, ESL, and in my "home" discipline of political history.
I thoroughly believe that teaching is a mutual engagement - students are not just listening to the story, they are authoring it! For this, I often ... read more