Ryan H.
- Seattle, WA 98115 ( 24 mi )
- Experienced German Tutor
- Male Age 41
- Member since: 02/2013
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $35 to $45 /hr
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On-line
In-Home
- Also Tutors: Latin
German is one of my top subjects! It was a round-about path that I followed to the study of German. I've always had an especial passion for Germanic philology, but it was the long-dead or extinct sister tongues of the modern language that I pursued first, spending my time primarily with Gothic and Old English.
Over time my curiosity about New High German grew, however, and eventually I decided to try my hand at something more modern. I was fortunate enough to find a delightful little grammar while exploring the nooks and crannies of a bookstore in my hometown, and after working through the volume I opted to supplement it with a German course at college; on the whole the grammar was a far more comprehensive guide, but the class helped to round out my lexicon with a firmer grasp of the language in its more colloquial moods.
On the whole I've found German to be a true delight, and over the years I've striven to keep my skills up to snuff with a variety of literature, though I've had fewer opportunities to engage in conversation than I would like. As such I would be not only ready, willing, and able to assist the student in their first forays into the study of the language, but delighted by the chance to practice it further.
After a somewhat round-about tour of its course catalog, in 2008 I graduated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelors degree in Classical Studies and Anthropology. I subsequently went on to pursue a variety of graduate-level work, and have been some months poised on the edge of the completion of my dissertation. While studying abroad I had the opportunity to participate in the Peer-Assisted Learning initiative at the University of Reading, under the auspices of which I provided undergraduate students with supplementary help and instruction in Latin, and since my return to the United States I've sought to continue the work that, as I discovered overseas, I quite enjoy.
