Marion C.
- Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 ( 31.9 mi )
- TOEFL Tutor
- Male
- Member Since: 05/2010
- Will travel up to 25 miles
- Rates from $38.00 to $53.00 /hr
A Little Bit About Me...
I use an intercultural (as opposed to assimilationist) perspective, knowing that language teachers also teach culture; this is not only desirable, it is probably unavoidable.
We cannot allow the material on testing instruments to dictate the entire scope of what we teach.
I still find it difficult to convince many people that literacy, strictly speaking, is usually not the challenge adult ELLs face. Their challenges usually consist in expanding the English they learned in school, so that it becomes useful for academic purposes, or for basic life-skills in a new country.
I am an August 2009 graduate of the Adult Education/ESL program at the University of Alabama—Birmingham. I chose to study adult ESOL because I believed it would complement my undergraduate academic background in International Studies, and I have never been disappointed. Since the summer of 2006, I have ser ... read more
