Gordon W.
- Chicago, IL 60645 ( 5.7 mi )
- Experienced Poetry Tutor
- Male
- Member Since: 08/2012
- Will travel up to 30 miles
- Rates from $30.00 to $75.00 /hr
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On-line
In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: English, Language Arts, Writing, Spelling, Shakespeare, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Literature, Grammar, Creative Writing, Composition
Poetry is one of my top subjects! Includes writing poetry
Simply put: My teaching style is student-centered, and so is my tutoring style. I start where the student is now, and go from there, working from strengths and shoring up weaknesses. Most importantly, I develop a plan of "action," by the end of the very first session, so I waste neither the time of the student nor the money of the parent/payor.
Over 20 years of experience teaching ESL speaking, reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary to levels ranging from literacy to near-fluency. An ESL training film was made about my teaching style in 2003 by the ALRC, Adult Language Resource Center in Arlington Heights,IL. In 2005, I patented a revolutionary system for teaching keyboarding / typing to both adults and adolescents. Concomitantly, 12 years of preparing students for the TOEFL examination.
20 years of experience teaching high school English---Grammar and Compostion; Literatu ... read more