John - ESL tutor - Brookline
John - ESL tutor - Brookline

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  • ESL
  • English Oral Expression
  • English Vocabulary
  • English Reading Comprehension
  • English Writing

Discover a new online interactive ELL experience. Increase your child's reading level up to a rate of one level per week!

  • ESL
  • English Oral Expression
  • English Vocabulary
  • English Reading Comprehension
  • English Writing

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About John

Experience: 5 years, 100+ students, across 4 different countries.

Recent Careers:

Online Tutor with Varsity Tutors (Mar 2020 -- Present)
--Rated 5.0/5.0 starts by clients.
--Increases students' reading level up to a rate of 1 letter
level per week (2nd to 3rd grade level in 5 weeks).

Special Ed. Paraprofessional with Marblehead Public Schools
(Oct 2018 -- Jun 2019)
--Boosted English, Financial Algebra, Statistics, and Algebra II
students' grades by roughly one letter grade after 1 quarter of
services.
--Increased disengaged students' participation in classwork
through long-term rapport building.

Online ESL Teacher with 51Talk (Nov 2018 -- Apr 2019)
--Bridged the gap of distance learning through colorful,
multifaceted reward systems, including token systems,
competitions, and generous praise.
--Spurred Chinese students' language acquisition by utilizing total
physical response (TPR) in all lessons and basic knowledge
of Mandarin when appropriate.

Philosophy: I treat students as people first. This is the key to my success in online education, where engagement is everything. I build a trusting, fun relationship with each of my students, so that they look forward to each tutoring session. I also take great care in learning my students' individual learning styles to create a perfectly customized educational experience for each and every one of them. My commitment is to help students discover their strengths and use them to succeed in life. My demonstration of that commitment in every lesson is one of my students' greatest sources of motivation. My students know that I'm on their side during these crazy, stressful times.

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About the lesson

  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Matric/GCSE
  • +14
  • levels :

    Primary

    Secondary

    Matric/GCSE

    AS Level

    A Level

    Adult education

    A1

    A2

    B1

    B2

    C1

    C2

    Beginner

    Intermediate

    Advanced

    Professional

    Kids

  • English

Languages in which the lesson is available :

English

My students can expect a lot of fun and games, especially in their first lesson. Even the shyest of students have come right out of their shells after some Pictionary, ISpy, or Connect Four! I bookend each of my lessons with games to motivate hard work and inspire creativity.

Once I have built some rapport with my students, I assess their reading level. This usually takes 1-2 lessons. I introduce colorful leveled readings for them to read aloud based on their current grade and adjust according to their performance. The goal is to find a level at which they can read about 80%-90% independently--the perfect range for instructional growth.

When I find the ideal level for my student, I progressively increase the reading level based on the student's progress. This way, my student's progress is always maximized. Due to my rigorous programming, several of my students have increased their performance by an entire grade level within 6-8 weeks of tutoring.

Of course, we focus on writing just as much as we do reading. Each of my tailored readings is accompanied with a variety of comprehension questions. I take advantage of the online format to develop the typing skills students need to succeed in this digital age.

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Rates

Rate

  • R823

Package rates

  • 5h: R3916
  • 10h: R7405

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  • R823/h

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