Melissa
12 years experience teaching English composition and literature
I have been working as a private tutor for the past six years helping high school students with SAT preparation, Language Arts classes and college entrance essays. For eight years I prepared Korean and Mongolian students to take the American SAT, thrive in US universities and master TOEFL writing exams. As a professor at Ewha Womens University in Seoul, South Korea, I taught university students to understand academic reading, prepare and write academic papers and to organize logical argume...
English
ESL/ESOL
grammar
literature
reading
SAT reading
SAT writing
TOEFL
vocabulary
writing
Wendy Z. from Princeton, NJ
She is very good in general. Very good, capable and clear. She is prompt, she is very thorough in giving feedback to students. She has long term view for the student. Thanks.
UDIT G. from Columbus, NJ
Melissa is very easy to schedule and she is very talented and well versed in her subject. My son liked her in the first meeting. She has been a teacher before, so she knows how to encourage students and involve them with studies. I am going to buy a package for her, so that I continue to get lesson from her for my son. Great teacher!!
Kinka T. from Princeton Junction, NJ
We are so happy to have Melissa as my son's tutor. She is patient, on time and professional. She knows what is needed and how to encourage my son to improve his writing.
Christine T. from Cranbury, NJ
Melissa is very patient and professional. She discusses needs with parents and student, provides detailed feedback. She is friendly with my son and yet keeps him focused on the writing tasks. There was one time that Melissa had an emergency and could not make the lesson, she volunteered to drive to library and bring my son back home. I highly recommend Melissa for reading/writing lessons.
Fariha M. from Trenton, NJ
My daughter a 11th grader, got tutoring from Melissa, She always came prepared, has a lot of patience and is very good at what she does, my daughter's writing skills have significantly improved since she got tutored by her. She is a good teacher over all.
Elizabeth C. from Princeton Junction, NJ
Melissa has been a great tutor. She helped me improve around 400 points on the SAT in reading and writing and helped me score 3 points higher on the ACT. Every tutoring session, she was patient and understood the issues I had trouble with and she addressed them swiftly and effectively. Her expertise in writing was clear from the first tutoring session which made me feel confident that I was learning from one of the best and thus helped me learn faster. Improving as much as I did would have been impossible without Melissa.
Dewan R. from Princeton Junction, NJ
She helped my son to improve his writing capability. My son's writing capability improved a lot. We are very happy with her.
Govi P. from Princeton Junction, NJ
Melissa is a fantastic teacher. She is patient, very passionate about the subject, and is extremely capable. She probes, questions, collaborates. She makes the student think, constantly challenging and refines writing. "Could you tell me what your idea would be?" "How do you think you can improve this?" These are the questions I've heard her ask my child. She has directly contributed to my child's success at school, who now exudes confidence and is a consistent A grader. We are not so worried about SAT anymore!