Margaret

English

ESL/ESOL

grammar

proofreading

reading

I have a master's degree in TESOL and much of my graduate research was done with reading. I have experience working with students of all ages, including students with special needs. My bottom-up methodology is focused on blending phonemic awareness with phonetic skills in early level readers. With students who have already mastered the basics, I seek our interest-appropriate texts to help them engage with what they are reading while working on comprehension.

SAT reading

SAT writing

I offer tutoring for the writing section of the SAT. For this section, I work with students to write clearly and concisely within the allotted time. We work with organization, vocabulary, and grammar. I create many resources myself, but all prompt questions come directly from the College Board, which uses prompts from the actual test.

Spanish

TOEFL

I have my master's degree in TESOL. As a teacher, I understand the importance that standardized tests such as the TOEFL have. When tutoring for the TOEFL, I employ materials from ETS, the makers of the TOEFL, as well as other online resources and activities I create myself. While I recommend at least three months of preparation before the test, I have worked with students with as little as a couple of weeks to prepare.

vocabulary

I have a master's degree in TESOL. My final research project emphasized vocabulary acquisition through reading blended with dynamic teaching techniques. When studying new vocabulary, I believe the most effective techniques are those which treat the new words as a natural part of the language instead of focusing on them out of context.

writing