Top online tutors near Vashon, WA

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$25

1 lesson

60 mins each

Will Laferriere
Silverton, OR

Linguist French Teacher, The Bilingual Method

I have been teaching and tutoring French for over 10 years. I have also taught High School Spanish and crash courses in Mandarin Chinese and German. My degree and experience in Linguistics helps me to avoid using technical jargon and explain how French works without intimidating or confusing my students. My teaching approach is friendly and conversational, and is most influenced by the Direct Approach methodology of Siegfried Engelmann and the Bilingual Method of Wolfgang Butzkamm. My lessons are fun and engaging, and they produce phenomenal results! My students, of all skill levels and backgrounds, find the exercises to be intuitive and exciting. Best of all, they find that they quickly develop the skills and knowledge necessary to no longer need a tutor, and that their understanding of French is profound. Though I love tutoring and getting my students up to snuff in their classes, my comprehensive French course is the best way to begin. In my comprehensive course, I take an absolute beginner, or a struggling intermediate student, and run them through the entire structure of the language, while providing them with a very large and productive vocabulary. In my free time I often study Latin and Ancient Greek, or the native languages of the students to whom I teach English. I also homeschool my children and work as a phonics instructor to children and adults. Language and literacy are my world.

$25

1 lesson

60 mins each

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$20

1 lesson

30 mins each

James Masnov
Monmouth, OR

Historian/Writer/Lecturer

As a published writer, professor, and someone who has written countless essays and evaluated countless more, I am uniquely positioned to assist students with their writing. My experience with tutoring or teaching students of various grades/levels/ages goes includes much of the past decade, whether as a professor, a writing tutor for various tutoring services, an academic writing tutor for a community college, an essay evaluator for the history department of a prominent university, or as a tutor in a private, self-employed capacity. I have helped students with their essay writing in numerous subjects and disciplines, including history, political science, pre-law/legal studies, various social science subjects (sociology, criminal justice, psychology, etc), English (composition and/or English lit., etc. If a student needs help with writing essays, regardless of subject or topic, I can help them significantly, not only in reaching their goals of finishing assignments, but in honing their research and writing skills overall. My background, including experience as a professor and academic writing tutor, includes a master's degree in history from Portland State University and a bachelor's degree in history from Western Oregon University. I have won awards for my own essay writing over the years, and my writing has been published in various outlets. Numerous articles of mine have been published in both academic and general-interest publications, and my book about the history of the Supreme Court was published by McFarland Press in 2023. Writing is a crucial skill. Writing does not merely allow us to share our thoughts. It actually helps us to think more critically, exercise our abstract reasoning, and understand the importance of evidence-based argumentation. I can help students hone these skills. I know this because I have a record of doing so, and it is something I very much enjoy. Students are empowered when they can write engagingly and convincingly.

$20

1 lesson

30 mins each