Most of my teaching and tutoring experience has taken place through
private language schools in Europe and Southern California. I spent two
years in Prague teaching small group and one-to-one EFL lessons. Most
of my students were adults (working in business settings) but a few were
in high school or what they referred to as post secondary (pre-college, intensive English training) situations. My students
in Southern California were from countries such as Iraq, Turkey,
Kurdistan, Kuwait, Vietnam, Korea, China, Brazil, Panama, France, Poland
etc. etc. Some were young adults hoping to attend universities in the
US but their reasons for studying English and being in California were
pretty varied. Last semester I tutored two students in the CMS program
at SF State and the focus of our tutoring sessions was mostly grammar.
I feel pretty comfortable working with ESL students, but my experience
with Generation 1.5 and native English speakers in university settings
is more limited. I find that I learn a lot about teaching from each
tutoring situation I'm thrown into, and I'm looking forward to meeting
the tutees I'll work with for English 704.
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