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College Prep Writing...and Reading! ESL.
Melanie M.

941 hours tutoring

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College Prep Writing...and Reading! ESL.
College Prep Writing...and Reading! ESL.
Melanie M.

941 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

941 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

About Melanie


Bio

You can do this! All you need is a friendly coach who is fun to work with and knows exactly what the academics expect. I can break it down for you. I taught the required Composition 1 at a local college. What's more, I served on the writing placement committee. That means I helped decide which students wrote well enough to take Composition 1, which earns credit toward graduation. Otherwise, you need to take extra courses to improve your skills. These courses take time and money, and they...

You can do this! All you need is a friendly coach who is fun to work with and knows exactly what the academics expect. I can break it down for you. I taught the required Composition 1 at a local college. What's more, I served on the writing placement committee. That means I helped decide which students wrote well enough to take Composition 1, which earns credit toward graduation. Otherwise, you need to take extra courses to improve your skills. These courses take time and money, and they don't count toward graduation!

I'm a born writer and I love teaching others how to write well. In addition to teaching college freshmen, for the last five years I've specialized in teaching students preparing for college. This means helping students gain confidence writing an academic essay and unlocking the secrets of academic reading. I help students organize their thoughts to form rock- solid thesis statements with excellent support. We use highlighters as we learn to identify the main idea in a text. My students, including English Language Learners, are always amazed...and relieved at the progress they make. Formerly an editor at Harvard Magazine, I have written three books and countless articles for magazines and newspapers.


Education

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Journalism,

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Approved Subjects

Business

Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Improve your pronunciation and emphasis with an experienced ESL instructor who specializes in accent reduction. Begin by fine-tuning your listening ability, so you’re sure what it’s supposed to sound like. Then, working with me and a hand mirror, pay attention to your lips, teeth and tongue in making the correct sounds. Remember: knowing which words in the sentence need to be emphasized is vital in communicating with other English speakers.

Corporate Training

ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have been teaching ESL for the last ten years.
Grammar,

Grammar

As a Professor of Composition 1, I have years of experience teaching grammar to college freshman. I have also taught grammar from the ground up to immigrants and international students.
Proofreading,

Proofreading

I have years of experience as a writing professor and as an editorial consultant and professional proofreader for corporate clients.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Improve your pronunciation and emphasis with an experienced ESL instructor who specializes in accent reduction. Begin by fine-tuning your listening ability, so you’re sure what it’s supposed to sound like. Then, working with me and a hand mirror, pay attention to your lips, teeth and tongue in making the correct sounds. Remember: knowing which words in the sentence need to be emphasized is vital in communicating with other English speakers.

Elementary Education

Grammar,

Grammar

As a Professor of Composition 1, I have years of experience teaching grammar to college freshman. I have also taught grammar from the ground up to immigrants and international students.
Reading,

Reading

As a college-prep instructor, I have a solid track record of helping students identify the key concepts and the relationship between sentences in academic texts.
Vocabulary

English

English,

English

I am an author, journalist and former college writing professor.
ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have been teaching ESL for the last ten years.
Grammar,

Grammar

As a Professor of Composition 1, I have years of experience teaching grammar to college freshman. I have also taught grammar from the ground up to immigrants and international students.
Proofreading,

Proofreading

I have years of experience as a writing professor and as an editorial consultant and professional proofreader for corporate clients.
Public Speaking,

Public Speaking

Improve your pronunciation and emphasis with an experienced ESL instructor who specializes in accent reduction. Begin by fine-tuning your listening ability, so you’re sure what it’s supposed to sound like. Then, working with me and a hand mirror, pay attention to your lips, teeth and tongue in making the correct sounds. Remember: knowing which words in the sentence need to be emphasized is vital in communicating with other English speakers.
Reading,

Reading

As a college-prep instructor, I have a solid track record of helping students identify the key concepts and the relationship between sentences in academic texts.
SAT Reading,

SAT Reading

I have helped many students prepare for SAT tests. I believe in the use of a highlighter when practicing reading skills and reading for academic purposes.
SAT Writing,

SAT Writing

I have years of experience teaching Composition 1 at the college level and tutoring students preparing for the entrance exams. It’s important to read the text and the prompt very carefully before beginning your response. Keep your thesis very narrowly focused so it will be easier to support. Let’s practice together, both timed and I timed.
Writing,

Writing

I am the author of three nonfiction books and numerous articles for magazines and newspapers.
Vocabulary

Homeschool

English,

English

I am an author, journalist and former college writing professor.
ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have been teaching ESL for the last ten years.
Reading,

Reading

As a college-prep instructor, I have a solid track record of helping students identify the key concepts and the relationship between sentences in academic texts.
SAT Reading,

SAT Reading

I have helped many students prepare for SAT tests. I believe in the use of a highlighter when practicing reading skills and reading for academic purposes.
Writing

Writing

I am the author of three nonfiction books and numerous articles for magazines and newspapers.

Language

ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I have been teaching ESL for the last ten years.

Most Popular

English,

English

I am an author, journalist and former college writing professor.
ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have been teaching ESL for the last ten years.
Reading,

Reading

As a college-prep instructor, I have a solid track record of helping students identify the key concepts and the relationship between sentences in academic texts.
Writing

Writing

I am the author of three nonfiction books and numerous articles for magazines and newspapers.

Other

College Counseling,

College Counseling

I’m a former college professor who sat on the committee to assess the writing skills and determine the class placement of incoming students. I’ve taught classes on how to succeed in college. In addition, I have years of experience helping college students and college applicants write outstanding essays.
ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I have been teaching ESL for the last ten years.

Special Needs

Speech

Speech

More than 15 years experience as a certified ESL instructor with a strength in accent reduction and pronunciation. Begin by listening carefully to native speakers and yourself. Then focus on lips, teeth and tongue as we practice speaking English as native-speakers do.

Summer

ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have been teaching ESL for the last ten years.
Reading,

Reading

As a college-prep instructor, I have a solid track record of helping students identify the key concepts and the relationship between sentences in academic texts.
Writing

Writing

I am the author of three nonfiction books and numerous articles for magazines and newspapers.

Test Preparation

College Counseling,

College Counseling

I’m a former college professor who sat on the committee to assess the writing skills and determine the class placement of incoming students. I’ve taught classes on how to succeed in college. In addition, I have years of experience helping college students and college applicants write outstanding essays.
SAT Reading,

SAT Reading

I have helped many students prepare for SAT tests. I believe in the use of a highlighter when practicing reading skills and reading for academic purposes.
SAT Writing

SAT Writing

I have years of experience teaching Composition 1 at the college level and tutoring students preparing for the entrance exams. It’s important to read the text and the prompt very carefully before beginning your response. Keep your thesis very narrowly focused so it will be easier to support. Let’s practice together, both timed and I timed.

Ratings and Reviews


Rating

4.9 (244 ratings)
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Reviews

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

My kid liked Melanie’s suggestions for improving his common app essay. She is a great tutor and glad we found her on Wyzant. She was kind enough to help my kid to review his college essays even though she was busy and we were kind of late in reached out to her.

Hari, 6 lessons with Melanie

Knowledgeable and patience teacher

My son has been learning how to write essay with Melanie since last summer and it has been a great experience. She is a very thoughtful and patience teacher who puts a lot of thought into the material. Her lessons were engaging, useful, always encouraging Denis to try. I would highly recommend her to anyone interested in improving the writing.

Irina, 58 lessons with Melanie

Personal Statement Extraordinaire

I was overwhelmed during our first meeting but Melanie instantly reassured me and helped me craft a compelling graduate school personal statement. I feel much more confident with my writing abilities and I will definitely use her guidance in the future. Thank you so much!

Natasha, 6 lessons with Melanie

Interim Progress Report for a master degree

Melanie is an excellent tutor. I want to express my sincere gratitude for all the efforts she did during this short period of time. I really appreciate her patience and dedication while working with me to improve my writing. Together, we made an enormous transformation in the quality of the paper. I have learned a lot from spending a few hours with her. Thank you Melanie so much for facilitating such a project. I was worried about not having it done perfectly on time. I definitely would recommend Melanie to friends and colleagues in the future.

GHAZAL, 3 lessons with Melanie

Knowledgeable and patient tutor.

Upgrading my word choices for Articles. Choosing more powerful verbs. Changing 'they" sentences to passive voice sentences. We worked on sentence structure and word choice in an old assignment. One goal was to vary vocabulary and use more scholarly terms when addressing the topic.".

Cheryl, 2 lessons with Melanie

Passionate and Knowledgable

Melanie helped me with writing cover letters, and script coverage. She also assisted me with writing business emails, and various grammar fundamentals . I learned a lot from her and I’m forever grateful!

ARIELLE, 7 lessons with Melanie

Knowledgeable responsible patient tutor

I feel very grateful that my kids can learn with Melanie. She is very knowledgeable and experienced on teaching students on Acdemic writings. Also she is very patient with my kids who are newly learning about how to compose Acdemic writing. Melanie is very responsible. She works with my kids individually to review, edit their writing assignments and make sure they understand how to apply the knowledge learned into the actual work. Thank you Melanie!

Christy, 144 lessons with Melanie

Ms. Melanie is so incredible and efficient

Ms. Melanie helped my daughter with her college essay, working patiently but productively to guide. It did not take very many lessons and the essay was complete. Along the way, my daughter picked up many tips and tricks. Ms. Melanie cares about students’ success. The time spent with her was priceless and landed an acceptance.

Nancy, 8 lessons with Melanie

Talented writer and helpful tutor

Melanie helped me write the College Essay of my dreams. Her writing and tutoring skills allowed me to develop an amazing Essay with strong themes and learn writing skills. She took it personal and connected with me, positively influencing my story.

Shannon, 6 lessons with Melanie

Very knowledgeable!!!!!

Melanie is an awesome tutor!!! I have learned so much about writing and ways to enhance my writing skills. I will definitely continue to work on my writing skills with her!

Tiffany, 46 lessons with Melanie
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