Christina
Learning Can be Fun! Tutoring ESL, PESL, German, Portuguese, Test Prep
- $50 / h
- 6 reviews
- 342 rating s
- Santa Cruz , CA ( 95062 )
- 35 miles
Hi, hallo, ola! My name is Christina and I've been teaching for 19 years, doing what I love, from instructing German at the University of Hawaii, to teaching ESL in Austria and Brazil, to tutoring Portuguese and K-12 in Hawaii and California. Wherever I go, all around the world, I love helping and connecting with my students. ESL: I studied and minored in ESL at university and have taught English to all ages, preschool to adult, in Austria and Brazil. I currently tutor many wonderful ESL s...
proofreading
SAT reading
SAT writing
TOEFL
PSAT
spelling
elementary math
elementary (k-6th)
study skills
special needs
speech
English
ESL/ESOL
reading
writing
Portuguese
vocabulary
grammar
German
ACT English
Matias D. from San Jose, CA
I contacted Christina because I had to prepare for the toefl exam. I had a month to improve radically in my writing and speaking section. From the beginning she organized how we were going to work in each section. She is very organized and has a deep knowledge about what the raters expect about your writing and speaking section so we could focus on that. Besides, she encourages me to improve in a cheerful manner without losing her professionalism and making the class more fun. Also, she is very punctual and when she arrives 2 minutes late she lets me know in advance, definitely very committed with her work. If I had to prepare for other exams I would call her, and of course I would recommend her.
Terry H. from Cupertino, CA
Her lesson is very enjoyable and makes me motivated. In addition she is pretty cheerful. One hour lesson passed by like a flash.
Yuki Y. from San Jose, CA
I don't have enough time to speak English here in the U.S., so in the lesson, we focus on conversation. During conversation, she gives me enough opportunities to speak and teaches me lots of useful expressions, proverbs and so forth. And I don't have much info around this area and how to live here, so she gives me lots of good advice and makes me comfortable living here. She understands my goal here and prepares for the lessons and I appreciate that.
Mit M. from Santa Cruz, CA
Christina is a really fun teacher, she teaches with enthusiasm, and doesn't let her students wander around for a second which is great.
Maria M. from Watsonville, CA
We are grateful to have found Christina as a tutor for my son. She has tutored him only 5 times and we have noticed tremendous improvement. She is also VERY flexible when I comes to small schedule changes. Christina also accommodated the place for my son to be tutored. She is great! I highly recommend her!!!!
Inigo F. from Palo Alto, CA
I enjoyed this first session with Christina. Thanks to her I improved the presentation of my startup. We reviewed writing, pronunciation and gramma issues.