Laurie I.
Private tutor in Denton, TX
Education
University of Texas at Austin, B.A. History; Southern New Hampshire University, M.A. English, 4.0 Certified to teach English, ESL, and Special Education as well as TESOL.
Experience
I taught English as a Foreign Language in China, Korea, and Taiwan between 2000 and 2011. After that, I worked in curriculum development, editing, and tutoring as well as teaching at Guyer High School. I've taught English to all ages -- preschool through postgraduate -- and have edited several doctoral dissertations. I speak upper-intermediate level Mandarin Chinese. I passed my level 4 HSK with a 265/300 and spent 5 weeks in China studying for my HSK 5 last summer.
Subject Expertise
PSAT Writing SkillsReadingSAT Critical Reading7th Grade Writing8th Grade Writing9th Grade WritingACT with WritingACT WritingCreative WritingExpository WritingFiction WritingPersuasive WritingPoetry WritingPSAT Critical ReadingSAT WritingWritingACT EnglishAP English Literature and CompositionCLEP English LiteratureAdvanced PlacementWorld LiteratureVocabularyClassicsCollege EssaysEssay Editing3rd Grade ReadingEnglishESL/ELL10th Grade Writing10th Grade Reading11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading12th Grade Writing1st Grade Reading1st Grade Writing2nd Grade Reading2nd Grade WritingAP English Language and Composition3rd Grade Writing4th Grade Reading4th Grade Writing5th Grade Writing5th Grade Reading6th Grade Reading6th Grade Writing7th Grade Reading8th Grade Reading9th Grade ReadingACT Reading
Availability
Weekdays after 10AM
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
I enjoy riding my bicycle, reading, writing, and watching Chinese historical action movies. I also like to draw, sew, and do crafts, as well as work in the garden.
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