513 Downers Grove Tutors

Hello, future master of Japanese! My name is Ellen and I would love to help you improve (or maintain) your Japanese skills! I have over a decade of experience living and working in the wonderful country of Japan! If you are enrolled in a Japanese course, you are a business professional working in a Japanese environment, have a child you would like to expose to a foreign language, are taking a trip or study abroad adventure to Japan or are just interested in studying Japanese as a hobby, I can... ... More

I became a tutor during my undergraduate studies. During this time, my children were in elementary, middle, and high schools. Over the years, I frequented their schools as a volunteer and realized that the number of students struggling with reading, writing, and English had continuously increased. Initially I went back to school to facilitate these student populations with English, but I began teaching adult English learners through a local tutoring program and expanded my knowledge of learni... ... More

I have had a long career in graphic arts and would like to share some of what I have learned with younger persons. I work on a Mac, but I am also familiar with the PC platform. I have kept reasonably current with software, specializing in Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Typography is my specialty. I am not a web designer and do not use Flash, but I have a good understanding of web graphic requirements. Primarily, if you are looking to learn the ins and outs of the printing industr... ... More

By this time of the school year, students who are struggling in Spanish class often begin to really fall behind in class. This is a great time to get some tutoring help while there is still plenty of time for your Spanish student to catch up and to work through current misunderstanding. And through the means of Wyzant's convenient online portal, Spanish tutoring was never easier! About myself: I love speaking and teaching Spanish! I began to learn the Spanish language when I was fo... ... More

Hi everyone, I'm a gringo who most people think is a native born latino! But more importantly to you, is the fact that I am dedicated to helping English speakers master Spanish- and Spanish speakers master English- not to pass a class, but because it opens so many doors to you- places to travel, classes to take, books to read, interesting people to meet. I make it fun- after all, language is meant to serve people (help us communicate). We are not meant to serve language! Give me a try. I... ... More

I am a native Russian speaker with more that 20 years of experience in teaching English at the university level. I graduated from Volgograd Pedagogical University (Russia) in 1980 with the qualification - Teacher of English and German. In 1991 I graduated from the post graduate courses of St. Petersburg University (Russia) with an awarded scientific degree - Candidate of Pedagogical Science (PhD). My thesis was the study in the field of Motivation of Learning Foreign Languages and Methods of ... ... More