*English Tutor with Experience Teaching @ UBC & Vancouver School
Description
I’m passionate about writing, teaching, and helping students excel.
I have a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia (UBC). For the past 9 years, I have taught English, literature, and writing to hundreds of teens and adults in personalized one-on-one classes, as well as ran high school and undergraduate writing workshops at UBC, University Hill Secondary, and Point Grey Secondary in Vancouver, Canada.
As a published writer, I teach students how to navigate academic writing situations, reading assignments, language learning, and exam preparation using creative, clear, and easy-to-understand strategies used by professional writers in the real world.
As an immigrant and translator who is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese, I specialize in offering personalized English and writing classes to teens and adults with diverse, international, and immigrant backgrounds.
I design lessons based on student interests and needs. My classes draw on engaging, creative, contemporary, relevant, and practical examples. If you work with me, you will not only learn how to succeed in individual assignments or classes. You will also gain valuable language skills that are applicable outside the classroom and help you in the long run.
The subjects I teach include:
- High school English classes (grades 6-12, AP, IB, SAT, etc.) and university-level English courses (ENGL 100, WRDS 100, CRWR, Arts One, etc.), with a focus on topics like writing and literary analysis
- Undergraduate and graduate level academic writing, research, and reading skills, including feedback on papers/essays for any subject (literature, social studies, philosophy, engineering, forestry, business, etc.) and on dissertations
- Application strategy and feedback for cover letters, resumes, personal statements, and research proposals for undergraduate, graduate school, and professional programs (medical school, law, pharmacy, etc.), as well as jobs and scholarships.
- English language exam preparation (TOEFL, IELTS, LEAP, ACT, etc.)
- English Language Learning - ELL/ESL (reading, writing, listening, and speaking)
- Business Writing and Communication Skills
- Creative Writing (fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, children’s literature)
My detailed qualifications:
- Master's degree in Creative Writing and Instructional Skill Workshop (ISW) teaching certificate from UBC
- Senior Teaching Assistant for UBC's Creative Writing department, where I taught undergraduate students (Creative Writing classes 200, 203, 209, 303)
- Trained Creative Writing TAs as the TA Coordinator and serve as a TA mentor
- Completed 550+ hours of tutoring as a Writing Tutor at the UBC Writing Centre
- Taught Creative Writing as a mentor for Writing 12 at University Hill Secondary and two English 11 classes at Point Grey Secondary
- Former Tutor and Teaching Assistant at Pinetree Secondary School, received the English Department Award
- 9 years of private tutoring experience
- Bilingual, fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese
- Published creative writer and journalist
Format & Rates
I offer tutoring online only, via programs such as Google Doc and Zoom/Skype. I encourage new students to book a 1-2 hour class to start with. Rates are $85-100/hr depending on the type of lessons and grade level.
Please email me to discuss your tutoring needs. Thank you!
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