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Alva R.

Private tutor in Houston, TX

Education

Education 2008 – 2011University of Washington, Seattle, WA, M.A. in Central Asian Studies 2000 – 2007 University of Houston, Houston, TX, B.A. in Sociology and English Additional Education 2009 – Present Private Kyrgyz Language Training with Dr. Gulnara Jamasheva, Institute of Language and Literature, Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan 2005 TÖMER – Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey: Ten months of Intensive Turkish Language Training

Experience

My name is Alva R. I have been teaching ESL, TOEFL Prep and World and Turkic Literature for nearly 10 years. I have been certified for the past four years in teaching English grammar, and have taught diplomats and other government officials while abroad. Like those learning the language, or just trying to equip themselves for upcoming tests, I have also learned other languages. With that said, I can understand the anxieties and expectations for learning a new language, but learning languages is a must. As a highly respected writer of Central Asia once pointed out: without the development of language and literature, and the production of writers, a nation would be "deprived of consciousness, view, ideology, and so it decays." I double majored in English Literature and Sociology as an undergraduate. I received an M.A. from the University of Washington in Turkic Literary Studies. I am a Fulbright alumna and the author of several academic articles and a book chapter. I serve as editor for two international magazines and an academic journal. I volunteered as an English instructor for a local orphanage in Kyrgyzstan. I have over five years experience teaching literary studies, eight years experience teaching Test-Prep (TOEFL and SAT) and ten years experience teaching English as a Second Language. As I learned from my German professor and mentor, there is no sense in becoming a teacher if you are not interested in being available for them. You'll have my undivided attention and my guarantee that your English and or test prep skill will improve.

Subject Expertise

SAT Critical Reading Foreign Language GED GMAT Verbal Grammar and Mechanics GRE Verbal GRE Verbal Reasoning History Introduction to Poetry Introduction to Fiction Languages Literary Analysis Literature Persuasive Writing Reading Expository Writing SAT Subject Test in Literature SAT Verbal SAT Writing Short Novel Shakespeare Study Skills Summer Tutoring Test Prep TOEFL Vocabulary World Literature World History Writing ACT Reading 11th Grade Reading 12th Grade Reading 12th Grade Writing 10th Grade Writing 10th Grade Reading 6th Grade Writing 7th Grade Reading 7th Grade Writing 8th Grade Reading 8th Grade Writing 9th Grade Writing ACCUPLACER ESL ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension ACT English 11th Grade Writing ACT with Writing ACT Writing AP English Language and Composition AP English Literature and Composition AP United States History AP World History British Literature College Essays Creative Writing English Essay Editing ESL/ELL European History

Availability

Weekdays after 5PM, Saturday at any time

Can Meet

Up to 30 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

I love to read and learn new languages. I am especiallly enthralled by nomadic cultures of Central and Inner Asia. I also love to travel.

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