Find a reading tutor

Why is reading important?

Whether you are at school or university, reading will play a major role in your studies. From comprehension to the ability to express yourself coherently and without grammatical or syntactical errors, excellent reading skills will be a necessity in your student life and later in your professional life. If you are struggling with reading comprehension, grammar, syntax or the complex task of dissecting a text, then the answer might be finding a tutor to provide you with the necessary tools to navigate the nuanced terrains of language.

Like any discipline or field of study, English has principles, rules and formulas that once learned, could improve not just your ability to express yourself more confidently and cohesively, but your ability to comprehend as well. This is because English, like any language, has a structure and form that needs to be understood, respected and assimilated. Once we are conscious of these rules and structures, we will be able to quickly decipher the meaning, not just of sentences but of paragraphs, chapters and entire texts. This is key for reading and understanding, and therefore enjoying the time you spend with a book or a text.

What connects you to English

English is one of the most important disciplines we learn throughout our academic careers. Learning and developing good, proper reading skills is something that will impact not just your education, but your professional and adult life in general. 

One of the most important aspects of language and a fundamental one when it comes to learning its proper usage is written comprehension. Reading is the activity that helps with syntax and vocabulary, spelling and comprehension in general. Maybe your relationship with books is not the best. That's when a tutor would be a great and useful help: someone who can guide you and help you fall in love with books and the activity of reading.

Reading lessons with a tutor could be the way you or your kid learns about the pleasure of reading. A tutor could suggest books based on the student's level and interests. The tutor could check on you weekly during the reading lessons to see how your experience is going, he or she could ask you questions to make you realise how much you have understood from the book.

Your tutor can be the one who teaches you about symbolism and characterisation and shows you the way to appreciate stories, storytellers or just the act of sitting down with a book to immerse yourself in a universe outside yours. 

Reading lessons can definitely affect the way you relate to language and reading, writing and speaking. A reading tutor can guide you in your discovery and help you appreciate English, not just because it is important but because it is also fun.

An individual approach with a reading tutor

Having reading skill lessons is very important if you or your child struggles with it. Sometimes this is just due to a lack of interest from the student. A personal tutor can help you find that which makes you relate and find interest in developing reading skills. Sometimes children need extra attention that only an individual tutor can give a student. Reading lessons can be less about grammar and tedious exercises and more about you and your relationship with the language and the subjects you read. A tutor can help you find what connects you to words, reading the stories you enjoy. Your tutor will help you connect and therefore find joy in learning more about language.

Lessons with a tutor can help you associate reading and English classes with something you enjoy. Your reading tutor can become the example you need of someone who truly loves English, and that passion can be quite contagious. It can also be a change in perspective, because of all the reasons why your teacher enjoys reading, writing, and learning about words and their structural order, all those reasons can be yours as well. And who knows, maybe your teacher also struggled when reading until someone else came and showed him how to connect with it.

Where to find reading tutors near me?

If you live in New Zealand and would like to improve your reading skills, visit Superprof and find a wide variety of readily available English teachers. You just need to type down the subject or skill you would like to learn or reinforce, followed by your location and a long list of tutors will be at your service. Each teacher has published an ad with all the information you need.

Teachers usually offer their first lessons for free as a trial lesson, so you can try it out and if the teacher is not what you were looking for, then you are free to contact other teachers to continue your search for the best learning experience.