Mark's email address and phone number have been validated.
Mark
- Rate $51
- Response 1h
$51/hr
See English tutors
This teacher is currently unavailable
- English
- Literacy
- English Literature
- Rhetoric
Retired ESL/Adult school teacher GED preparation grammar and compositon in San Francisco/Oakland
- English
- Literacy
- English Literature
- Rhetoric
Lesson location
About Mark
I prefer a Socratic approach to teaching. Of course, on an elementary level, this approach does not work since students do not possess a basic knowledge of the material. I have developed an online Business English Portfolio which I use to instruct adult students in the basic skills of English grammar and composition. This approach covers topic like the formation of irregular plurals, the formation and use of the subjunctive and indicative tenses, the use of rhetorical questions to introduce a business agenda, the deferential use of pronouns, intonation patterns, reading between the lines, linking verbs, modal verbs and their formation, the TOFEL and a host of other grammatical and cultural topics.
My lessons were composed in Microsoft Word 2010, so a student would have to have a copy of Microsoft Word 2010 or later in order to open the lessons in this portfolio.
See more
About the lesson
- Adult education
levels :
Adult education
- French
- English
- German
All languages in which the lesson is available :
French
English
German
I have two degrees: a BA in German from the University of Dallas and an MA in Theology from the Graduate School of Theology at Mount Angel Abbey. I have done studies at nine different graduate schools including the University of Dallas, Marquette, Harvard, Andover-Newton,
Saint John's Seminary and Boston University. I have taught English, Biblical Greek and Hebrew. My masters degree was on the challenges one faces in translating the Hebrew text of the Song of the Sea, a poem in Exodus 15:1b-18.
I taught ESL in an adult school for many years. I also taught adult secondary basic education courses, adult secondary education courses and GED prep courses in the public high schools of California for many years. I also like to work with students taking the CBEST id est California Basic Educational Skills test.
In addition to English, I speak German and some French.
See more
Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
1
We work together for a number of weeks already.
I'm quite fluent english speaker, although I'm not native speaker, and I must say that Mark can adjust his study course and align it with student needs.
Mark brought my attention to the things a lack in my english speaking experience. We worked over my intonation, words order and other things that fell off my sight when I was studying english before. We also study grammatical rules (subjunctive usage, etc).
I highly recommend Mark as an English teacher.View more recommendations
See more
Rates
Rate
- $51
Pack prices
- 5h: $255
- 10h: $510
online
- $51/h
Details
I will negotiate the rate for my services based on the student's need. If I have to travel a considerable distance, I have to take that into consideration.
Similar English tutors in Oakland
Sophie
Auckland & online
- $60/h
Maz
Auckland & online
- $60/h
- 1st lesson free
Michael
Wellington & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
Denise
Woodend & online
- $40/h
- 1st lesson free
Luka
Auckland & online
- $60/h
Moira-Clare
Wellington & online
- $35/h
- 1st lesson free
Mobina
Auckland & online
- $32/h
- 1st lesson free
Jack
Auckland & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
Fareeha
Christchurch & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
San
Wellington & online
- $60/h
- 1st lesson free
Duncan
Whangarei & online
- $24/h
- 1st lesson free
Anjali
Hamilton & online
- $25/h
- 1st lesson free
Pauline
Christchurch & online
- $50/h
- 1st lesson free
Ellie
Auckland & online
- $45/h
- 1st lesson free
David
Cambridge & online
- $45/h
- 1st lesson free
Sagar
Auckland & online
- $26/h
- 1st lesson free
Nikolina
Tauranga & online
- $40/h
- 1st lesson free
Yolanda
Cromwell & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
Derek
Bay of Plenty & online
- $20/h
- 1st lesson free
Tanja
Warkworth & online
- $25/h
- 1st lesson free
-
See English tutors
