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• 2009 Recommendations
• Tutor for medical Spanish
• 2008 Recommendations
• 2007 Recommendations
• Tutor for Spanish 7/8 and BHS
• Summer Spanish tutoring for high school student
• Tutor for AP Spanish at BHS
• Tutor for advanced Spanish for 10 and 12 year olds
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2009 Recommendations

I would like to add a hearty recommendation for Alexandra May. She is the ideal tutor for middle school and high school students as she's a grad student and has years of experience with various courses offered at schools around Berkeley, Rockridge, Piedmont. She helped our 8th gradedaughter get organized, build study habits and test prep tactics and generally surmount the mental blocks that had her at a C level mid year....Alex helped her earn an A- and now looks forward to next Spanish courses in high school!! Reach Alex at alexandra.may@gmail.com
Tony P.

If anyone is looking for a great Spanish tutor, I would like to highly recommend Alex Armenta. He can be reached at: spanish.steps.institute@gmail.com or by phone at:(510)387-4990. My son began working with Alex at the start of his second year of Spanish. Alex’s work with him was invaluable and my son was able to pull straight A’s through all of his Spanish studies. Alex is a very likeable, able, kind and low-key man. He is extremely well educated and is a native speaker from Mexico City. He can certainly help with your student’s class curriculum and homework, but he can also provide additional grammar instruction and worksheets to supplement class work. He has a very clear understanding of the typical stumbling blocks for native English speakers learning Spanish and is adept at presenting the information in a way that makes sense. I highly recommend him. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need any additional information. mabmail

2008 Recommendations

If you are looking for an excellent Spanish tutor, we have used Esther Guerrero for the past 2 years. She is within walking distance from BHS and is a native speaker. She is positive, encouraging, and kind. Esther is a Merritt College Spanish instructor with over 20 years experience as well as a mom of a teen. She can be reached at: profesora_guerrero@yahoo.com 510-540-6599

Ellen

Tutor for medical Spanish

I'm an RN working at a local hospital. I'd like to learn Spanish so I can better communicate with my patients. I want to be able to tell my patients stuff like what medicines I'm giving them and what their discharge plans are but also be able to small talk. I've taken Spanish 1 and 2 more times than I like to admit and the classroom setting just doesn't work for me. Ideally, I'd like to find someone who can provide private lessons somewhere near my home near El Cerrito Plaza for about an hour/week. Any recommendations? Also, what are the going rates for this type of tutoring? Thanks! enfermera no habla español

We are looking for a tutor who can help our student (junior at BHS) get ready for the SAT II test in Spanish. She has had some very poor instruction in her first two years of Spanish at BHS. Thanks parent of BHS junior

2007 Recommendations

For anyone looking for a superb spanish tutor for a student I would like to recommend Roxana Hart. She worked with my son for Spanish III and did a fabulous job. She took a kid who has dylexia and was really struggling and helped him become a confident student. She prepared lessons ahead of time with the copy of the spanish text I gave her and she even researched areas that my son needed extra help with. Her phone number is 594-4051. Deborah

I'm looking for a beginning spanish class or in-home tutor for my 10 and 13year old daughters. We went to Guatemala this summer and now they both really want to learn. Any recommendations? ak

I would like to recommend Alexandra May for Spanish tutoring. Last year, my son was a freshman at a private high school and was having difficulty in his spanish class. Alexandra was highly recommended to us by a Spanish teacher at Berkeley High (where our older son attends).

From the very beginning, Alexandra connected with my son and helped him master the Spanish material in a positive manner. Our son actually liked the tutoring sessions and improved his Spanish grade significantly. Also, Alexandra worked around his sports schedule, which was important.

Alexandra can be reached by email at: alexandra.may[at]gmail.com Martha

Our daughter just transferred into two-way immersion at a Berkeley public school. She is a first grader and could use some tutoring help. Any recommendations for tutors that are especially gifted at working with children? Thanks in advance. Bora

If you are looking for a gifted Spanish tutor can happily recommend Emily Navas. She was born in Venezuela but moved to the US when she was young so speaks fluent English as well. She is certified as a teacher and has a masters degree as well. She helped our daughter enormously in tutoring her in Spanish. She is kind, patient and just such a great teacher. She is open to coming to you to tutor your child. Best way to reach her is 415-519-5230.
Marian

Tutor for Spanish 7/8 and BHS

Can anyone refer my 16 yr old son to a Spanish tutor? He is in Spanish 7/8 at BHS. Last year the teacher didn't teach the class anything so this year he is struggling with Spanish. Thanks, Kay

Summer Spanish tutoring for high school student

Any suggestions for one-on-one or small group Spanish tutoring to help maintain skills over the summer for a high school student? Mary

Tutor for AP Spanish at BHS

My daughter is currently a Freshman at Berkeley High in Spanish 7/8. Next year she will take AP Spanish. She would like to connect with a tutor that can reinforce grammer and vocabulary she learned this year, and can be available next year if she needs it. Does anyone know of a good tutor that comes to your house? Laura

Tutor for advanced Spanish for 10 and 12 year olds

I am looking for a native Spanish Tutor who can come to my home in Albany to teach my kids 10 and 12 advanced Spanish. They are quite fluent but need to learn grammar, reading and expand their vocabulary. I would mostly like to have a person specifically from Argentina since that's the accent they are used to, otherwise I would prefer somebody from Southamerica. Any recommendations would be appreciated.