Christine Rosenfeld! Christine has been a tutor for almost 9 years for students of all ages—from pre-K to college. Her preference is ESL, writing, Spanish, and geography tutoring, but along the way, she has learned her way around some of the math too!
We appreciate Christine’s strong work ethic, care for her students, and ability to create a space for our students to excel! That is why we chose Christine as our October Tutor of the Month!
Christine has been a student for most of her life and she is now halfway through a PhD program in Cultural Studies, so she has always loved being in academia and in the field of education. She believes that it is her job as a tutor to instill confidence in students by creating a welcoming learning environment.
When she is not tutoring or studying, she likes to spend time with her dog, a pointer named Hana, who is always happy to go on a walk (or run!) outside. She also loves to cook and experiment with new recipes, garden, do carpentry projects, and travel to visit her extended family.
What are Christine’s top tutoring tips?
1) Get a bath crayon (or wax marker that comes off with water) and learn vocab in the shower!
“You’re there everyday anyway (or you ought to be..), so why not write 1-2 vocab words and definitions on the tile walls everyday and in no time, you’ll have made it through the stack of flashcards you’re supposed to remember. Challenging yourself to apply vocab words to something you see in real life while people-watching—like, “that woman looks frantic,” or “that bus driver seems irate”—is a great way to solidify your knowledge. I still remember some “word stories” I made up back in high school to get through weekly vocab tests.”
2) Read your papers aloud.
“This is an old ESL trick and the best way to catch grammar errors, but it works for nearly everyone and in fact I still use it myself. Commit to reading your “final” paper out loud and you’ll pick up on funny-sounding sentences, issues with subject-verb agreement, spelling errors, and so much more. It’s best to read papers aloud at several points during the writing process, but even if you save it until the end, it’ll still pay off. It’s still helpful even if you don’t know why there is an error or how fix it, because by flagging your trouble sentences, you are self-diagnosing your weakest areas in grammar, which will be helpful for your next project.”
To work with a great tutor like Christine, give us a call at (703) 934 – 8282 today!
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