I completed the rigourous Swiss Federal baccalaureate allowing me to attend the university in Zurich. Thus I am fluent in French, German, and English. I also speak Swiss German and Mandarin.
I also taught English in Taiwan (USIS) for two yearsand Switzerland (Zurich City School District) for thirteen years.
Over thirty years of teaching have given me the ability to work with students from all backgrounds in everything from T'ai Chi to German. I taught and tutored dyslexic students in Los Angeles, have twenty years of teaching ESL overseas and am continuing to teach public high school seniors.
In addition, I have a teaching credential in German and am currently teaching economics.
The current basic curriculum includes, but is certainly not limited to:
Grammatically correct English sentences, with emphasis on
1. modal verbs, 2, regular verbs, irregular verbs, 3. tenses forms of both, 4. present and past particples, 5. phrases, clauses, 6. compound a complex sentences, 7. prepositions and prepositional phrases, 8. articles, 9. conditional (present, past and future), 10. homonyms, 11. synonyms, 12. apostrophes, 13. appositions, 14. importance of using the dictionary and not only relying on the computer, 15. Gerunds, 16. helping verbs, 17. adverbs, adverbial phrases, 18. adjectives and adjectival phrases, 19. active, 20. passive voice, 21. summaries of typical high school books, and more.
Should you need instruction in any of the above areas, please feel free to contact me at your earliest convenience.
Thank you.