Hello, my name is Ray Gentz and I'm an experienced Italian language tutor currently living in the United States. I have been teaching Italian online since 2007.
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About me - English
I am a 53 year old man who lives in the USA in Michigan. I am online most evenings and have instant messenger at Yahoo, MSN and AIM in addition to the Skype service. Outside of languages, I play tennis and racquetball and also am a silver life master at the game of bridge. Other interests include watching football and hockey. I have been a volunteer at Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America for over 10 years. I have also been an usher, Sunday School teacher and council member for my church.
I am reliable in replies and have DSL service which helps avoid breaks in chats or sessions which I encountered when I had dial-up service. I also am knowledgeable in computers and working with Word and other Microsoft programs. Working at the local university keeps me busy until 5pm most days Weekends also work for me during the evening.
I am wiling to tutor any who want to learn or improve Spanish from any country for $15.00 USD. and any who want English help for $10.00 USD.
Qualifications & Experience
B.A. degree in Spanish with honors - Grand Valley State University 1978
24 hours in graduate work in Spanish - Wayne State University 1980-1988
Certified Teaching Certificate issued by the State of Michigan 1978
11 years teaching experience - Detroit Catholic Central High School, Redford, Michigan 1979-1990
Led or helped lead 4 trips to Mexico with students when I taught to visit historic and scenic sites.
Have been offering online help to students as needed since 1997.
Also took 2 years of Italian while at Grand Valley State.
Teaching Approach
I use an audio and text approach to teaching and specialize in preparing Word documents where needed to help students. I also specialize in proofreading and providing feedback via corrections on Word documents or emails on work sent to me.
Me llamo Ray y soy de los EEUU. Tengo 51 anos y soy hombre que vive en Michigan. Estoy en Internet durante la noche y tengo IM a Yahoo, MSN y AIM. Tengo Skype. Fuera de los idiomas, juego al tenis y al racquetbol y tambien soy maestro de bridge. Otros intereses incluyen el futbol norteamericano y el hockey que miro en la tele. Tambien he sido voluntario con el programa de Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America y he servido como profesor en mi iglesia y miembro del concilio.
Soy consistente en mis respuestas y tengo servicio DSL lo que me ayuda en evitar demoros en charlas o instruccion lo que he encontrado en el pasado con servicio de marcar. Tengo conocimiento de
computadoras y en trabajar con Word y otros programas de Microsoft. Los fines de semana son buenos para mi y tambien algunas noches durante la semana. Puedo hacer el tutor en ingles o el italiano.
Para los que desean el tutor en ingles, la cuenta seria $15.00 USD cada vez.
Qualifications & Experience
B.A. espanol con honores de Grand Valley State University 1978
11 anos de experiencia en la ensenanza del espanol
5 viajes a Mexico con los estudiantes para visitar sitios historicos y otros.
Permiso certificado en ensenar el espanol en Michigan 1978
Ayuda en Internet a los estudiantes desde 1997
2 anos de cursos de italiano
Teaching Approach
Uso texto y voz y creacion de documentos por Word como mi metodo de ensenanza para ayudar a mis estudiantes. Tambien me especializo en prueba de leer y en dar comentos y cambios a las obras o papeles que unos me han mandado antes.