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Spanish Tutor Jobs in the U.S.
It’s no surprise that with its millions of native or second language speakers and current students, Spanish has been considered the United States’ second language. Spanish can be seen on billboards, television channels, and in conversations all over the country. As the language continues to become more prominent, the demand for Spanish teachers and tutors rises in order to bridge the gap between speakers and non-speakers.

If you’re a native or fluent speaker, consider the possibilities of becoming a Spanish tutor. You have the power to use your language abilities to teach others valuable skills!

LRNGO is a learning exchange site that encourages people to expand their skills in a variety of subjects extending from languages to artisan skills. The site allows you to create a free profile stating which subjects you teach and gives you the option of charging for your time or trading your lessons for lessons in another subject of your choice. The site will generate a list of people in your area, or anywhere in the world if you’re interested in video chat, seeking a Spanish tutor for you to connect with.

Indeed is a job posting site that will provide you with many listings in your area and throughout the country for Spanish tutors. This site is useful if you’re looking to work within a tutoring company, as they are frequently the site’s posters.

Talk to your local schools to learn about what opportunities might be in your own backyard. Languages can be challenging for kids, and sometimes one-on-one assistance is the key to unlocking their Spanish-speaking potential. School administrators and teachers may be able to recommend you to parents whose students are struggling in their Spanish class.

Post flyers at your local college or university to attract older students who may need that one-on-one help to get through their Spanish courses. Most higher education institutions have a foreign language requirement, meaning that all students, be it their forte or not, have to take language classes. Scope out the hot spots on campus to post flyers with your information and qualifications—coffee shops and language centers are a good place to start!

Besides knowing Spanish, it’s important that you are friendly and patient, listen to your tutee, and pay attention to their areas of struggle.

If you’re feeling nervous about getting into the Spanish tutoring biz, remember that you have the skill set necessary to be successful. Have confidence in the idea that if you know something, you can teach it, and take pride in the fact that your job is helping others gain the valuable skill of speaking Spanish.



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Ivy League Admissions for Foreign Students
The ‘Ivies’, more commonly referred to as the Ivy League, have no match when it comes to horsepower, selectivity, and utter prestige. For years, hundreds of years in most cases, these universities have been recognized and constantly talked about because of their unmatchable student body; for crying out loud, most of the people who attend these schools were top of their graduating class (as high school seniors) or at least, undoubtedly, in the top 10 percent. Now, let’s not even try to pretend like those statistics aren’t intimidating- they totally are.

Any prospective Ivy League student, whether it be a Dartmouth, Princeton, or Harvard applicant, is sure to undergo a tiny (or massive) panic attack when hitting send on the Common Application, and with very good reason. You’d think the stress (and highly unlikely chance of getting in) would gnaw at people and cause the number of applications going in to go down, but no, thousands of high school seniors in the United States and everywhere else are still taking their chances and dreaming big. For foreign students however, the admissions ordeal may be a bit different than it is for Americans, and here’s why.

Most universities in the United States, the top tier ones especially, have to rely on the fact that certain students will be ‘full pays’, meaning they will be completely responsible for the payment of their studies (with no financial help at all). International students are an easy pick. Think about it, they’re coming all the way from another country, abandoning their hometowns and everything that was ever familiar- if that’s not dedication, I don’t know what is.

However, it’s not all universities that expect this of foreigners, on the contrary, many colleges expand their scholarship and financial aid budgets just so they can offer their teaching to a more diverse community. When it comes to Ivy League schools however, financial aid is tight, and it is definitely not something easy to attain. Why? Well, these universities, as previously mentioned, don’t accept a lot of people.

Think about it this way: a big university with a high acceptance rate is getting an average of 30,000 incoming students (in other words, a LOT of tuition money), that can then be distributed amongst different funds (one of them being the financial aid fund). However, Ivies get somewhere around 10,000 students, which means they need to make up for the loss of tuition money somewhere. Here’s where international students come into play.

The reality is that foreign students rarely manage to be accepted into one of the Ivies regardless of their intelligence and performance if they’re unable to fund their studies with cash.


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Aprender inglés gratis online con conversaciones para adultos
Seamos honestos, aprender de un libro a veces se vuelve bastante aburrido. Los humanos estamos programados para aprender miles de cosas desde que somos pequeños hasta que llegamos a grandes edades, pero nuestras formas de aprender no se limitan a una. Así como hay miles de cosas que estudiar, hay mil maneras de estudiarlas. Yo, por ejemplo, soy una aprendiz más exitosa cuando estoy más enfocada en escuchar una lección, no en escribirla y visualizarla. Con tan solo encender mi motor auditor al cien por ciento y apagar todos los otros puedo entender algo fácilmente. Pero no es igual para todos. Hay gente que, para alcanzar su máximo potencial de aprendizaje, tiene que inventar movimientos clave que luego empareja con cierta información. La conclusión es que todos somos diferentes y para ciertos alumnos de inglés, leer y tomar pruebas no es suficiente. Por eso existen salas de chat diseñadas específicamente para que pupilos del inglés practiquen la lengua entre si.

Cuando hablamos de salas de chat sin embargo, tenemos que tener cuidado en escoger la apropiada. Aunque existen muchas y la tentación de simplemente escoger una está presente, tenemos que invertir tiempo en examinar cada una para poder tener una experiencia agradable, educativa, y segura. Con lo que hay que tener cuidado en realidad es con la posibilidad de publicidad falsa; cualquier persona en el mundo puede abrir una sala de chat y decir que es para aprender inglés, cuando en realidad lo único que busca es esparcir un virus o peor aún, hablar con menores de edad. Por eso lo mejor que se puede hacer es visitar un sitio oficial de aprendizaje gratis de inglés y buscar una sala de chat dentro de ese mismo. Un sitio seguro y confiable es curso-ingles.com, este ofrece salas de chat en las que uno solo puede unirse si se registra en la página (¡claro que es gratis!). Lo bueno de páginas oficiales como esta es que no solo ofrecen salas de chat, si no también lecciones de inglés gratis online, así las lecciones se pueden discutir específicamente por los miembros del chat.

Existen muchos beneficios que provienen de practicar el inglés con otros estudiantes online. La verdad es que los libros y exámenes te llevan hasta cierto punto, y de ahí la nueva información tiene que ser puesta en acción o no sirve para nada. Piénsalo, todo ese algebra y trigonometría que nos hicieron tomar en la escuela ya casi no existe en nuestro cerebro por falta de práctica. Es por eso que si en realidad quieres aprender inglés y quieres poder hablarlo fluidamente este se tiene que intercambiar en conversación a menudo, ¿y qué mejor y más fácil manera que hacerlo en una sala de chat?


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