Italian Teachers
G.C. was born in Italy. She has travelled extensively throughout the world.
She speaks Italian, French and English. She would love to talk to you about the wonderful, warm culture of Italy.
She is available morning, afternoon and evening to get you expressing yourself in Italian. She resides south of Manchester.
R.D. teacher of Italian was born and raised in Milano Italy. She taught English and French in Italy for 2 years.
She has lived in the USA for 11 years. She would be delighted to teach adults or children her first language,
and to share Italian culture with them. She resides in North-Central CT.
G.G. founded Second Language, LLC, January 2005, after a long career in Information Technology
and writing several books on computer programming
.
His interest in languages and cultures led him to travel to the following countries:
Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy,
Jordan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
The Former Yugoslavia, and Vatican City.
He has taught English, French and Italian at various language schools.
He speaks French, Spanish and Italian, and needs more practice with Modern Greek and German.
He teaches French, Italian, English as a Second Language, and American English Pronunciation.
PortugueseTeachers
K.F. Portuguese teacher, speaks Portuguese as her primary language. Born to parents from Portugal, she grew up speaking Continental Portuguese.
After spending one year in Brazil teaching English as a second language, she was able to go back and forth easily between Continental Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese.
She can teach you to speak either variety of Portuguese and has an authentic accent in both varieties.
She is studying Geography in college as a major with a minor in Latin American Studies.
She is active in playing Rugby, and wants to visit all 7 continents.
F.L. Portuguese teacher, was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She has taught ESL in Brazil and taught ESL as a volunteer to disadvantaged Spanish speaking people.
She has a certificate of teaching English as a Second Language from Cambridge:
Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
Her extensive practical experience in teaching, with her native command of Portuguese,
will enable you to learn to speak Portuguese rapidly.
M.C. Portuguese teacher, was born in Brazil and speaks Portuguese as her first language.
She has taught in Brazil, and teaches at the Brazilian Community Center, and at the Parkville school.
She is active in Brazilian community affairs, and charitable organizations.
Her English is perfect, she has a moderate knowledge of Spanish, and wants to learn Italian.
ESL Teachers
D.L. ESL teacher, holds a Master's degree in Humane Education which among other things, emphasizes tolerance and compassion for the diversity of other cultures.
She was also trained in phonetics and proper diction. Her mother came to this country with her family from Italy when she was sixteen.
She understands the challenges people are faced with when learning a new language.
She knows this first-hand while living in Italy and traveling to other countries.
She looks forward to helping those on the path of freedom that comes from knowing another language.
R.A. ESL teacher, has worked with ESL students of all ages as a tutor,
both in California and in Connecticut – recently in Windsor, CT for 3 years as
a middle school ESL and language arts tutor. She has also worked with
adults as an adult school teacher, and as an American English Pronunciation
teacher in California in the past. She has an M.A. in linguistics, and taught
phonetics as an intern to small groups of university students one summer.
She has cross-cultural experience, among other things, living and working in
Indonesia for four years as a Bible translator and linguist in the past, as
well. She loves to help students learn and/or improve their English and
American English pronunciation!
R.M. ESL teacher, was born in Pakistan. She holds a B.S. in computer science and a teaching certificate in secondary math in CT.
She understands quite well the difficulties experienced by people from India and Pakistan in improving their American English.
She will be glad to tutor you in American English.
J.M. worked as Writer/Editor; Research Technician at the University of Connecticut.
He taught ESL at a local language school for 2 years.
He has a certificate in TESOL from Baruch College.
He has basic skills in Spanish.
E.K. was an ESL Tutor for 15 years for private language schools and the
Bristol Board of Education.
She taught English at a local language school and has been teaching for
Second Language, LLC since 2006.
Her degrees are in English and History.
She has written and edited
articles for an internationally known hobby journal, QST.
D.B. ESL teacher, worked several years as a tutor with Literacy Volunteers and at a Church-related youth center in Hartford.
He joined us in 2006 and has had complete success teaching English and American pronunciation to students from various backgrounds,
including Somalia, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Colombia.
G.G. founded Second Language, LLC, January 2005, after a long career in Information Technology
and writing several books on computer programming
.
His interest in languages and cultures led him to travel to the following countries:
Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy,
Jordan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
The Former Yugoslavia, and Vatican City.
He has taught English, French and Italian at various language schools.
He speaks French, Spanish and Italian, and needs more practice with Modern Greek and German.
He teaches French, Italian, English as a Second Language, and American English Pronunciation.
Russian Teachers
E.S. Russian teacher, was born in St Petersburg, Russia. She has a PHD in physics, but her true passion is teaching Russian.
She is patient and encouraging, always willing to explain why you say something a certain way in Russian.
She will help you achieve perfect Russian pronunciation and grammar.
N.N. Russian teacher, is a professor of Mathematics at a local university. His true passion is teaching the Russian language, which he is very happy to share with you.
He will be happy to explain the fine points of Russian grammar and pronunciation. Russian is his first language, since his childhood in Armenia.
German Teachers
R.C. German teacher, was Born in Germany and lived in Switzerland for 30 years.
She now teaches in a German school in the Hartford area. She has worked in hotel management in Switzerland,
and has taught children in the Swiss school system.
Mandarin Teachers
J.Y. Mandarin Chinese teacher, from the Beijing area,
has a Master's Degree in Science and enjoys teaching Chinese.
She would be happy to talk to you and design a program and class schedule based on your needs.
Japanese Teachers
J.G. Japanese teacher, was born in China and moved to Japan at age 5. Attended school in Japan and grew up in Japan.
He is trilingual Chinese, Japanese, English. He has an internaional teaching award and a bachelor’s degree in science and math, and is working toward a degree in teaching.
He is excited about teaching Japanese and would like you to be his student. He is patient and will be happy to explain and illustrate to you all the complexities of the Japanese language.
Spanish Teachers
E.W. Spanish teacher, born in Peru. She has a certificate for flight attendant in Peru. She loves to teach people who want to learn her language.
She enjoys talking about her country. Her patience and pleasant style will make learning Spanish with her a pleasure.
D.M. Spanish teacher, born in Venezuela, has taught Spanish at Marist College and Purdue University,
and has worked in international divisions of major corporations.
She has a BA in international studies from the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
She will be happy to teach children and adults.
She has an avid interest in soccer, racquetball, tennis and volleyball.
M.V. was born in Uruguay. She has taught and is teaching at 2 Catholic schools in Connecticut,
and an adult education program. She teaches adults and children privately and through Second Language.
She is quite fluent in English, and has a TOEFL and Cambridge teaching certificate. She has several years of studies in Psychology.
L.V. was born and grew up in Colombia.
She has long experience teaching Spanish at language schools and privately.
She has taught nurses and doctors in Saint Francis and Windham hospital,
plus other individual doctors on a one on one basis.
She is familiar with medical terminology.
She is a skilled teacher and enjoys sharing her language and culture with others.
Her pleasant, patient personality makes for an enjoyable and beneficial learning experience.
She has a Superior Level certificate for teaching Spanish from ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
French Teachers
G.G. founded Second Language, LLC, January 2005, after a long career in Information Technology
and writing several books on computer programming
.
His interest in languages and cultures led him to travel to the following countries:
Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy,
Jordan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
The Former Yugoslavia, and Vatican City.
He has taught English, French and Italian at various language schools.
He speaks French, Spanish and Italian, and needs more practice with Modern Greek and German.
He teaches French, Italian, English as a Second Language, and American English Pronunciation.
E.N. French teacher, is a native French speaker.
She was born in the Ivory Coast and has a masters degree in literature and a Bachelors degree in Business Education.
She worked as Bilingual (French/ English) Executive Assistant for the United Nations and the European Union for 10 years.
Her duties included a lot of translation from French into English and vice-versa.
One of her passions is to teach the French language.
She enjoys explaining the fine points of the French grammar.
She is patient and encouraging and as a native speaker she helps her students attain mastery with a perfect pronunciation.
M.C. Quebec French teacher. She has a Bachelors in French from Connecticut Central State University
French is her first language, and the language she speaks at home.
M.C. is proud to be French-Canadian. She visits Canada over a dozen times a year,
and is very knowledgeable about both Parisian and Canadian French culture.
She has been doing private tutoring in the French language for 3 yrs.
She is passionate about French, France and Quebec and would love to share her enthusiasm with her students.
Polish Teachers
Greek Teachers
Latin Teachers
Hebrew Teachers
J.S. is a Hebrew language teacher with a Bachelor's in Hebrew Language from The Ohio State University.
She has spent time studying Hebrew literature and culture in Jerusalem, Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Over the past twelve years, she has taught Hebrew to students in various states and within Hebrew schools as well.
Haitian Creole Teachers
C.P. Haitian Creole teacher, is a native Haitian Creole and French speaker. Born in Haiti,
she lives in the United States. She obtained her Associates of Art degree from Florida International University,
and is working toward her B.A. in Psychology. She will patiently explain Haitian Creole grammar and pronunciation to you.