| Name | Patricia Y. |
|---|---|
| City | Toronto, ON |
| Teaching | Spanish |
| Native Language | Spanish |
| Originally From | Mexico |
| Working With | Kids (6y+), Youth, Adults |
| Levels I Teach | Beginner, Intermediate |
| Lessons Take Place | My Home/Office, Online |
| Hourly Rate | C$35 |
Spanish native speaker,born in Mexico City, being in Canada for over 20 years with more than 5 years experience part time in tutoring Spanish, mostly to High School Students and Seniors that love to travel in Winter for long time to Mexico or other Hispanic countries. Back home in Mexico City, used to tutor English part time to Elementary School students. Consider myself a people's person, love tutoring, I believe I do have the patience and the skills that you need to be a Tutor, I am not a teacher, but I love teaching and being in contact with people.
Bilingual: Spanish-English School in Mexico City from Elementary till College.Pick up French as well at the Alianze Francaise du Mexique. Opportunity to study in Europe the carrier of Hotel Management and Tourisme. Austria and Switzerland, being there I learnt some German and Italian as well. Stayed there for 3 years..
I always being fascinated with languages. When I came to Toronto over 20 years ago, started working in Hotels first as I was doing it in Mexico City. After I went into the Tourist and Travel Section, here in Toronto, I worked for 16 years at Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Thornhill. Where I have the oportunity to meet customers face to face, speak all the time English and Spanish, and as well had the amazing oportunity of travel many places in the world. Some of my clients loved dealing with me, because they knew I was from Mexico, and being from there, they felt good, having me as their Travel Agent for so many years. One time in one of our conversations, the topic about Tutoring came out. They mentioned that their kids were having in school Spanish as a second language, but they could not keep with the teacher and get ahead, cause they were so many in the class, and from there, I decided to meet the ones that wanted the extra help, and started to offer private lessons two days a week for an hour and a half. At that time my students were beginners, but stayed with them for around three years, were they achieved the intermediate level. Two of my best students Canadian Russian background, had the oportunity to travel to San Miguel Allende as an International Exchange Student and the other one had the oportunity to go to Salamanca, Spain. Because a lot of people knew me in the Travel Agency, one of my Seniors customers suggested me to start tutoring them with basic Spanish, cause they loved to spend most of the Winter in Mexico and other Hispanic Countries. With them it was mostlly conversation and some grammars, and vocabulary.
I used to have my own material. I believe students prefer to be help with their own materials and books. That was the experience I had from before.
I have notified my hours down below, where I can be reach to tutor the students, but I am also open to any schedule that will suit them as well, I used to tutor my students, giving them private lesson for an hour and a half twice a week. Individual or small groups no more than 5. If I get a small group, my hourly fee will be different.
Because of Covid, I prefer to tutor my students via Skype or on Line, but if some one feels more comfortable in person, they can come to me or I can go to them, as long as is in my area: Willowdale.
