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Spanish tutor-coach for attorneys

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100 per session - Virtual OK - Posted Nov 02, 2016

I offer 1 & ½ hour of private lessons by foreign attorney who is a native Spanish speaker, tailored to your demands and particular necessities.

My services are available to attorneys and legal workers, and also to students in elementary, middle, high school, college, and beyond! Legal and Business Spanish lessons and conversational classes are available.
Any level of knowledge from beginner to advanced. Lessons are tailored according to each student's specific needs.

As a native Spanish speaker living in the US for over ten years, I offer genuinely empathetic, individualized and effective teaching.

Learn the conversational, grammar, and writing skills that yield constant returns throughout your interactions with Spanish speaking clients every day. Enjoy the advantage and satisfaction that great conversational and writing skills provide.

I tutor for small and large groups. The fees depend on the subject and the location where we have the lessons. I can teach in person at your office, home, or at an agreed upon public place such a coffee shops, libraries, etc, within Philadelphia and surroundings as well as New Jersey.

Personalized attention in one-on-one sessions maximizes your learning through detailed revisions of student essays.

Training & Qualifications


Native Spanish speaker with professional credentials: Learn to enhance your writing craft from a fourteen-year foreign attorney, currently working in a non-profit organization as an Accredited Representative by the Board of Immigration Appeals, representing clients on immigration matters. Law Degrees from the Catholic University of Asuncion, Paraguay and the National University of Paraguay, Master’s degree in American Legal System for Foreign Attorneys from Temple University's James Beasley School of Law and a Masters in European Law Practice from Salamanca University in Spain. Over a decade's experience tutoring English speakers in Pennsylvania, and outstanding references in Second Language Acquisition, Interpretation, and Translation.

Areas of expertise:
- Spanish at all levels of proficiency; beginner, intermediate, advanced, superior, professional
- Spanish conversational skills
- Spanish grammar skills
- Spanish composition skills
- Legal Spanish:
Criminal
Civil
Personal injury
- Hispanic-American literature
- Hispanic American culture

My Skills:
- Excellent communication and teaching skills.
- Prior teaching and mentoring skills and credentials.
- Expert-level knowledge of subjects with first-hand experience in the legal field and in education to those of all ages and proficiency.
- History of academic excellence (can provide references upon request).
- Ability to improve, engage, and challenge students to reach their potential. Tutoring sessions are most constructive when the teaching methods are matched to the student’s learning styles and catered to the student's unique needs.
- Friendly and personable demeanor focused on creating constructive learning environments.

Availability & Preferences


I am available to teach on Saturdays and Sundays. I am flexible with hours and can provide references and materials, and can also provide a complete background check upon request. I'm happy to talk with you about your speaking and writing concerns, and about class assignments in a free initial consultation.

Please contact Silvia to schedule classes and for further information.

Trading Preference: I’m flexible, just hit me up!

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About Silvia Margaret Vasconsellos-Riva

I am 42 years old foreign attorney and a native Spanish speaker with professional credentials: Law Degrees from the Catholic University of Asuncion, Paraguay and the National University of Paraguay, M...aster’s degree in American Legal System for Foreign Attorneys from Temple University's James Beasley School of Law and a Masters in European Law Practice from Salamanca University in Spain. Over a decade's experience tutoring English speakers in Pennsylvania, and outstanding references in Second Language Acquisition, Interpretation, and Translation. I have traveled and lived around the world. Germany, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and The United States are some of the countries I have explored. I am a humanist and I am passionate about performing and creative arts, respect for cultural diversity, working for peace and development, respecting and protecting the environment, protecting human rights, upholding civil rights, social action, inclusion and diversity, my family and raising great kids, and animal rights. My partner is most passionate about his art and I love seeing him create beautiful paintings. I love to cook and bake delicious and healthy food from different regions of the world, and people love my cooking! I am currently working in a non-profit organization as an Accredited Representative by the Board of Immigration Appeals, representing clients on immigration matters, and I am eligible to take the New York State bar examination in January 2017.show more

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