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Rodger tutors in Portland, OR

Rodger M.

Private tutor in Portland, OR

Education

I am a recent graduate of Portland State University and the Russian Flagship Program there. The Flagship program is sponsored by the State Department and is designed to give students advanced coursework in Russian to prepare them for functioning in a professional environment without using any English. I was a Russian major as well as a Russian Flagship Scholar. I had a 3.9 GPA in my major and was awarded a Certificate of Advanced Proficiency in Russian by the Flagship Program.

Experience

I'm a lifelong Oregonian who's lived in Portland for 10 years. I have taught and tutored a variety of subjects informally off and on while I've been here and have had great success in finding ways to teach students to do more than repeat by rote, but to become proficient and gain mastery of the material at hand. It's extremely satisfying when a student is able to start spotting and correcting mistakes, and that is what I shoot for. What I hope to be is a guide to that process of learning to think about what you're doing and see the underlying logic of it all.

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Availability

Weekdays at any time

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Up to 30 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

I have a longstanding interest in languages - Russian has been top of my list for a long time, so it's been a joy to complete a serious course of study devoted to it. Since I believe that languages are at their best in a real-world context, I've also spent time learning about Russian cuisine, history, and politics.

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