Expert Tutoring & Travel Consulting

09/29/2023

Do you know any students who need help in their foreign language classes? Start off the new year right!

I have openings for Foreign Language Tutoring / Exam Prep / Accent Reduction

I tutor primarily French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, English, writing, and social studies. I have decades of experience. I successfully taught hundreds of students in Northern Virginia during my ten years as a certified teacher (both ESOL and French K-12) with Fairfax County Public Schools, including nearby elementary schools, such as Marshall Road, Camelot, and Westlawn. I taught French Resource and French Immersion at Kent Gardens in McLean.

I have also tutored many students from Mantua and Ridgelea Hills, Falls Church City Public Schools, local private schools, home-schoolers, and adults over the last decade. All levels. All ages. Local success stories are available on my website at http://www.allivoice.com/languagetutoring.html.

I specialize in speaking, listening, accent reduction - my thesis for entrance into the Ph.D. program was on foreign language immersion - reading, writing, art, cuisine, culture, history, and travel planning, as I am the travel and culinary writer for Viva Tysons Magazine.

Feel free to give me a call or text me at 703.615.6660 and I'll be glad to help you out - whether for introduction to a new language, a refresher, review and test prep, pure enjoyment, immersion cooking, or to get ready to communicate with the locals on your upcoming summer trip to Europe or the Caribbean.

I majored in French at the University of Virginia, studied in Paris and Avignon, France, and have a Master's in Applied Linguistics from Georgetown University. I also worked as a Computational Linguist & Lexicographer and Senior Software Training Specialist at the international foreign-language translation software company Globalink, Inc. for 10 years.

Remember, keep calm and get a tutor - a Friendly Neighborhood Tutor, that is.

I look forward to helping you.

Sincerely,

Your Friendly Neighborhood Tutor,
Allison Sutherland
[email protected]

• Green Hedges Preparatory School - Adjunct Faculty• Taught at Lado Institute, Languages Inc. & Berlitz • Writing / Editing - The Journal Newspapers /

07/26/2020

I used to always read Miss Rumphius with my class!

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07/26/2020

Please share to your networks! Trying to get the word out! Now that everything is mostly virtual, my students don't have to live nearby. Thanks in advance, my kind friends!
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Friendly Neighborhood Tutoring

I can teach your child to read! And speak a foreign language!

I have successfully taught hundreds of students in Northern Virginia during my 10 years as a certified K-12 teacher with FCPS Fairfax County Public Schools. I have over 30 years of experience tutoring in multiple disciplines. All levels, all ages. Local success stories and testimonials are available on my website.

http://www.allivoice.com/languagetutoring.html

Beginning Reading Classes
-Rising Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd Grade Students

General Education K-12
-English reading comprehension, writing, editing, (including creative writing), intensive grammar, science, history, and social studies

Foreign Language & Immersion
-French, Spanish, Italian, ESOL, beginning Latin
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Please PM me for details. Feel free to contact me at call or text 703.615.6660 on my cell. I welcome any questions!

School will be starting soon! Let me help your family be ready for this academic school year. Currently accepting students for all classes. I have the experience and utilize tried and true resources that result in success and make learning fun for your child!

"Can’t recommend Allison Sutherland enough! She tutored our little one in reading (English) after schools transitioned to distance learning. We saw more growth and enthusiasm for learning in our little one over the course of just a few sessions than we did across the entirety of the school year. Allison makes learning fun and we absolutely adore her!"

Experience & Credentials:

10 years in FCPS Fairfax County Public Schools

Classroom Experience:
General Education, ESOL, and French in all elementary grades K-6. Also experience with Special Education students.

Tutoring Experience:
Students from FCPS Fairfax County Public Schools, FCCPS Falls Church City Public Schools, APS Arlington Public Schools, local private schools, (Green Hedges, Westminster, Flint Hill, Madeira,) home schoolers, and adults over the last decade.

Education:
-Undergraduate degree, B.A. French, University of Virginia

-Studied in Paris and Avignon, France
Work-study program in Morgantina, Sicily

-Master's, M.S. in Applied Linguistics/Language Teaching/concentration in Italian, Georgetown University

Online:

My tutoring classes are conducted mostly online via Zoom or other video chat. Online tutoring can really help to provide independent curriculum, supplement virtual classroom learning, bridge gaps, or serve as academic enrichment for the students.

Fairfax County Public Schools and other school districts will be facing continued unprecedented challenges in the upcoming school year.

I am here to support students who need help in their general ed or foreign language classes throughout the upcoming school year. Feel free to share to your networks. Many thanks.

Remember, keep calm and get a tutor - a Friendly Neighborhood Tutor, that is.

I look forward to helping you!

Allison Sutherland
Your Friendly Neighborhood Tutor
[email protected]

• Green Hedges Preparatory School - Adjunct Faculty• Taught at Lado Institute, Languages Inc. & Berlitz • Writing / Editing - The Journal Newspapers /