Do you want to double your reading speed so that you could learn faster and work more efficiently? Do you want to hone your writing skills and become an innovative and convincing writer for work or study? candidate (4th year) of New York University (GPA 3.9) ,with near perfect scores on the GRE(Verbal 710,98%), over 11 years of teaching experience and publication of 8 articles, Mike is offering v
arious lessons with his team. We teach these lessons online or face-to-face in New York city:
1.Speed reading and critical reading
2.Academic writing (term papers and theses)
3.Writing admission application essays (e.g. personal statements) for graduate schools and colleges
4.Writing grant proposals
5.Translation/interpreting and
6. GRE，GMAT，LSAT，SAT,TOEFL preparation
I. Speed reading skills can be widely used in
1.various standardized tests such as the GRE，GMAT，LSAT，SAT,TOEFL…etc., in which the time limit is a major concern for the test takers;
2. office work demanding fast reading of large amount of materials on a daily basis;and
3. daily reading assignments of bachelor’s and master’s students. The speed reading lessons aim to:
1.get rid of some of your bad reading habits such as fixation, regression, and auditory reassurance (saying words in the head);
2. improve substantially the outcome of reading, namely, reading comprehension and retention through top-down processing and other effective techniques;and
3. double your reading speed in about three weeks. Academic writing skills can be widely used in test taking, office work, and school work (from high school to graduate school)
The academic writing lessons will cover such topics as:
brainstorming, freewriting, content development, organization, outlining, drafting,thesis statement, topic sentences, introduction, conclusion, critical thinking, using synonyms, sentence structure and variation,grammar, word choice, how to conduct research online and in the library, and documenting sources in APA or MAL format. For your information, below are the links to further information on our workshops/lessons:
SAT prep workshops
http://www.yuehaixiao.net/2011/08/nyu-phd-teaches-sat.html
Speed reading and academic writing workshops
http://www.yuehaixiao.net/p/nyu-phd-teaches-grespeed-reading.html
Below are some photos of our workshop at Columbia University in Feb. 2011:
http://www.yuehaixiao.net/2011/08/photos-at-workshops.html
As instructors, we strive to teach our students speed reading/writing/test taking strategies, inform them with the latest research, pedagogy, and our own workshops/presentations/publications, entertain them with jokes/songs/games/riddles/video clips, and inspire them through critical thinking, creative thinking, reflections on life, and positive attitudes. FYI, below is a link to the Six Categories (like a map) of Mike's Blog Posts:
Workshops, presentations, publications
jokes, songs, and reflections
http://www.alivenotdead.com/ucyh/Six-Categories-of-My-Blog-Posts-profile-1386308.html?newpost_1
Welcome to visit his web page:
http://papertalks.org/p/c/Teams/EditorView_C.aspx?AccountPk=160
His selected publications on English writing:
http://www.citeulike.org/article/6875476
http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/pta_Nov_09_vx.php
http://www.nus.edu.sg/celc/publications/RELT61/p19to34xiao.pdf
http://writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej21/r1.html
http://writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej22/r3.html
Mike is an editorial board member and manuscript reviewer of TESL-EJ, an international-refereed academic journal hosted by UC Berkeley. And his name “Yuehai Xiao”,along with the name of a Harvard professor, appears at the end of the official website of the journal:
http://writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej29/fromed.html
http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume8/ej29/ej29fromed/
Total time of lessons:
Speed reading lessons ( 6 hours), academic writing (10 hours),
GRE/SAT prep (4 hoursX12 or 8 weeks)
The location is in Elmhurst, Queens or at NYU (Manhattan). Rates of lessons
$65- $85/hour (1 on 1 tutoring), $35- $55/hour/person (2- 4 people)
Group rates for 6 people or more: $25- $35/hour/person
For online lessons, the tuition fees are 20% off. Please contact Dr. Mike for more details. Email : [email protected] Cell: 9174567337
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Yuehai (Mike) Xiao
Ph.D. Candidate (fourth year)
English Composition & Applied Linguistics
New York University
