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Average Cost of Language Lessons in Alameda, CA
The average cost of 60-minute language lessons in Alameda is $47. While the exact cost will vary depending on the teacher, type of lesson, and your location, you should expect to spend anywhere between $25 and $70 per hour.
| 30-min | $30 |
$30 average |
$30 |
| 45-min | $40 |
$40 average |
$40 |
| 60-min | $25 |
$47 average |
$70 |
For the best experience, we typically recommend 60-minute language lessons. However, students looking for a more affordable option may want to consider a shorter lesson length of 45 or 30 minutes. On average, 45-minute language lessons are 15% less expensive at $40, and 30-minute lessons cost 37% less at $30.
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an language. Thanks again!"
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Lilia K.
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"Kana is very personable and a great teacher of Japanese!"
San Francisco, CA teacher:
Kana L.
Review by Jimmy
"She was really thorough and kind! I feel like I will learn a lot from her!"
San Francisco, CA teacher:
Diane C.
Review by Pavlin
"She is teaching our 4y old child and our child star pick in up words, numbers and songs very easy. Lella is very good teacher."
San Francisco, CA teacher:
Lella L.
Review by Renata
"Laurel was a great instructor for my parents who are studying ESL. They both enjoyed the conversation and learned a lot."
San Francisco, CA teacher:
Laurel T.
Review by Don
"Superb and knowledgeable instructor"
San Francisco, CA teacher:
Diane C.
Review by Zoe
"She was patient as this was our first lesson with Lella for our 7-year old daughter and our daughter froze up and would barely participate."
San Francisco, CA teacher:
Lella L.
Review by Don
"Diane is succeeding in teaching me French where many before her have failed. As a teacher myself of many years, I am very pleased with her approach AND he
r patience."
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San Francisco, CA teacher:
Diane C.
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"If you want to learn everything from Katakana, Haragana, Kanji, sentence structure, and pronunciation this is a must have instructor! Don't be fooled by h
ere minimal reviews. She is a very thorough instructor."
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San Francisco, CA teacher:
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About James
I have 20 years of experience as a tutor. I have had my own private tutoring business. My area of expertise is math (basic arithmetic to pre-calculus); however, I have tutored in English (grammar and writing), Computer science (Word, Works, Windows OS, and other general computer problems), as well as other subjects. In addition, I also have 15 years of experience working with after school programs both as a tutor and as a recreational instructor. My recreational activities consisted of cheer leading, dance, computer science, graphic design, music (singing), and board games. I have worked with children of all ages.
NOTE: I'm trying to do more online sessions for my students. If you need in-home tutoring please ask before booking and give a the days & hours that work for you. ALSO, I DO NOT DRIVE!!! Please ask about my availabil
NOTE: I'm trying to do more online sessions for my students. If you need in-home tutoring please ask before booking and give a the days & hours that work for you. ALSO, I DO NOT DRIVE!!! Please ask about my availabil
ity and tell me where you live prior to booking me!!!
*** Lesson Details ***
Tutoring sessions are 1 hour minimum to 2 hours maximum (depending on subject).
Basic sessions may consist of the following:
Review of current or past trouble spots
Homework help
Test prep and/or review
Extra practice exercises
Single and multiple subject sessions are possible depending on tutor assessment and availability.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Clients should bring any/all textbooks, class work, tests/quizzes, and teacher's note to all sessions.
Additional learning aids (games, worksheets, books) may be added to session if needed.
*** Travel Equipment ***
Clients should bring any/all textbooks, class work, tests/quizzes, and teacher's note to all sessions.
Additional learning aids (games, worksheets, books) may be added to session if needed.
*** Specialties ***
Math (Elementary to High School)
Writing (Creative and Essay)
Music (Voice - Basics)
Computers (Basic Literacy & Various Programs)
Other
*** Lesson Details ***
Tutoring sessions are 1 hour minimum to 2 hours maximum (depending on subject).
Basic sessions may consist of the following:
Review of current or past trouble spots
Homework help
Test prep and/or review
Extra practice exercises
Single and multiple subject sessions are possible depending on tutor assessment and availability.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Clients should bring any/all textbooks, class work, tests/quizzes, and teacher's note to all sessions.
Additional learning aids (games, worksheets, books) may be added to session if needed.
*** Travel Equipment ***
Clients should bring any/all textbooks, class work, tests/quizzes, and teacher's note to all sessions.
Additional learning aids (games, worksheets, books) may be added to session if needed.
*** Specialties ***
Math (Elementary to High School)
Writing (Creative and Essay)
Music (Voice - Basics)
Computers (Basic Literacy & Various Programs)
Other
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· Arithmetic · In studio
We've stayed in touch via email and are developing a friendship I hope lasts a life time. He is good people.
· Singing · In home
· Study Skills · In studio
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James B.
Alameda, CA 94501
starting at
$25
/ 60-min
About Lin X.
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About Lin
I have been teaching Chinese and Violin in bay area for years. I am very experienced in customizing private lessons for students of different age. I have got my Master degree in Education in China, with a high school teaching credential. I have passed the violin performance exam Level 10 in China, and played in the first student orchestra in the city. I wish one day I could share all my learning and teaching experiences with you:) If you have any question regarding my course, please contact: lartstutor at gmail or send a message online.
My class is designed in a student-friendly way. I will always discuss your learning goals and expectations at the very beginning; I believe a mutual understanding of the big picture between the student and the teacher will serve a good start. I enjoy exchanging ideas with my students in the class and le
My class is designed in a student-friendly way. I will always discuss your learning goals and expectations at the very beginning; I believe a mutual understanding of the big picture between the student and the teacher will serve a good start. I enjoy exchanging ideas with my students in the class and le
t them dig deeper through this two-way communication. In my class, you can learn with joy, making a steady progress step by step. I will also introduce a most-fit textbook to you, with plenty of supplementary learning materials provided, as well as a customized teaching plan offered based on your goals and learning progress.
Course benefits include:
- 1-on-1, or 1-on-more tailor-made executive private tutoring lessons
- Most flexible option and suited to busy lifestyles
- Having lessons on your preferred timetable
- Focusing solely on your learning requirements and obstacles
- Opportunities to practice in the class with timely feedback
Now I am accepting new students in my private violin / Chinese class.
Course benefits include:
- 1-on-1, or 1-on-more tailor-made executive private tutoring lessons
- Most flexible option and suited to busy lifestyles
- Having lessons on your preferred timetable
- Focusing solely on your learning requirements and obstacles
- Opportunities to practice in the class with timely feedback
Now I am accepting new students in my private violin / Chinese class.
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· Mandarin Chinese · In studio
· Violin · In studio
· Violin · In studio
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Lin X.
Belmont, CA 94002
starting at
$35
/ 30-min
About Janet B.
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About Janet
I'm an experienced tutor and coach in English (reading, writing, grammar, composition), government, political science, law and LSAT prep.
I can help you improve your grades or advance your career. I have a great deal of experience working with ESL learners, including speakers of Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean.
I can teach you how to write effective essays, academic papers, business presentations, website copy, marketing material, correspondence, emails, business plans, executive summaries, resumes, and many other types of writing. I have helped my students prepare successfully for the TOEFL, TOEIC, and a number of other exams. I'm also available for quick editing and proofreading assignments.
If you're a law or paralegal student, I can teach substantive legal topics, legal writing and research skills, and exam prep. I ca
I can help you improve your grades or advance your career. I have a great deal of experience working with ESL learners, including speakers of Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean.
I can teach you how to write effective essays, academic papers, business presentations, website copy, marketing material, correspondence, emails, business plans, executive summaries, resumes, and many other types of writing. I have helped my students prepare successfully for the TOEFL, TOEIC, and a number of other exams. I'm also available for quick editing and proofreading assignments.
If you're a law or paralegal student, I can teach substantive legal topics, legal writing and research skills, and exam prep. I ca
n also help business students with business law courses.
Contact me, and I'll design a tutoring plan that best suits your needs!
If you select me as a tutor, please contact me before scheduling a specific lesson date and time, if possible. It's easier for both of us to confirm times in advance!
Contact me, and I'll design a tutoring plan that best suits your needs!
If you select me as a tutor, please contact me before scheduling a specific lesson date and time, if possible. It's easier for both of us to confirm times in advance!
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· LSAT · Online
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Janet B.
Oakland, CA 94618
starting at
$30
/ 60-min
About Samuel B.
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About Samuel
Independent musician. Love flute from spirit and soul.
1. Played flute for > 20 years.
2. Have >6 years of teaching students. Interest driven study.
3. Have abundant knowledge in flute, guitar and other instrument of multiple genres.
4. As a Chinese, I speak mandarin/English and can teach chinese bamboo flute and traditional chinese pipes like Xiao, and Dizi.
5. I love kids and I am very patient.
6. I am also an independent music producer, having original flute music can apply my techniques in studio to facilitate flute teaching( for online only).
1. Played flute for > 20 years.
2. Have >6 years of teaching students. Interest driven study.
3. Have abundant knowledge in flute, guitar and other instrument of multiple genres.
4. As a Chinese, I speak mandarin/English and can teach chinese bamboo flute and traditional chinese pipes like Xiao, and Dizi.
5. I love kids and I am very patient.
6. I am also an independent music producer, having original flute music can apply my techniques in studio to facilitate flute teaching( for online only).
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· Flute · In home
· Flute · In home
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Samuel B.
Alameda, CA 94501
starting at
$20
/ 30-min
About Gwendolyn K.
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About Gwendolyn
I'm an opera singer with seven years of stage experience in Germany and the US, including top houses like the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Komische Oper Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin, and, since moving to the Bay Area, I have worked with Opera San Jose and Lamplighter's Theater. I have a MA in singing from the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin, and I have taught others to sing since 2014.
I am also a 200 Hour Certified Yogalign teacher. Yogalign teaches the body how to come into natural, functional, comfortable alignment and strengthens it to stay there. I use it while teaching voice, but I also love to teach it on its own.
In voice lessons, I constantly incorporate alignment practices because we use our whole bodies to produce sound. A free breath, which means good alignment, is the foundation of good voice technique.
I believe
I am also a 200 Hour Certified Yogalign teacher. Yogalign teaches the body how to come into natural, functional, comfortable alignment and strengthens it to stay there. I use it while teaching voice, but I also love to teach it on its own.
In voice lessons, I constantly incorporate alignment practices because we use our whole bodies to produce sound. A free breath, which means good alignment, is the foundation of good voice technique.
I believe
that singing is a movement practice like any other. When we move our legs and feet properly, we move through the water, and we call that swimming. When we use our breath and our resonance properly while our vocal chords vibrate, we call that singing. It is all a matter of coordination, one we either naturally understood in childhood, or one we must be taught. It is my joy to guide people to this knowledge of their voices.
With public speakers, my goal is to help people feel at home in their bodies and command the room with their voices while giving presentations. I have given seminars teaching scientific researchers in Berlin and Potsdam, helping them to present results in ways that are both informative and inspiring.
I am fluent in German, having spent two intensive summers at the prestigious Middlebury College Language School, getting top training in the ins and outs of German grammar. That preparation, the tricks and tools I learned there, paved the way for the fluency I acquired while living in Germany for ten years. I am happy to help beginners learn the tools I learned to help get them on their way auf Deutsch.
Students in each area can expect to progress steadily week to week, provided they do the assigned exercises in between. The voice, the body, and language skills are all muscles we must train daily to expect any progress.
I look forward to working with creative students who have a passion for self-discovery and honest self-expression. Let's have fun!
With public speakers, my goal is to help people feel at home in their bodies and command the room with their voices while giving presentations. I have given seminars teaching scientific researchers in Berlin and Potsdam, helping them to present results in ways that are both informative and inspiring.
I am fluent in German, having spent two intensive summers at the prestigious Middlebury College Language School, getting top training in the ins and outs of German grammar. That preparation, the tricks and tools I learned there, paved the way for the fluency I acquired while living in Germany for ten years. I am happy to help beginners learn the tools I learned to help get them on their way auf Deutsch.
Students in each area can expect to progress steadily week to week, provided they do the assigned exercises in between. The voice, the body, and language skills are all muscles we must train daily to expect any progress.
I look forward to working with creative students who have a passion for self-discovery and honest self-expression. Let's have fun!
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Gwendolyn K.
Oakland, CA 94610
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$75
/ 45-min
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I live in a remote part of Northern California where the redwoods meet the Pacific Ocean. I have 2 son's 16 and 4 who I've homeschooled off and on throughout their lives. My 16 year old graduated high school early and is now pursuing a degree at College of the Redwoods. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree with an emphasis on photography and digital art.
I am a teacher by trade and profession. I've always had a natural ability combined with patience and understand thats allows me the to excel my students further beyond what they've thought possible. I've been a teacher of Arts at many private schools in Northern California for the last 20 years. Recently over this last year I have discovered the joys of teaching ESL online for a few large companies. I am really looking forward to working more one on one with my students as I feel this can
I am a teacher by trade and profession. I've always had a natural ability combined with patience and understand thats allows me the to excel my students further beyond what they've thought possible. I've been a teacher of Arts at many private schools in Northern California for the last 20 years. Recently over this last year I have discovered the joys of teaching ESL online for a few large companies. I am really looking forward to working more one on one with my students as I feel this can
be very beneficial to those looking to really excel further in the english language.
Art is my passion
Learning is my journey
Teaching is in my DNA
Art is my passion
Learning is my journey
Teaching is in my DNA
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· ESL · Online
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Kristen O.
San Francisco, CA 94102
starting at
$30
/ 45-min
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I have been teaching piano for over 40 years with over 200 students of different ages and different methods. I have taught classical, religious, pop and some jazz. I am willing to travel to your house to teach piano.
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Amy C.
San Francisco, CA 94134
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$67
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Jia Y.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
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$25
/ 30-min
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About Roberto
I am currently a graduate student doing research at UC Berkeley. Even though my grad studies (Aerospace Engineering) are located in the Netherlands, I decided to explore and feel new experiences coming here, as I did doing my internship in the UK or volunteering in South East Asia (were I did some class-style teaching to local Indonesian kids and teenagers for more than 3 weeks!).
All those experiences have brought me a great multicultural understanding, which, although may look no related, helps a lot when getting to know your new student.
Sports nature and music enter the top three of my hobbies. Simple living as a lifestyle.
I have been (still am) a student for many years, and therefore I understand very well how frustation, not.comprehending or learning new material feels. They say the best way of experiencing and knowing about s
All those experiences have brought me a great multicultural understanding, which, although may look no related, helps a lot when getting to know your new student.
Sports nature and music enter the top three of my hobbies. Simple living as a lifestyle.
I have been (still am) a student for many years, and therefore I understand very well how frustation, not.comprehending or learning new material feels. They say the best way of experiencing and knowing about s
omething is doing it.
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Roberto M.
Emeryville, CA 94608
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$30
/ 60-min
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I am a social-cultural anthropology student at the University of Chicago. After finishing all my coursework, I moved to Stanford and is currently working on my thesis while translating an anthropology book from English to Chinese. Studying anthropology affords me a non-biased perspective that appreciates differences between cultures, each with its own way of reasoning and its codes of conduct.
I am also a language learner and lover myself. I have learned French back in high school, and Latin and Greek in College. I have also learned some Danish when I studied as an exchange student in Denmark. Moreover, I have been teaching language related courses since College: Mandarin Chinese, Chinese poetry, and English (GRE and TOEFL). Languages bear upon not only a group of voices and words, they are the lenses through which the world is perceived
I am also a language learner and lover myself. I have learned French back in high school, and Latin and Greek in College. I have also learned some Danish when I studied as an exchange student in Denmark. Moreover, I have been teaching language related courses since College: Mandarin Chinese, Chinese poetry, and English (GRE and TOEFL). Languages bear upon not only a group of voices and words, they are the lenses through which the world is perceived
and communicated. Learning and teaching languages enable me to exchange lenses with others, thus expanding my vision. Hope you enjoy exploring Chinese language, culture, cuisine, music, worldview...anything with me!
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Chen S.
Stanford, CA 94305
starting at
$34
/ 30-min
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