English Tutoring for Writing Skills

The most effective way to learn to write well is to combine practice with prompt, high-quality feedback. For this reason, our English tutors make sure that our writing students are always writing and we provide constructive, individualized criticism and advice.

When we teach writing, we teach fundamental structures (such as the five-paragraph essay) but we also encourage our students to think creatively and to write in ways that are not only clear but also engaging, persuasive, and elegant. We emphasize the importance of working through multiple drafts and teach self-editing techniques so that our students are eventually able to write well independently. Of course, when we work with students who are specifically preparing for a standardized-test with writing on it, our approach is slightly different, because drafting is not possible in that context and too much creativity may not be rewarded.

Although our focus is always on the big picture (i.e., is the writing compelling, logical, and persuasive?) we teach grammar, spelling, and punctuation whenever necessary.

English Tutor New York - available for those living in and around Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx

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For more information about preparing for specific standardized tests, please go to our "Test Prep" section.