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Spanish Tutors

INDIVIDUALS

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Updated for Winter 2012

Daniel Abreu - Foreign languages Instructor at EMU, WCC. Master in Education. Will teach with the most innovative techniques. The class is all in Powerpoint. Passed the Michigan test to teach Spanish.
Tutoring - All levels. $35 per 1 1/2 hrs
Translating - $20 per page
Home: (734) 355-3244
Email: dabreu@emich.edu

**Leyre Figuero Alegre-Native speaker from Barcelona, Spain. Lecturer in the elementary Spanish program at UM since 2005.
Translations: English / French/Spanish / Catalan. Certified translations (certificates of birth, marriage, death, diplomas, educational records). Contact me for a quote.
Home: (248) 921-3956
Email: lalegre@umich.edu

Nayda G. Carmona - Native speaker from Puerto Rico. I can tutor all levels, beginner through advanced. More than 20 years experience in tutoring and teaching and translating. BA in Spanish from MSU, Master in Education. Lived and traveled abroad, including over 5 years in Puerto Rico, where I taught grades 7 to 12.
Tutoring - All levels. $30 per hour/ negotiable.
Translating- $25 per page
Conversation - $25 per hour
Phone: (734) 218-0747
Email: nayda36@yahoo.com

Jenny Castano - Native speaker from Colombia. Over 5 years of experience translating materials directed to the Spanish speaking community. Experience with tutoring, will tutor all levels. Extensive knowledge of Latin American and Spanish literature.
Tutoring - All levels. $15 per hr, negotiable
Translating - $4 per page, negotiable
Phone: (202) 368-2359
Email: jcastano@umich.edu

Andrea k. Davis - Near-native speaker. Senior UM Spanish concentrator. Informal tutoring experience. Studied Spanish in Mexico and Costa Rica.
Tutoring - Beginning and Intermediate levels only. $10 per hr
Translating - Negotiable
Phone: (508) 527-0588
Email: dandrea@umich.edu

Jacquelyn Dolezal - College graduate with Spanish minor and ample cross-cultural experience.  Recently returned to the U.S. after nearly two years living in Mexico, the second year of which was spent working at a private bilingual school.  Has studied abroad in Spain (4 months) and also volunteered in Peru (2 summers).  In Peru, she served as her team’s Spanish/English interpreter.
Tutoring - Beginning and Intermediate levels (100-200 levels courses). $20 per hour.  Discount available for multi-session packages.
Translating - Negotiable.  Contact to discuss details.
Phone: (734) 707-6702
Email: jacquelyn_dolezal@yahoo.com

**Maria Dorantes - Native Spanish speaker with more than 5 years teaching experience. Currently teaching in the elementary program, upper level Spanish for Business class and Spanish for Medical Personnel.
Tutoring - All levels. Negotiable
Translating - Negotiable
Word Processing - Negotiable
Email: lourdes@umich.edu

**Mariela De La Torre - Native Spanish speaker from Lima, Peru. Instructor of Spanish in Romance Languages & Literatures Department at The University of Michigan since 2005. M.A. in Spanish. Experience teaching Spanish 232, 231, and 230 courses at UM. Instructor of Spanish at the Foreign Language Department at the University of Toledo, taught Spanish 2140, 1120, and 1110. I can tutor all levels, beginner through advanced.
Tutoring - All levels. $35 per hr.
 Email: dltorre@umich.edu

Katerina Filunets - Fluent Spanish speaker. Studies at Universidad Internacional in Mexico, Cuernavaca. "Worked with Spanish company where I constantly used Spanish in negotiations and business communications."
Tutoring - Beginning-Intermediate levels only (100-200 course levels). $15 per hour
Translating - $20 per page
Phone: (540) 229-4404
Email: katharina_filunets@yahoo.com

**Kathleen Forrester - Experienced Spanish instructor. All levels welcome. Taught Spanish 232 at UM and is currently teaching Spanish 231.
Tutoring - All levels. $45 per hour
Email:forrester@hotmail.com

Raul Gallego - Native speaker from Uruguay. B. A. (Technician) in Social Sciences of Communications from Universidad Catolica del Uruguay. Cross-cultural skills. Traveled abroad (Spain, Argentina and Mexico). Currently independent wine and food consultant for companies in Spain, France and Uruguay.
Tutoring - All levels. Negotiable
Other - Please contact to dicuss project details
Phone: (734) 975-0264
Email: gallegoraul2103@att.net

Jessica Leal - Native speaker from Monterrey, Mexico. Senior majoring in Spanish at the University of Michigan. Taught Spanish in Quito, Ecuador. Studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain. Translator for Wayne State Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic.
Tutoring - $20 per hour. All levels
Translating - Negotiable
Email: lealjes@umich.edu

Erig Muzaffer - UM Alum. Native Spanish speaker from Tabasco, Mexico with 15 years of teaching experience. Currently UM Medical School translator of scientific/instructional and patient guide documentation. Teacher of Spanish English Second Language in the Washtenaw school district and the Eastern Michigan adjunct. Willing to take rush taskson short notice.
Tutoring - All levels. $12-15 per hour.
Translating - $12-15 per hour
Word Processing - $10-15 per hour
Other - proofreading. Negotiable
Home: (734) 929-5542
Office: (734) 272-6838
Email: erigmuzaffer@gmail.com

Anay P. Perez Martinez - Native speaker from Nicaragua.
Tutoring - Negotiable
Translating - Negotiable
Phone: (734) 330-7283
Email: apperez@umich.edu

Audra Puchalski - Fluent Spanish speaker, 10 total years of study, "so by now I have a very good grasp of Spanish grammar." BA in Spanish Language & Literature with a focus in Latin-American literature. Recently lived in Argentina for 9 consecutive months.
Tutoring - Upper level, advanced only (200+courses). $15-$20 per hour
Translating - Negotiable
Phone: (248) 840-4441
Email: apucha@umich.edu

** Rashmi Rama - Spanish lecturer in the Romance Language Department since 2005 and have also taught Spanish in other institutions in Michigan and California for several years. Lived in Spain and taught English in México and in Puerto Rico.
Tutoring - Spanish 103 and above. $30 per hr for students. Professionals and companies should contact for rates
Email: rashrama@umich.edu

Wendy Tashian - Native Spanish speaker from Lima, Peru. Will tutor all levels. Experience teaching since 1996.
Tutoring - $35 per hour
Translating - $40 per hour
Home: (734) 761-9043
Cell: (734) 223-5063
Email: wtashian@umich.edu

 

 

ORGANIZATIONS

Babel Linguistics Editorial & Translation Group
Professional turn-around translations, website
localization, onsite interpreting, BCIS procedures,
and more.
Tutoring - All levels. Minimum $25 p/hour.
Translations - please request a quotation per project.
Office: (734) 995-0373. Downtown Ann Arbor.
For more information, please visit:
www.babel-linguistics.com

Language Link - Instructors are native speakers with advanced degrees and extensive experience.
Tutoring - All levels. $50 an hour.
Translating - $50 per document.
Small Groups - $15 per hour.
Office: (734) 821-0311

Linguatechnics Inc. -
Tutoring - All levels. $35-$45 per hour
Translating - Must contact for cost
Small Groups - $16 per hour.
Office: (734) 662-0434
For more information: www.linguatechnics.com

Parliament Tutors - Parliament is made up of 2 branches: tutoring and translation. Our tutors and translators cover all languages and I have thus checked all 4 language boxes. Parliament Tutors offers private tutoring for all academic subjects, standardized tests, and foreign languages. Learn more at www.parliamenttutors.com. Parliament Translation offers interpretation, document translation, localization services and much more for all major languages. Learn more at www.parliamenttranslation.com.
Tutoring - All levels. $39 per hr
Translating - $0.07/word to $0.14/word
Phone: (248) 905-1728
Email: dgreenberg@parliamenttutors.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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