Benefits to tutoring an adult


  • You are able to provide immediate feedback to your student.

  • You can focus on those literacy skills that need strengthening and your student's most pressing literacy goals.

  • You will create individualized and customized lessons to help your student move forward.

  • Since your student's skill level sets the pace for learning, you can speed up or slow down the lesson according to her ability.

  • You will guide your student in setting realistic and achievable literacy goals.

  • In working closely with each other, you will build up trust and mutual respect.

  • You will empower your student by being a partner in learning.