Maria L    Your Multicultural Language Companion: Expert Guidance in English, French, German, and Spanish

  • Toronto, Ontario
55 years experience
Teaches: Czech, English Second Language, French, German, Polish, Spanish   
Specialties: French for Kids, German for Kids

Offers 30 min free-trial

As low as $30.00/hr Online

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Tutor Bio

Greetings, Bonjour, Gruesse, Hola y Buenos días from Maria. Being myself multi-cultural and multi-lingual dual Canadian and Polish citizen, I will be most pleased to accompany you on your journey to learn English, French, German or Spanish. I fully understand the challenges of learning another language and am confident that I can help you. I am personally a very patient listener as well as being encouraging when going over together homework, written and reading exercises, etc. I prepare additional lessons and reading material on a topic that is of particular interest to the student or that can motivate him/her further.

Degrees and Certificates

  • Degrees: University of Toronto Bachelor's Diploma

  • Certications: Certificate in International Relations from the Political Science Institute of Paris

Personal Interests

Foreign language learning

Learn more about Maria

  • What is your favorite word in your language and why?

    Welcome and hello as they are the best words for making a person you meet to feel comfortable and welcome.

  • What is your favorite dish from your hometown? If you no longer live there is there a good local restaurant that serves it?

    Dumplings with mushrooms or blueberries.

  • Besides the languages you teach, do you speak or study any other languages?

    Yes, I have also studied and have a good and basic knowledge of Arabic, Modern Greek, Italian, Portugese , Serbo-Croate and Russian.

  • What are your interests outside of teaching at Strommen?

    I collect postage stamps as cultural representatives of their countries. I enjoy gardening, travelling, meeting new people through tutoring, I enjoy reading historical novels.

  • What do you consider your hometown? Why do you love it?

    I have two hometowns. Firstly, the original village in southern Poland where my mother comes from. Secondly, the small town called Atikokan in Northwestern Ontario, Canada where I grew up and finished high school. I like these places as they are part of my heritage and where I grew up.

Hourly Rates

  • Online tutoring

    Pay as you go: $50.00/hr

    10 hour package: $40.00/hr — Package Price: $400.00

    20 hour package: $30.00/hr — Package Price: $600.00

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Tutor Schedule

Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2025