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Our team of 300+ professional test prep tutors, academic tutors, and college counselors has worked with over 50K students in the past 20 years. We're here to help support students and their families.

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Learn more about AJ Tutoring's academic tutoring centers. From kindergarten to college we’ve got you covered. We specialize in private tutoring programs (test prep and academic tutoring), college counseling services and offer for-credit high school classes. WE’RE LOCAL! Are you tired of working with online tutors? Work with a tutor face-to-face who knows the curriculum and pressures of your school.

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Contact AJ Tutoring to schedule a free consultation and learn more about our private test prep tutoring, academic tutoring, and college admissions counseling services. With over 20 years of experience, 300+ professional tutors, and having worked with more than 50,000 students, we're uniquely positioned to help you succeed.

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English tutoring

Need help with a challenging academic or AP English class? An AJ Tutoring English tutor can help.

How academic English tutoring works

Tell Us Your Tutoring Needs

One of our directors will speak with your family in depth to learn more about your strengths, challenges, and goals in English, Literature, AP English, SAT prep, etc.

 Meet Your English Tutor

We connect you with a professional, experienced English tutor or literature tutor for regular sessions. We recommend weekly tutoring.

Give and Receive Feedback

We’ll touch base with you after the first few tutoring sessions to hear your thoughts and share our insights based on feedback from your English tutor.

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AJ Tutoring is an educational community that works as a team

A Community Approach

We share best practices and knowledge of our community’s curricula at regular department meetings. Each tutor participates in our mentoring program and attends weekly check-ins with a team leader.

Investment in Our English Tutors

We set the bar high for all of our tutors, finding the best and most passionate teachers and then training them to be even better.

Beyond Content Help

Our English tutors are trained not only in content, but also in different learning styles and successful integration of study skills in English and literature.

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Great English tutoring means building skills for the future.

Our English tutors help you build skills that will not only pay off in your current academic and AP English courses, but also will help you succeed in college.

Writing

Our tutors approach writing instruction holistically, from grammar and syntax basics to sentence, paragraph, and essay structure.

 

Reading

You need to understand what you’re reading. Let our tutors help you develop close reading strategies, practice skimming and scanning, and identify persuasive techniques.

Analysis

Our English tutors teach you to analyze deeply what you have read and to understand how an author uses literary devices to advance an argument.

Connections

Our tutors can help you put what you are reading into a broader historical movement and context, enhancing your understanding of literature.

Study Skills

Our tutors teach you studying strategies and help you manage your time to maximize your performance in academic and AP English, SAT/ACT testing, and more.

Independence

Our tutors foster independence of thought. Our goal is to make ourselves obsolete by helping you become an autonomous learner.

 

Parents love AJ Tutoring's English tutors!

 
"The tutors who have worked with Duncan these past few years have helped him in so many ways, from better grades to the less-tangible outcomes of higher confidence, more effective study skills, and creative to-do lists. He is now applying to college and I can honestly say that his college list would look different if he had not worked very hard with his AJ tutors." Katy D., Los Altos High School Parent
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Food for thought

Like a bland meal, a poor education lacks flavor. And like a chef adds sparkle to their food with a dash of oregano or a hint of coriander, we’ll help turn your education into an exciting experience by bringing in creative examples, real world knowledge, and connections to core learning principles.

Let’s Add Spice to Your Education

Our English tutors know English!

Your English tutor will first address any content gaps by building foundational reading and writing skills. As your confidence grows, we’ll make sure that you’re fully prepared for essays and upcoming tests by teaching material in a way that you’ll understand: talking through the themes in a work, diagramming sentences on the whiteboard, or writing out step-by-step instructions for approaching an upcoming essay. We draw on our deep knowledge of the local schools, anticipating upcoming topics in your academic or AP English class and pre-teaching them so you’re always one step ahead.

Our Tutors know English

 

English subjects we tutor:

Regular and Honors high school English
Elementary and middle school English
Essay writing
Vocabulary
ESL (English as a Second Language)
Reading comprehension
Grammar and syntax
AP Literature
AP Language
and more...

Meet a few of our English tutors

Catherine Stiles
Team Leader, English Department Head, Test Prep & Academic Tutor
Subjects Tutored:
ACT, PSAT, SAT, Academic English, AP English Language and Composition ...
Office Location:
Los Gatos (Los Gatos Blvd)

"I believe in helping students understand how they learn and to develop the tools to approach their studies effectively."

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Asia Raab
Test Prep & Academic Tutor
Subjects Tutored:
College Application Essays, ACT, PSAT, SAT, K-12 Private School Interview, Writing Sample, and Applications ...
Office Location:
Los Altos (San Antonio Rd)

"It is my mission to empower my students with the tools they will need to be successful once our sessions are complete."

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Cheryl Peevyhouse
Academic Tutor
Subjects Tutored:
College Application Essays, Academic English, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition
Office Location:
Palo Alto

"I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm with students in hopes of inspiring a deeper interest in reading and writing."

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Are you struggling with reading a difficult text or organizing your first research paper?

Our private English tutors are experts at guiding students through such challenges.

Discuss Your English Tutoring Needs Peninsula (650) 331-3251
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