1st lesson free
Rachel
- Rate $38
- Response 1h
$38/h
Contact
1st lesson free
- Spanish
- Spanish speaking
- Spanish Vocabulary
- Spanish writing
- DELE
Quiet Online Spanish Tutor for Students Who Hate Pressure Four Years Working Calmly With Sixty Students at Whatever Pace Actually Feels Comfortable to Them
- Spanish
- Spanish speaking
- Spanish Vocabulary
- Spanish writing
- DELE
Lesson location
-
At Rachel's house: Des Moines
- online
-
at your home or a public place : will travel up to 40 mi. from Des Moines
-
About Rachel
I teach entirely online from a quiet, simple setup, working with students who tend to find louder, more energetic teaching styles genuinely overwhelming rather than motivating. In four years of teaching, I've worked with around sixty students, a smaller number by deliberate choice, since I prefer real depth with fewer people over spreading my attention thin. My own approach to learning has always been quiet and methodical, a lot of careful, private study rather than group classes or high-pressure practice environments. I work particularly well with introverted students, including several who specifically told me other teachers felt too loud or performative for their genuine comfort. My teaching style is calm, understated, and genuinely low-pressure, without small talk for its own sake or forced positivity that can feel hollow after a while. I care far more about a student feeling settled and unhurried than about filling every second of a lesson with constant activity or chatter. Several students have told me they finally relaxed enough to genuinely enjoy learning Spanish here, after feeling overwhelmed by louder teaching elsewhere previously in their journey. This isn't the studio for big group energy or fast-paced drilling, and that's entirely intentional on my part as a teacher. If quiet and steady sounds appealing, we'll likely get along well.
See more
About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
My lessons run quiet and unhurried, built specifically for students who find fast-paced, high-energy teaching more stressful than genuinely helpful for their learning. I teach entirely online from a calm, simple setup, relying on close, careful listening rather than performance pressure or forced enthusiasm of any kind. Grammar gets introduced slowly and clearly, one concept genuinely settled before the next one is introduced, rather than rushing through a syllabus regardless of comprehension. I send written notes after every single lesson, since I've noticed students absorb feedback far better reading it calmly alone rather than being talked at constantly during the session. Vocabulary builds gradually through small, repeatable exercises, nothing overwhelming, because I've found cramming rarely produces genuinely lasting retention in my experience teaching quietly online. I keep spoken correction minimal and precise, preferring students notice small patterns themselves through focused practice rather than constant interruption from me throughout. Speaking practice happens gently, with plenty of thinking time allowed, since I never want a student to feel rushed or put on the spot unnecessarily. Progress moves at whatever pace genuinely suits the individual student, sometimes slower than typical expectations, because solid, settled learning matters more than speed. There's no pressure here, ever, beyond what a student sets for themselves. This studio exists for people who find loud teaching exhausting.
See more
Rates
Rate
- $38
Pack rates
- 5h: $190
- 10h: $380
online
- $38/h
free lessons
This first lesson offered with Rachel will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
Other tutors in Spanish
Wyman
Des Moines & online
- $40/h
- 1st lesson free
Wilempsky
Des Moines & online
- $20/h
- 1st lesson free
Ben
Johnston & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
Jocelyn
Ankeny & online
- $40/h
- 1st lesson free
Teddy
Ankeny & online
- $25/h
- 1st lesson free
Bria
Ankeny & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
Kritika
Ames & online
- $31/h
- 1st lesson free
Danielle
Ames & online
- $19/h
- 1st lesson free
Paige
Ames & online
- $34/h
- 1st lesson free
Andrea
Los Angeles & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
Paul
New York & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
June
New York & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
Liliam
Sparks & online
- $24/h
- 1st lesson free
Cecilia
& online
- $35/h
- 1st lesson free
Jorgie
Miami Beach & online
- $25/h
- 1st lesson free
Pilar
New York & online
- $30/h
- 1st lesson free
Juan Carlos
Boston & online
- $35/h
- 1st lesson free
Laura
Hallandale Beach & online
- $35/h
SILVIA
Bulverde & online
- $28/h
- 1st lesson free
Aurora Nuñez SpanishLingo
Austin & online
- $35/h
- 1st lesson free
-
See Spanish tutors
