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Dennis A. - Tutor

Teaching Greek, Latin, English, History, College Prep here since 2016
Dennis A. Tutors College Students
(533)
Hourly Fee: $125
Location: Syracuse, NY
Travel Radius: 30 miles
In-person + Online
Your first hour with any tutor is always 100% refundable!

Personal Statement

Hello! And thank you for checking out my profile! My name is Dennis Alley, I have taught Greek and Latin at the university level since 2012, but recently decided to leave the university to help students in a more direct manner. Over the years, I've worked with hundreds of students in class, and dozens online.

I find patience, enthusiasm, and versatility the most useful tools in helping students master the ancient languages. I offer lessons at all levels from beginner to expert, and I am in...

Reviews

My daughter wanted to learn Latin and skip the first year of the subject at school to go to Latin 2 Honors. Issue was she hadn?t studied Latin before. She had about two weeks to absorb a year?s worth of material to take a two hour long placement exam, and we reached out to Dennis for help. Dennis had successfully helped our oldest with Latin a few years ago. Dennis was calm, positive, accommodating in terms of schedule, and most of all, super effective. He makes Latin easier to understand and fun. She got an A on the assessment and will be entering Latin 2 Honors thanks to Dennis. He is by far the best Latin teacher ever!
- Steve K. from Ridgewood, NJ
Dennis taught me, a beginner, very well. He covered everything very nicely to the point where I scored well over passing in my exam. I reccomend him to every beginner, advanced or intermediate Latinist. He won't dissapoint.
- Tazeem M. from Brooklyn, NY
Dennis is knowledgeable and willing to work with my son, at his pace and on difficult translations that require a good deal of patience to work through. Highly recommend.
- Celeste B. from Bethesda, MD
He was great to work with and very patient. He made the concepts easy to understand and was very helpful. I would definitely recommend him if you are having any difficulty with latin.
- James F. from Exeter, NH
Dennis is helping me with Ancient Greek. He is super fun and easygoing. I was immediately put at ease. He is funny and great to work with. After just our first meeting, I already feel more confident.
- M S. from Bronx, NY
Dennis helped me structure an essay for my English class on. Hemingway; he was patient and was able to help me clear my thoughts to come up with a valid thesis and argument points based on my writing prompt and close reading. I was able to start my essay more efficiently with his help.
- Melanie G. from Laguna Hills, CA
He is awesome. A huge help. extremely knowledgeable and is very easy to work with. I highly recommend Dennis.
- Charlie M. from Wellesley, MA
I am learning how to read the ancient Greek lyrics from an expert, which is worth a lot more money per hour than he is being paid. Excellent reader of the ancient Greek texts.
- Albert S. from Escondido, CA
My daughter was struggling in Latin, and Dennis helped her gain confidence and improve her grade in the course. He helped her to find ways to think through the language and make sense of it. He teaches with a patient and kind tone. I highly recommend Dennis.
- Steve K. from Ridgewood, NJ
Dennis has been helping my 10th-grade son doing Latin research at the college level. My son is taking a Latin seminar at a university. Initially, he struggled a lot since his high school didn't prepare him well enough for doing deep research. Dennis has really given him wonderful advice. My son also likes Dennis's style very much! Thanks a lot!
- Fiona W. from Chestnut Hill, MA
Knowledgeable and very resourceful in all areas. Was patient and helpful with teaching me. Ever step was given to me and more great at what he does
- Carlos M. from Columbia, SC
I've had Dennis as a tutor for Classical Greek for a few months now, and he's one of the best teacher's I've had so far. He works at a pace that's comfortable to me, he's very organized with lesson notes and reading materials, and he keeps the tutoring sessions very interesting by sharing his understanding of Linguistics and History as is relevant to the topics being discussed in those sessions. I highly recommend Dennis, and I hope to be able to work with him for a long time!
- Dhruv S. from Sunnyvale, CA
Wise, friendly, realistic. Dennis is very organized and flexible- most impressive. He effectively outlined a way forward. This is going to be fun.
- John M. from Lake Orion, MI
Dennis taught Latin to my son. He is a very knowledgeable and patient tutor. My son loves working with him. Dennis provides a summary of what he worked with my son and motivates him to do well. I am very happy with his tutoring style. Thank you!
- Maryam Z. from Vienna, VA
Dennis helped my daughter understand a difficult poetry homework lesson. As soon as the lesson was over she raved about how he made her feel empowered. He didn't dismiss her thoughts even if they were way off base. My daughter said she wished all teachers could make students feel like Dennis make her feel. She even said that maybe English wasn't so bad after all and she just needed the right person to work with her. I hope to continue to use Dennis to help my daughter in the future.
- Wendy C. from Rindge, NH
Phenomenal tutor! Nice, personable, incredibly smart, and great teacher. We reviewed grammatical structure in a passage sentence by sentence. I would recommend him to anyone who needs help with any aspects of classics. All around fantastic job!
- Jordan F. from Shelby, NC
Dennis helped my son with his Honors Latin. He is experienced, knowledgeable and patient. I highly recommend working with him.
- Kerry L. from Pearl River, NY
I have to have a minimum amount of words here. So let's say that Dennis is VERY knowledgeable and that is coming from someone who has been studying Greek for some time. He's quite an agreeable chap and very patient with this self-learner. Also very good with Latin and his knowledge with grammar is excellent. I highly recommend him for pursuing both languages.
- Donald H. from Long Beach, NY
I have only had three sessions with Dennis so far, but he has already blown me away with his skill as a tutor. His knowledge of Greek is astounding. He immediately has a confident answer for every question I have presented him, even obscure things I have come across in texts outside the textbook. Best of all, he has a great demeanor befitting a tutor. His patience seems unending and he never simply hands an answer to me when I am struggling but rather leads me to it with slight hints only when needed. He is enthusiastic and friendly and flexible in scheduling. I look forward to learning more with him in the future, but for now I could not recommend him highly enough.
- Adrian C. from Greenwich, CT
We started off with the basic Greek leaders and tons of fascinating history about them. Then continued to plan for the next lesson! I've wanted to learn Greek for so long so it's beyond exciting!! Dennis is incredibly knowledgeable and didn't miss a beat answering any question I had.
- Julia H. from Atlanta, GA