Enter your Monterey zip code or Monterey, California on a tutor search website such as WyzAnt.com or Language-School-Teachers.com. Select that you are looking for an ESL or English tutor. WyzAnt.com listed 11 ESL-certified tutors in the Monterey area as of October 2010, and they ranged in price from $35 per hour to $50 per hour. Language-School-Teachers.com listed 3 teachers who teach English as of October 2010.
Enroll in an ESL class for adults. There are at least three ESL programs in Monterey. Monterey Adult School offers ESL classes, and tuition for this program is $25 per semester as of October 2010. The Monterey Institute of International Studies offers an Intensive English Program to those interested in learning English. As of October 2010, tuition for this program range from about $3,000 to $4,000 depending on whether you take the 8 or 10 week course. Monterey Peninsula College also offers an ESL program. Contact information for all of these programs can be found in the resources accompanying this story.
Call one of the formal class-based ESL programs to ask for private tutor recommendations if you want to take one-on-one private English lessons with a tutor. Some teachers at the schools may offer private lessons, or some volunteers at the schools may teach privately as well.