This could be the most exciting moment of your English journey...finding the right guide to help you achieve fluency!  I think it could be me!!  My goal during the Trial Lesson is to make you feel comfortable and excited about continuing your English journey with me.  I want to assess your needs and goals.  And let's take some time to preview your learning program and see the tools we'll use so you can be successful.

Please be prepared to answer questions about where you're from, what you study/do for work, and some of your favorite things.  It's a great way to break the ice (and for me to evaluate your English level 😉).

I'll make sure I tell you a little bit about me so that I'm not a mystery to you.  But let's not forget that you're the star of this journey!  Back to you...

After talking about some basic facts about you, let's talk about English.  Before the Trial Lesson, you would've filled out the contact form, so we'll review that together.  I'll ask you about your goals and needs...what do you feel like you need to focus on and what have you been doing to study up to this point?

With all of that out of the way, we'll preview the course I would recommend for your needs.  I'll talk to you about why it will help, what you can expect, and the resources that we'll use.

I can't wait to meet you!  Please reach out if you have any questions.

One of the biggest roadblocks to becoming fluent in a language is the lack of opportunities to practice speaking.  Granted, now we have AI to chat with, and believe it or not, that can be an incredible resource.  But there's still nothing like the natural, human-to-human, interaction that comes with a conversation between two real-life people.  The feedback, verbal and nonverbal, will prove to be invaluable and help you reach fluency so much faster.

If you are unable to choose a topic you'd rather discuss before the lesson, then I will choose from a curriculum I've developed.  These lessons are complete with questions to start and maintain a conversation.  Included are vocabulary words and expressions related to the topic that a student can add to their bank.

Free Talk | Conversation Practice With A Native 🙊

Let's face it...you will not understand people if you don't know the words they're using.  That's why it's so important to build your vocabulary.  The more words you know, the more you'll be able to express yourself.  So this course is focused on helping you to develop your vocabulary.

Lessons and the vocabulary within them will be based on a topic and whatever level you find yourself at.  Students will have the option to decide ahead of time what topic they'd like to discuss if they choose.

Vocab Builder | Topic Based Vocabulary Expansion | Learn Words In Context 🙊

Goal: This course is designed to make grammar less scary and overwhelming by only tackling the most useful concepts.  You'll see that, believe it or not, grammar rules are meant to be broken.  But you will learn to recognize the *right* way to break them.  Finally, through these lessons, I will help you to feel more CONFIDENT expressing your thoughts in a variety of ways.

Summary: There is no reading, no writing, no conversation...no language without grammar.  But why does something so essential have to be so scary and even boring?  In this course, it isn't!  Why?  Because I'm not going to teach you EVERYTHING about English grammar.  Native English speakers don't even know half the rules that most English students learn.  You will need to know different concepts for different situations.  So in these lessons, we'll identify those situations and learn what's useful for you personally.  

This is *not* a course where you should expect to start on page 1 of a textbook and memorize tables, conjugations, and stuff like that.

Tell me what you struggle with and we will focus on that.  Don't know when to use a certain word?  Not sure how to interact with double negatives, or if you should in the first place?  We can take that, and more, one lesson at a time!

Can't wait to see you in class.  Please reach out if you have any questions.

Complete English Grammar | Personalized Grammar Lessons 🧱

Do you have a test coming up?  The IELTS?  The TOEFL?  Are you nervous and want to practice?  Let's do it together.  I'm on your team.  With different prompts, vocabulary lists, tips, and more, I am prepared to help you score as high as possible, opening the door to many opportunities for school and work.  Let's get started.

What To Expect: I will ask about your test date.  That will help us determine our pace.  We will also discuss what part of the test you're most nervous about.  That will help us determine what to prioritize.  Then, we'll practice, practice, practice!

Test Prep Guide 📝 | Prepare For The IELTS, TOEFL, & More

Have you ever been in this situation...?  You can understand everything a person is saying.  You even know all of the right words to use in your response.  But when you speak, the other person can't understand you.  Are you using the wrong words?  Probably not.  Maybe the issue is your pronunciation.

How you sound when speaking English can make all the difference between people not paying you much attention and them taking you seriously.

This course is designed to help you train your accent so that you sound like a native English speaker in your everyday conversations, whether you're using formal, informal, academic, or business language.

Course Goal: Dramatically improve your pronunciation.

Course Topics: (1) Spelling rules, (2) pronunciation rules, (3) word stress, (4) common mistakes and commonly confused words, (5) various English accents, and more!

Complete English Pronunciation | Learn To Sound Like A Native 💥

This course is designed to help people get acquainted with colloquial English.  In any language, it's a weird feeling to know you've spent so much time learning the ins and outs of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary according to your level...only to find that it's hard to understand the speech of the people.  Why does this happen?  It's probably because we've missed the cultural aspect of the language!  Much of what we say is based on what we see, what we hear, how we feel, and more.  So let's skip the awkward feeling.  Get acquainted with the word on the street!

For now, there will be one curriculum, but I'll give you the choice of how you want to learn.  You can follow the curriculum, which will introduce you to colloquial English related to specific topics - events, seasons, regions, people, and more.  Or, if there's something more specific and personal to you, we can certainly focus on that.

The Word On The Street | Colloquial English Course

Through this 120 hour TESOL course, I learned the basics of linguistics, strategies that would help me use a student’s primary language to teach them a new language, and how to motivate students who are new to the English language.

As a high school student, I was dual-enrolled in a college, allowing me to earn college credits and complete a college degree by the time I was 18 years old.

For two years, prior to receiving a professional English teaching certificate, I worked as a tutor for students at the local community college who acquired English as a second language.  We focused mainly on academic English - grammar concepts and improving our conversation skills.  I had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of students from different backgrounds, though the majority of my students spoke Spanish as their native language

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For four years, I worked as a private ESL tutor for adults who were moving from other countries to the United States for education and secular work opportunities.  Many of these ones had a basic level of English, so to assist them with the transition to a new country, they were assigned to work with a tutor to improve their skills in basic communication and pronunciation.