B.S. - Management
University of Maryland, US
Intermediate Conversations
Category:
language learning
About
Current discussion topics for the B1student. Digital and PDF. Instructor-led. conversation on a variety of current topics allow the student to learn and practice new vocabulary and sentence structure. Students learn how to structure sentences and discussions. Suitable for students at the B1 level.
Materials & Method
Students learn and practice to structure presentations and participate in conversations, as well as debates and pros and cons.
Instructor
Education
Certifications
Bio
Business English, IELTS/TOEFL
I conduct a Placement Test and/or Needs Analysis to help determine your current level of English fluency and understand your wants and needs. We have to know both where you are and where you want to be to create a lesson plan to reach your goals. This is free of charge.
While in my third year of university, I was called up to military service. Because I was preparing for a career in education, I was trained to design curriculum and teach.
One of my strongest assets is an understanding of the adult learner. While I was within three semesters of completing my degree, I spent the next nearly 12 years attending classes on nights and weekends, while raising a family and working full-time.
At age thirty, I found myself working in South America. Prior to this, I spoke no Spanish. I have an understanding of and empathy for those who are trying to acquire a foreign language, as an adult. I know what it is like to have the thoughts and ideas of a 30-year old, but the speaking ability of a 3-year old!
As the Managing Partner of an advertising and marketing communications firm, I have a deep understanding of western-style business.
I understand what it is like to be an adult learner of a foreign language! I am ready to help you.
ESL Teaching Certificate
United Educational Institute, 1986
Teach English Now! Foundation Principles
ASU, 2020
Teach English Now! Language Acquisition
ASU, 2020
Trial Class
Description
We offer a trial class -- but it is not so much a class as an opportunity to meet, review your Placement Test results, and for the teacher to determine your needs and goals so that we can design a customized lesson plan. There is no obligation for this, but you do have to complete the Placement Test, prior to this meeting. There is a minimal $5.00 fee to take the Placement Test and receive the results. To take the online Placement Test, you must send a working email address to me, through the Flatten Message System. This does not violate the Flatten Terms of Service, but you MUST schedule all classes through the above message system. If you have taken our placement test within the past two years, you do not have to retake it.
Length: 30-minutes
Price: $5
Price: $5
Structured Class
Should everyone wear face masks in public during a pandemic? In this lesson, students discuss the importance of face masks and the reasons why some people don't wear them. This lesson includes a review of modals of advice.
Students learn about protests and riots. After reviewing related vocabulary, they discuss questions about youth-led protests and laws related to protesting.
Students learn about the difference between ‘roughing it’ and ‘living in the lap of luxury’. Is it really “camping” when you sleep in a motorhome?
Keeping up with friends is easy with social media networks. But, do you really need to know what your second cousin had for lunch?
In this lesson, students learn about and discuss cruise ships and their positive and negative aspects. They learn related vocabulary and survey their classmates. This lesson also includes a review of the prefix re-.
Students learn the history of plastic bags. They learn why governments around the world are starting to ban what was once considered a brilliant invention. The lesson includes vocabulary review exercises and discussion questions.
Some people regularly upgrade to a new home, a new vehicle, or a new wardrobe for the whole family. Others prefer to purchase items second-hand. Is there anything your students would only buy new? Students learn about and discuss the pros and cons of shopping for new items vs. second-hand items.
Students learn about and discuss e-learning and the future of education.
In the 1950s and '60s, the US and the Soviet Union had an intense rivalry. They both wanted to be the first to explore space. Which country will be the next to put a man on the moon? Students discuss and give their opinions,
Students learn about and discuss climate change. They review the quantifiers many and much and survey their classmates on what can be done to prevent further climate change.
Some animal rights groups think captivity is cruel and unnecessary. Others think zoos are educational. How did we learn so much about the T. rex without observing it in person? Students discuss.
Length: 60-minutes /Module
Price: $30 /Module
Total: $330
Price: $30 /Module
Total: $330