B.S. - Management
University of Maryland, US
Advanced Conversations
Category:
language learning
About
Advanced conversation on current topics for C1/C2 level students. Challenge your thinking and vocabulary. Practice formatting and presenting your ideas verbally (speaking).
Materials & Method
Students will learn how to develop a topic and present their ideas verbally. Conversations will center around current topics of international interest.
We use an interactive whiteboard, reading and listening segments, and instructor-led conversations.
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
In this lesson, advanced students learn about why some police departments are adding body cams to their uniforms. Students also practice conversation, discussion, and agreeing and disagreeing.
In this lesson, students learn about the controversial sport of trophy hunting. They discuss the difference between hunting for food and hunting for thrills. They also practice using causative verbs.
Students learn about the concept of universal basic income and discuss the modern definition of “work” and the future of automation.
Students learn about the controversial technique known as fracking. The lesson includes vocabulary review exercises, comprehension questions, and discussion questions.
Students learn about solitary confinement and how US prisons justify this form of punishment. They also discuss whether isolation is torture or a necessary evil in a prison environment.
Students learn about and discuss UFOs and aliens. This lesson includes a review of irregular plural nouns.
Even sushi chefs agree that it's only a matter of time until seafood will no longer be on the menu. How can the average seafood lover help prevent the mass extinction of marine life? Students discuss this important environmental issue and learn common seafood idioms.
Students learn about remittances. They discuss how sending money home affects recipients, receiving nations, and migrants. This lesson also includes a review of writing percentages and a research task about host nations.
Length: 60-minutes /Module
Price: $30 /Module
Total: $240
Price: $30 /Module
Total: $240