IELTS Prep Mississauga

So many of my students have been in exactly this position. They deal with the challenges of moving to a new country, finding their way around new food, new currency and banking, new customs, and a new language environment. They deal with the heartbreak of needing to be away from family and cherished neighbourhood friends. On top of this, they need to balance work and study...and somehow find time to prepare for industry and language tests.

I have always been very keenly aware of the impact that these struggles have on students, and that's why I'm always there to help however I can. Your teacher should be your extended family, ensuring that you feel supported and understood. Teaching is, above all, a human pursuit.

Watch a daughter's heartwarming reaction when her father pays her a surprise visit to a foreign country! #heartwarming #fatherdaughter #Indian #Canada #viralvideo

Accents are beautiful indeed. Did you know that accents have almost no bearing on your IELTS score?

My parents have a strong Chinese accent when they speak English. Over the years, I watched strangers mock and mimic their accents, over-enunciate words in condescending tones and laugh adding in “ni hao” and “konnichiwa” in between their sentences. My parents would nervously laugh and repeatedly apologise saying “sorry, sorry, my English isn’t good, sorry, my daughter will speak for me instead”. As a result, I was always pushed to be the interpreter for the family. But I always wanted to fight back. Maybe it’s because I’m the eldest or maybe it’s because I’m fiercely protective over my loved ones - but witnessing this always made me see fire. How dare they make my parents feel inferior? “THEY CAN SPEAK THREE CHNESE DIALECTS FLUENTLY ALONE” I’d want to shout. But my parents would sense this and tell me to duck my head, to not make a scene and to be quiet. “We should be grateful we’re even allowed to live in this country” they’d say. “Never cause trouble, just work hard and try to ignore it. Don’t draw attention to yourself.” But who gets to decide how and what they should sound like? And how can we make sure linguistic diversity is celebrated more? How do we tackle accent discrimination in society and the workplace? 

Despite the incredible range of linguistic diversity in Britain alone with world varieties of English all across the globe, accent discrimination unfortunately happens and whether intentionally or not - can seep into conscious or unconscious bias with non-native speakers sadly being the target for judgement and prejudice. I’m mindful, more than ever, of how our accents contribute towards our identity. I’ve never been embarrassed about my parents’ accent and I never will. I will never stop celebrating its diversity. Accents are beautiful. Accents represent our rich culture and heritage. Accents represent who we are and we all have one so let’s be damn proud of it. #england #cantonese #chinese #british #identity #englishaccent #britishbornchinese #britishenglish #asianamerican #aapi #growingupasian #growingupbritish #asian #subtleasiantraits #asianparents #asianpride #englishheritage #chineseculture #eseajoy #englishculture #britishenglish

Cute :)

Big “do as I say, not as I do” energy.

If you're on this page, it's either because you're looking for support on your IELTS journey, or you just happen to like the admin team :D

Either way, you can help!

I'll be starting up a small conversation group in the next few weeks. We're going to meet virtually (online) once per week, and it's going to be 100% FREE.

The group will be most appropriate for those who have a band-score of five (5) or more in speaking.
If you haven't taken the test yet, that's ok! If you're able to have a very basic conversation, that's just fine.

This is a chance for you to ask any and all questions that you have about English, about IELTS, and about improving your language-learning skills.
It will also be an opportunity to practice some target expressions so that you're comfortable using them in the test and in your day-to-day life.

Here's where you come in!

We've got a few people ready to go, but I would like to group to reach ten participants before we start.

If you would like to join us, send me a message. If you know someone who would benefit from the group, let them know! If you have any questions about the group, you're welcome to contact me as well.

Looking forward to chatting with everyone!

"Fun" being the operative word.

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This is marvellous. Punctuation matters!

Punctuation matters.

An interesting tidbit!

Lady Gaga in Old English https://bit.ly/3cQ7IGx