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03/03/2025

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟

We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 initiative! 🇸🇦✨ This collaboration marks a significant step forward in our shared commitment to innovation, sustainable development, and economic growth. Together, we will help shape a brighter future by supporting Vision 2030’s ambitious goals, driving transformative change, and contributing to the Kingdom's dynamic growth.

Stay tuned for more updates as we embark on this exciting journey! 🌍🚀

10/09/2024

Hello Students,

How are you? Please let me know in the comments. You know I actually care.

Our Kahoot will focus on time phrases in English using "ago", "for", and "since". I created a YouTube lesson to help you learn, study, and prepare.

Tell me if you cannot see the video.

Stay safe everyone! I'll see you tomorrow on Kahoot. 😉

Learn English with me!English language learners confuse the words "ago", "for", and "since". This video quickly teaches when and how to use "ago", "for", and...

10/06/2024

Students,

I have been crying 😭for 3 days.

It's not because of the material, birthday gifts you gave, although I LOVE your thoughtful gifts.

It's the constant demonstrations of authentic love and appreciation you gift me. 🥰💓

You "gave me my flowers"💐 even literally! 😭

I don't have to wonder if I am the right teacher for you because you show me that I am.

I don't have to criticize my teaching method, the way I love & care for you and your wellbeing, or the family treatment I give you because you show me that it's all good.

Thank you for every moment you created with me in our classroom!
Thank you for loving and appreciating me! Thank you for celebrating my birthday!

ALL of you live in my heart. I will continue to serve as your English Teacher!

I have you next to me in my office along with my family. 🩷🩷🩷

10/02/2024

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new website! 🎉✨

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Stay tuned for exclusive content for teachers & ELLs, free events & meet ups, and more!

09/29/2024

🌟 Hey everyone! 🌟
We wanted to take a moment to bring you up to speed on why things have been a bit quiet around here lately. Life got a little hectic, and we’ve been busy behind the scenes working on some exciting projects! 🛠️✨
We’re committed to bringing you the best content and updates, and we can’t wait to share what we’ve been up to. Thank you for your patience and support during this time! 💖
Stay tuned—great things are coming your way soon! 🙌

04/30/2024

Mobile phones have caused great disruption in the classroom for both young and adult learners.

Educators are still trying to find solutions to minimize cellphone exposure during instruction.

I just tell my students to take good pics of me to share with their single uncles. 😜

04/26/2024

I overheard a student ask their peer "do you need a rubber", and admittedly, I was taken aback 🫢 by his blazoned audacity to ask such an inappropriate question.

💡I found his question inappropriate because in American English, "do you need a rubber" means "do you need a condom"

He pulled out an eraser and handed it to his classmate. 🤨

Pointing👉 at the eraser , I asked him "what do you call this". When he replied "rubber", I began to connect the pieces.

💡This is why it is crucial to go beyond learning/teaching vocabulary and grammar and really dive into the cultural aspects of English. American English terms and expressions hold different meanings from British English which hold different meanings in Aussie or Australian English. 💯

Follow for more linguistic insights that will clear up confusion and spare you from creating embarrassing moments. College Preparatory and ESL Professional Tutoring Services

04/17/2024

It doesn't matter if English is not ❌your first language or if it is the only language you know. Learning how to have difficult conversations personally & professionally is strong need that spans cultures and abilities. 💯

I wish this topic was commonly addressed in Business English textbooks and courses, but the sad truth is that the large majority of textbook publishers typically neglect the underlying needs of English language learners.

That's why College Preparatory and ESL Professional Tutoring Services exists. 😉 We ACTUALLY satisfy the linguistic, cultural, academic, and professional needs of our learners. We do this by selecting real-world situations and subject matter that are significant to today's English language learners.

💎Here is a snippet of the activities our English club participants
enjoyed:
✅Brainstorming personal and professional situations where
having conversations within these situations are difficult
✅ Matching colloquial expressions centered on how to have
difficult conversations professionally and personally
✅ Creating and practicing real-world scripts they can
implement instantaneously outside of the classroom (they
see the results and are eager to share in the next scheduled
session)

How do you meet your learners' needs? Share in the comments ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

04/14/2024

I don't know who needs to see this, but it's baby hair not baby hairs. 🫢🤯

💡Hair is not a countable noun. It is nearly impossible to count each strand of hair. In the event that the strands are counted, the hair still would not be counted. It would be the hair strands that would be counted. Therefore, adding an 's to hair is an erroneous move to make.

💡Hair is a measurable noun. This means that measuring units, such as inches, would be used to express hair length. Additionally, adjectives, words that describe or modify nouns, could be used to provide more details about hair (long, short, medium-length, voluminous, etc.).

Like and follow for more tips on and insights into using English properly. 😉

04/07/2024

Why are you negotiating parts of yourself to people who have no ownership of your life? 🤔🤔

My ELL's (English Language Learners) in one of the English Clubs I facilitate discussed this.

Here's how it started:

🌟 I played a snipplet of 's interview. It was a TikTok vid which is perfect for learners to expand their world by connecting with content creators and fellow onlookers who comment on the post. This supports their continuing practice/study outside the classroom. 💡https://www.tiktok.com//video/7338574091122707754?_r=1&_t=8lKWSa75bJe ⬅️⬅️⬅️This is the link to the TikTiok I mentioned.

🌟 I placed all participants in individual breakout rooms to complete the Who Are You? worksheet⬇️⬇️⬇️ after I explained the instructions and answered all questions. (5-7 minutes)
🌟Next, I placed participants in small group breakout rooms to discuss the video clip and to share their written responses. This particular population LOVES to converse, so I give them additional time (15-17 minutes) to exchange and share. Typically though, I assign 10-12 minutes for small group, speaking activities.
🌟Then, I transition to the next worksheet, I'm Not Gonna Negotiate!, by going over the instructions and answering my students' questions before giving them 7-10 minutes to complete the worksheet.
🌟Participants enter new, small group breakout rooms to discuss what they used to negotiate and will no longer continue to negotiate. This is where they practice the follow:
✨initiating conversation
✨interrupting to contribute to a point made before the topic
changes
✨asking for clarity or elaboration

Not only are learners in my English Club learning common English language skills, but they are also using English in real ways that improves their natural speaking ability and decreases the possibility of them sounding robotic. Oh yea, they also get to learn about prominent American figures such as Dr. Brene Brown, so there's the cultural aspect that gets explored too!

Give these activities a try, whether online or in-person, and share in the comments how they work for your learners! 😉

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04/01/2024

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