COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
EACH COURSE INCLUDES ALL MATERIALS
Who this course is for:
Non-native English speakers who want to improve their spoken English so they are much easier to understand.
Course Curriculum:
This course focuses on the most noticeable aspects of spoken English: the “music” of oral English, which includes native stress & intonation, pausing, stress for emphasis or for politely correcting others, and much more. When speakers make changes in these areas, their English is much clearer and easier to understand.
This course also works on individual sounds (consonants and vowels) that interfere with speakers’ communication. Clients acquire much greater confidence when they’ve conquered these small but frustrating speaking obstacles.
Course schedules:
Private Consulting (1-2 students): 1.5 hrs per session, 2 days per week, for 7 weeks. Days or evenings. Option to add 2 weeks.
Classes (maximum 10 students): 2.5 hrs per session, 2 days per week, for 8 weeks. Fri nights & Sat mornings OR weekdays (days or evenings). On-site or at Dr. E’s Bellevue office.
At the end of this course:
Participants will have had their trouble spots identified, have practiced extensively with corrective exercises, and have strategies to continue improving.
Consistent attendance is essential!
Location: On-site or at Dr. E’s Bellevue office.
Who this course is for:
U.S. residents or citizens originally from other countries who are sometimes uncertain about or confused by American behavior in the workplace.
Course schedules vary:
Overview workshop: half day (3.5 hours)
More intensive workshop: full day (6 hours)
At the end of this course:
Participants will better understand cultural differences in their American workplace. They will have analyzed problem areas and role-played various situations, while practicing resolving possible conflicts. Before the course, participants will have anonymously provided specific trouble areas to the instructor.
Who this course is for:
Native-born Americans who are sometimes uncertain about or confused by the behavior of their co-workers who come from various countries.
Course schedules vary:
Overview workshop: half day (3.5 hours)
More intensive workshop: full day (6 hours)
At the end of this course:
Participants will better understand the cultural differences of the foreign-born co-workers in their workplace. Participants will have analyzed problem areas and role-played various situations, while practicing resolving possible conflicts. Before the course, participants will have anonymously provided specific trouble areas to the instructor.
Who this course is for:
U.S. residents or citizens originally from other countries who are sometimes uncertain about or confused by American behavior in general.
Course schedules vary:
Overview workshop: half day (3.5 hours)
More intensive workshop: full day (6 hours)
At the end of this course:
Participants will better understand cultural differences in everyday American life. They will have discussed problem areas that they have encountered, and they will have role-played various situations. Participants will also practice resolving possible (basic) conflicts due to cultural miscommunication. Before the course, participants will anonymously provide specific trouble areas to the instructor.
Who this course is for:
U.S. residents or citizens originally from other countries who would like to know more about how to have informal conversations with Americans who were born here.
Course length:
Half day (3 hours)
At the end of this course:
Participants will better understand the cultural aspects of informal conversations with native-born Americans. Participants will have learned and role-played simple ways to start a conversation in various situations, and what topics are acceptable and which they should avoid. Participants will have practiced giving invitations, congratulations, and condolences. They will also have practiced how to decline giving information that they don’t want to provide, and how to end a conversation politely.
Who this course is for:
Both non-native and native-English speakers who want to enhance their professional writing skills so that it is much clearer to the readers.
Course length:
One day, 5 hours (2.5 hours before and after lunch)
At the end of this course:
Participants will have learned to write more clearly and more effectively in their workplace. Participants will have completed exercises that reinforce how to simplify writing. The participants will feel more confident in communicating their ideas in writing in their workplace. They will also have analyzed and fixed common trouble spots.
Who this course is for:
Both non-native and native-English speakers who want to enhance their professional writing skills so that its grammar, punctuation, spelling and organization components are correct.
Course length:
Half day (3 hours)
At the end of this course:
Participants will have reviewed, analyzed and practiced correcting a wide variety of common writing mistakes (including [but ot limited to] grammar, punctuation, spelling and capitalization). Before the course, participants will anonymously provide the instructor with specific trouble spots in their writing.
Who this course is for:
Both non-native and native-English speakers who want to develop or enhance their professional presentation skills.
Course schedules vary:
Overview workshop: half day (3.5 hours)
More intensive workshop: full day (6 hours)
At the end of this course:
Participants will have reviewed, analyzed and practiced correcting a wide variety of common writing mistakes (including [but ot limited to] grammar, punctuation, spelling and capitalization). Before the course, participants will anonymously provide the instructor with specific trouble spots in their writing.
Who this course is for:
Both non-native and native-English speakers who want to learn how to provide effective training of their own specific skills to co-workers in the same area of work.
Course length:
1.5 hours
At the end of this course:
Participants will have learned effective ways to train a co-worker in specific skills in their shared field of work. This includes the various components of how to plan training sessions, as well as seeking, using and evaluating feedback at each training session to ensure effective learning on the co-workers part.
Who this course is for:
Both non-native and native-English speaking students who want guidance in writing their college applications.
Course Advising & Editing Goals:
It’s time to write your college application. Are you staring at the computer and wondering how to make yourself stand out from all the other applicants?
I can help you write dynamic letters and essays that showcase your strengths and place you at the top of the Admissions’ acceptance list.
My specialty is helping both native-English speakers and ESL students apply to colleges and universities. I can assist you with:
- Letters of Intent
- Goal Letters
- Personal Statements
- Letters to Future Roommates.
I have helped students get accepted to Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, the University of Washington, Washington State, Oxford, and Saudi Arabia’s University of Science and Technology.
Following the university’s guidelines, I edit and clarify your writing so that it reveals and enhances your own unique talents, character and personality. I can work with you in person or by phone.
Applying to college can be a daunting task, but it’s also an exciting time for you, and I would love to help you be successful!
Session length:
Varies according to needs. Initial session: 2-hour minimum.
At the end of this course:
Participants will have learned more effective ways to write their college application documents, which should be completed and ready to submit at the end of these sessions. (Dr. E has guided students’ successful applications to Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, the University of Washington, Washington State University, KAUST (Saudi Arabia), Sultan Qaboos University (Oman), among others.)
Who this course is for:
Both non-native and native-English speakers who want to submit a more effectively written journal article or article for their workplace.
Successful Publications:
I have edited professional journal articles that have been published in electrical engineering, cardiology, aerospace, and business journals.
Session length:
Varies according to needs.
At the end of this course:
Participants will have had their professional writing reviewed and corrected, and/or learned more effective ways to present their ideas in a document for publication in a professional journal.