Language Skills
Learning English can be tailored to exactly what you need.
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Writing for Specific Purposes
Skills for US Boarding School success (reading and writing)
General English (guided conversation, building language skills)
Advanced English (grammar, vocabulary development, listening, speaking, accuracy)
American Accent Training
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Usually learning activities in this sphere involve exploring the writing process through outlining, brainstorming; preparing for the types of skills you’l need to succeed in school through practice; listening to podcasts or other media to analyze language; building vocabulary banks; or adding different accents to the ones you might already have. ​
"I learnt so much from Prof Tanja, thanks to her unique style of teaching ... All her classes were extremely helpful and useful. In addition to her kindness and the friendly behavior, Prof Tanja is someone who truly knows what she teaches and she knows very well how to make others lean and love the subject. I struggled a lot with my writing at the beginning, but because of her patience and help, I made noticeable progress in writing as well as in reading" - Hala
"Prof Tanja has an unflinching desire to push her students to become better communicators, better job seekers, and better human beings above all. That was my impression when she taught me oral communications at Georgetown University in 2018. We had many fruitful one on one discussions about communications and finding jobs, but what I remember most was that one session when she illustrated how the English tenses work. Many non-native English users struggle with tenses, especially while speaking. Despite having been a fluent English speaker for most of my adult life, I still make tense mistakes in my speaking. Tanja seized on that tell-tale sign and sought to make me sound like a true native English speaker. Realizing that I’m a visual learner, she drew a diagram to explain the sequence of these tenses that I had never seen in all my years learning English. This is only one small example of her approach that is straight-forward, no-nonsense, but tailored to every student. - Wei
"Tanja is one of the most caring and professional instructors I have ever had the pleasure to work with. She is attentive and highly efficient when identifying patterns in her students’ writing and speech. Her guidance has allowed me to apply the same skills to identify and fix my own errors more easily, a skill that has helped me grow both professionally and as a person." - Javad