• California State University, Northridge/ Master of Arts in Linguistics with a Concentration in TESL

• Teaches NC ESL Levels 2, 4, 5; NC ESL Speech 2

• Area of Interest: Phonology

• Fun Fact: My favorite word in the English language is wanderlust - a longing to travel.

• Master's in TESL and Linguistics from California State University, Northridge 

• Teaches Credit, Noncredit ESL courses, Environmental Science, and English Literature

• Area of Interest: I am interested in literature, history, philosophy, cultural studies, geography, and sciences. 

• Fun Fact: Did you know that humans are the only species known to blush?

• Bachelor of Education, University of Toronto, Bachelor of Arts, York University, TESOL Certification, University of San Diego 

• Teaches NC ESL Levels 0, 1, 2 & 3

• Area of Interest: educational technology and creating information gap activities that are interactive and collaborative.  

• Fun Fact: I’ve been to 14 national parks. 

• Master of Arts in Education Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

• Teaches English as a Second Language non-credit courses

• Area of Interest: I love conversing with people, during work and in my free time!

• Fun Fact: I am from New York.

• Master of Arts Teaching of English as a Second Language, 2014

• Teaches multiple levels of ESL from entry level to level 6

• Area of Interest: 

• Fun Fact: I enjoy teaching English to our students and learning from them too. What a privilege it is to meet and get to know people from all over the world. 

• M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from CSU Northridge
• Teacher many levels in the noncredit program as well as transfer-level writing in the credit program
• Area of interest: advanced academic writing and grammar

• Fun fact: In my free time, I like to program helpful tools and learn about the brain.

• Master's Degree in TESOL

• Teaches Noncredit ESL levels 1 and 2, Speech 2 

• Area of Interest: linguistics, language and culture, and law and policy

• Fun Fact: I enjoy feeding hummingbirds in my backyard and reading books about comparative religion. 

• M.S. in Educational Counseling, National University

• Teaches Levels 1 and 3

• Area of Interest: I’d like to develop strategies to make grammar lessons more accessible and practical for ESL learners

• Fun Fact: I can play piano and have 7 years of music school background

• MA in Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language, CSUN, 2007

• Teaches ​​​​​​all levels of ESL 

• Area of Interest: Role of gamification in language learning 

• Fun Fact: Every year, I set a reading goal of at least 24 books. The only year I didn't reach my goal was the year I watched all the seasons of TWD on Netflix. 

• M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from CSU Northridge
• Usually teaches noncredit Level 1 and intermediate grammar/writing in the credit program
• Area of interest: linguistics, intermediate academic writing and grammar, teaching about the history of Los Angeles
• Fun fact: I have a cat who plays fetch.

• MA in Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language, CSUN, 2020
• Teaches all levels of ESL
• Areas of interest: TOEFL & IELTS, Business English
• Fun Fact: I am fluent in Farsi/Persian, Azari, and Turkish. Also, I am a Simultaneous Medical Interpreter.

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• MA TESOL Azusa Pacific University 

• Teaches ​​​​​​multi-skill ESL levels: 0, 1, 2, 3 & 4 , ESL - Multi-level Writing Skills Course, Voc. Ed - ESL for entrepreneurs with a marketing focus, Voc. Ed - ESL for Home Health Aides, Voc. Ed- Workplace and Job readiness skills, ESL Conversation levels 1 & 2, Pronunciation Levels 1 & 2

• Area of Interest: My focus as an ESL instructor is to teach students the skills to connect with the people and communities around them and obtain their career and family goals related to English. 

• Fun Fact: I love to scuba dive and garden, and I am currently learning to ski. 

• MA in English with ESL Cert. from CSUN

• Teaches ​​​​​​Reading/Writing

• Area of Interest: I write poetry and enjoy reading international poets for sharing cultural differences while expressing universal truths

• Fun Fact: Let's thank the Normans for invading England and providing the great vowel shift and all those silent e's, so that we now say "Wife" instead of "Wif."

• M.F.A, English/Writing, Mills College at Northeastern University.

• Teaches ​​​​​​ESL NC (All levels) ESLCVCS NC (All Levels) ESL NC Speech (1&2) 

• Area of Interest: My current area of interest is adapting online and technological resources for use in face-to-face classrooms.

• Fun Fact: As an undergraduate majoring in English Literature, I studied Mandarin at Tsinghua University in the People’s Republic of China.

• Master's in Teaching English as a Second Language/Linguistics/ California State University, Northridge

• Teaches ​​​​​​NC ESL levels 0,1,2,3, 4, speech 1

• Area of Interest: I am a lover of languages and cultures around the world. 

• Fun Fact: I am fluent in English, Spanish, and Hebrew.

• M.A. in TESL/Applied Linguistics; UCLA

• Teaches upper-level Grammar, Reading/Writing, and Speech:​​​​​​ ESL NC 015, 016, 018, 23, 24

• Area of Interest: Language acquisition

• Department role: Giver of hugs

• Fun Fact: I like creating connections between students through projects requiring their creativity.

• University of Southern California, MAT-TESOL  

• Teaches ​​​​​​Beginning Conversation, Speech 2, Levels 1, 2, 3 & 6  

• Area of Interest: Building community through language and personal experience 

• Fun Fact: I enjoy traveling and learning about other cultures. 

• MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), SOKA University of America

• Teaches ​​​​​​various levels of ESL in California and overseas

• Area of Interest: I have a passion for helping students acquire English language proficiency, both in-person and online, including communication effectiveness, cultural adaptation, and social sensitivity to diversity.

• Fun Fact: I love to dance and in the past performed with various groups in a variety of genres!

• California State University Northridge ​​​​​, Bachelor of Science – Business Law California State University Northridge ​​​​, Master of Arts – Teaching English as a Second Language
• Committed to fostering language proficiency and cultural understanding across diverse communities, with a passion for empowering students from various ethnicities and backgrounds to achieve their language learning goals.
• Published Work Available on Amazon

Most Common Academic Idioms in Spoken English: With Armenian Translation

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Yerevan State University Linguistic Journal, Significance of Pragmatics within SLA Instruction

Armenian Folia Anglistika

• I enjoy learning new languages and meeting people from different cultures.

  ​​​​​​I love good food and spending    time with family and friends.