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Susan Ryan, MA (ESL)

American English expert Susan RyanSusan has been fascinated with American English pronunciation, accent training and online learning since 1993. While teaching at an elementary school in California, she discovered that she could not communicate with the immigrant parents of her students because of their foreign accents and speaking skills. This prompted her to start working with adult non-native English speakers, and to begin learning to effectively teach American English pronunciation. Since then, she has successfully taught hundreds of foreign adults and non-native English speakers from all over the world. Her passions are working with motivated learners, and combining education and technology to bring online American English courses to students all over the globe.

Susan holds a Masters degree in Adult ESL (English as a Second Language) from Hamline University in Minnesota, a teaching degree from San Francisco State University, and a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Minnesota. She is an English pronunciation and technology instructor at Carlos Rosario International Charter School (Washington DC) and Montgomery College (Silver Spring, Maryland). Susan is also an active member of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) and sits on the Executive Board of WATESOL, its Washington DC chapter.

 

 

CK Wong, Ph.D.

Confident Voice cofounder CK WongCK came to the USA in 1986. Like many of Confident Voice's students, she struggled with being understood when she arrived in America because of her foreign accent. This was compounded by the fact that she was working professionally as a software trainer, and had to present and speak in public on a daily basis. Realizing that she had to improve her communication skills very quickly, she found a coach and began working on American English pronunciation and American accent training. As her communication skills improved, her professional opportunities and successes were also greatly enhanced.

Since those early days, CK has not only attained a doctoral degree and won awards for her academic conference presentations, but she has also successfully launched several business ventures. Her mission is to help others achieve greater success by enabling anyone, anywhere to learn American English through online learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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