Meet us

Susan Ryan, MA (ESL) - Chief Instructor

Susan 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 adult professionals 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 American English pronunciation specialist at Carlos Rosario International Charter School (Washington DC), Montgomery College (Silver Spring, Maryland), and the Program for International Educators at Prince Georges County Public Schools. Susan is also an active member and presenter at TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) and sits on the Executive Board of WATESOL, its Washington DC chapter.