Who: Teaching English since 1996; TESL certificate; Russian Studies (Bryn Mawr, Middlebury); author of Pearson’s Vocabulary Power; long-running YouTube channel.
What: Teacher-to-teacher blog: pronunciation, grammar (401 posts), methodology, speaking, interviews.
Stance: Experience-based, adult private-student orientation.
Processed notes
- Linguistic self-love - value learners’ home varieties
- Scaffold a difficult sound from a neighbour sound - zh from sh
Next to process
- Grammar and Methodology categories
- “Pronunciation inspired by a powerful court drama” (2026): film-scene dialogues for B2–C1 reading aloud