Our team
Our team of professional English teachers and trainers brings years of experience, global expertise, and a passion for learner success. With a commitment to practical, personalized instruction and training, we empower students and educators to communicate and teach confidently and fluently in any setting.
Linda Wesley, Linda Wesley, MA, has more than 35 years of experience in language education as a K–12, adult education, junior college, university, and independent online teacher. She currently provides individual and small/large group online instruction to students around the world. Additionally, she has developed and delivered on-site and/or virtual training/consulting for teachers and students in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Syria, Tajikistan, and Uruguay. While working in university programs, Linda helped them receive and maintain accreditation from The Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) and also became a CEA-certified site visitor.
Janine Sepulveda, Senior Teaching Professor, is an English-language teacher and teacher trainer at the University of Oregon, with experience and specialties in academic writing, reading, grammar, pronunciation, and cross-cultural communication. She has taught English in South Korea, Mexico, and the Netherlands and has served as an English Language Specialist for the U.S. State Department in Mexico, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and Vietnam. Janine is an experienced online teacher trainer and trainer of trainers, having worked with teachers and teacher trainers from over 100 countries. Her publications include co-authoring Shaping the Way We Teach English: From Observation to Action (2013) and multiple teacher-training videos.
Laura G Holland, Senior Teaching Professor, Emerita, is an English language teacher and teacher trainer, with experience and specialties in listening, speaking, discussion skills, creative writing for learning and expressive purposes, and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for corporate business managers. She is retired from the University of Oregon where she taught English language and teacher education and was Faculty Mentor and Teaching Assistant Supervisor for the American English Institute and the Language Teaching Studies Program in the Department of Linguistics. She is currently the external reviewer and educational consultant for several binational centers in Peru and continues to work freelance teaching English language and providing in-person and online training around the globe. Her publications include co-authoring Shaping the Way We Teach English: From Observation to Action (2013), recent chapters in both hard copy and eBooks, and an article in TESOL Connections.
Char Heitman has been an ESL/EFL teacher and teacher trainer for 37 years. Her longest tenure was at the University of Oregon where her faculty appointments included courses in intensive English language, international graduate teaching assistants (ITA), matriculated international student, international online, and ESP legal English. Her professional interests include speaking and oral proficiency, pronunciation, cross-cultural communication, materials development, online course design and development, evidence-based and best practices in ELT, applied learning theory, ITA training and mentoring, student-centered learning, autonomous learning, task-based instruction, and teacher training. Char has done teacher training in Japan, Mexico, Cuba, Korea and has done online workshops and trainings with teachers in dozens of countries across the globe. She is passionate about language learning and teaching, the science of learning, and incorporating evidence-based practices.
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