This trial lesson is not just a “get to know you” chat. It’s a guided introduction to your English journey with me and The Immersion Studio. In 30 minutes, we’ll:

     - Explore your goals, background, and experiences with English.

     - Identify your strengths and the obstacles keeping you from feeling fluent.

     - Experience a short sample activity so you can see how I teach and how The Fluent Framework works in practice.

     - Finish with a personalized Fluency Road Map — a plan with recommended lesson tracks, focus areas, and next steps.

You’ll leave this session with clarity about your English, a fresh sense of direction, and practical takeaways you can use right away.

Why book a trial?

Many students waste time bouncing between teachers, unsure if they’re actually making progress. My trial is designed to be different — it’s not about testing me, it’s about discovering whether this approach resonates with you. Even if you decide not to continue, you’ll still walk away with a clearer understanding of your English journey.

This isn't a grammar course. It's a rewiring.

Most English learners are stuck in a loop: listen in English, translate to your native language, formulate a response, translate it back, hope it comes out right. It's exhausting. It's slow. And it keeps you one step removed from fluency.

This course breaks that cycle.

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What You'll Learn

You'll develop direct English comprehension — the ability to understand, process, and respond in English without mental translation. We'll build this skill through immersion strategies, pattern recognition, and input tailored to your actual interests (not textbook dialogues about the weather).

By the end of this course, you'll have:

A personalized immersion system that fits your real life
Strategies for training your brain to "think" in English
Confidence in listening and reading fluency
The tools to speak and write from an internal English voice — not a translated one

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The arc: Understand translation as habit → Build your input foundation → Train pattern recognition → Develop listening & reading fluency → Speak from your internal voice → Design a sustainable immersion lifestyle

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What Makes This Different

Most courses teach about English. This one teaches you to experience it. You won't memorize conjugation charts or drill grammar exercises. Instead, you'll immerse yourself in real English — the kind that matters to you — and train your brain to process it directly.

Lessons are tailored to your needs and pace. There's no fixed curriculum — just a framework we'll adapt as you progress.

Ready to stop translating and start thinking in English?

How To Think In English: Stop Translating, Start Processing | Build Direct Comprehension Through Immersion & Pattern Recognition

Grammar isn't a prison. It's a palette.

Most English learners know the rules — past perfect, conditionals, modal verbs — but freeze when it's time to actually speak. You've memorized charts. You've done the drills. But in real conversation, it all falls apart.

Here's why: traditional grammar teaching treats language like math. It gives you formulas without context, rules without meaning. And that's not how native speakers use grammar at all.

This course changes that.

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What You'll Learn

You'll learn to understand grammar the way native speakers do — through context, culture, and emotional meaning. Instead of memorizing rules, you'll notice patterns. Instead of drilling conjugations, you'll explore how grammar expresses intention, tone, and nuance.

By the end of this course, you'll:

Stop thinking "What's the rule?" and start thinking "What am I trying to express?"
Use tenses intuitively, as tools for emotion and meaning (not just timelines)
Understand modals as social cues, not abstract concepts
Navigate articles, prepositions, and word order with confidence
Speak and write with clarity and intentionality — not just correctness

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The arc: Deconstruct the grammar myth → Recognize your existing grammatical intuition → Learn tenses as emotion, not timeline → Understand modals as social tools → Decode articles, prepositions, word order → Master conditionals and reported speech → Bring it all together: grammar as your voice

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What Makes This Different

This is the grammar course that liberates instead of restricts.

You won't memorize verb charts or complete fill-in-the-blank exercises. Instead, you'll explore how grammar works in real contexts — how native speakers use it to convey tone, intention, and meaning.

Lessons are tailored to your needs and pace. We'll focus on the grammar patterns that matter most to your communication goals.

Ready to stop fearing grammar and start using it as your voice?

Grammar Through Voice: Stop Memorizing Rules, Start Noticing Patterns | Learn Grammar as Meaning, Emotion & Expression — Not Mechanics

You don't have a vocabulary problem. You have a curation problem.

Most English learners are drowning in word lists — 5,000 most common words, business English essentials, IELTS vocabulary banks. You've made flashcards. You've done the drills. But when it's time to actually speak, the words disappear.

Here's why: memorizing decontextualized words doesn't build fluency. Vocabulary sticks when it's tied to meaning, emotion, and personal relevance — not arbitrary frequency lists.

This course changes that.

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What You'll Learn

You'll learn to curate and acquire vocabulary like a native speaker — through context, emotion, and real-life usage. Instead of memorizing lists, you'll build a personal lexicon that reflects your life, interests, and voice.

By the end of this course, you'll:

Stop relying on flashcard apps and start noticing words in meaningful contexts
Anchor vocabulary through emotional memory (so it actually sticks)
Learn collocations and chunks — the way words naturally combine
Build personal vocabulary capsules tailored to your life
Use new vocabulary confidently before it feels "ready"
Decode cultural idioms and expressions with ease
Design a lifelong vocabulary system that doesn't require forced memorization

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What Makes This Different

This isn't a vocabulary course. It's a curation course.

You won't memorize pre-made lists or complete rote exercises. Instead, you'll learn to identify, collect, and internalize vocabulary that actually matters to your life — the words you need to express yourself, not the words someone else decided you should know.

Lessons are tailored to your interests and goals. We'll build your personal lexicon together.

Ready to stop memorizing and start curating?

Vocabulary That Actually Sticks: Stop Memorizing Word Lists, Start Building Your Personal Lexicon | Curate & Retain Vocabulary Through Meaning & Emotion

You don't have a speaking problem. You have a confidence problem.

You understand English. You know the grammar. You have the vocabulary. But when it's time to actually speak — in a meeting, at a party, in a spontaneous conversation — you freeze. Your mind goes blank. You sound stiff, robotic, nothing like yourself.

Here's why: speaking anxiety isn't about language. It's about vulnerability.

Using a second language means showing up as a slightly different version of yourself — and that's uncomfortable. Traditional "speaking practice" ignores this entirely. It treats conversation like a mechanical skill you can drill your way into. But real fluency requires emotional work, not just linguistic work.

This course changes that.

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What You'll Learn

You'll build emotional fluency and spontaneity — the ability to trust yourself in real-time conversation, express your personality (not just correct sentences), and navigate awkward moments with grace.

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What Makes This Different

This isn't speaking practice. It's confidence work.

You won't just repeat dialogues or answer scripted questions. Instead, we'll address the emotional and identity work of speaking a second language — the vulnerability, the self-consciousness, the fear of sounding "wrong."

Lessons are personalized to your speaking goals and anxieties. We'll build strategies that help you trust your voice.

Ready to stop freezing and start speaking like yourself?

Confidence In Conversation: Stop Freezing, Start Speaking | Build Emotional Fluency, Spontaneity & Authentic Self-Expression — Personality Over Perfection

Language isn't just communication. It's self-expression.

You can have basic conversations. You can explain what you do, where you're from, what you like. But when it's time to really share yourself — your experiences, your memories, your identity — something gets lost. You sound flat. Generic. Like a version of yourself you don't recognize.

Here's why: most English learners are taught to communicate functionally, not expressively. 
You learn how to exchange information, but not how to tell your story with emotion, nuance, and authenticity.

This course changes that.

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What You'll Learn

You'll learn to share who you really are in English — not just surface-level facts, but your experiences, your perspective, your voice. You'll develop narrative power, emotional resonance, and the ability to connect deeply (not just communicate functionally).

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What Makes This Different

This is the course that turns language into voice.

You won't just practice past tense conjugations or memorize descriptive adjectives. Instead, you'll tell real stories from your life — and through that process, you'll develop fluency, confidence, and authenticity.

Every story you tell becomes practice. Every memory you share becomes fluency.

Lessons are deeply personal and tailored to your experiences. We'll work with your actual stories, not scripted exercises.

Ready to stop explaining and start expressing?

The Art of Telling Your Story In English: Stop Explaining, Start Expressing | Share Your Life, Identity & Experiences with Authenticity, Emotion & Narrative Power

You're not stuck because you lack knowledge. You're stuck because English isn't part of your life.

You've been studying for years. You understand movies, podcasts, articles. You know grammar. You have vocabulary. But somehow, you're still at the same level you were two years ago. The intermediate plateau feels permanent.

Here's why: you're treating English as a subject to study, not a language to live in. You consume content passively. You rarely speak. English exists in 30-minute study sessions, not in your daily routine. And that's why progress has stalled.

This course changes that.

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What You'll Learn

You'll learn to integrate English into your actual life — not as a task, but as a lifestyle. You'll redesign your daily habits, environment, and routines to make English your default, moving from passive consumption to active engagement.

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What Makes This Different

This isn't about studying harder. It's about living differently.

You won't get another grammar textbook or vocabulary app recommendation. Instead, you'll redesign your environment, habits, and routines to make English a natural part of your day — in the car, at the gym, during meals, before bed.

Lessons are practical and action-oriented. We'll build your personalized immersion lifestyle together.

Ready to break through the plateau and make English your default?

Everyday English Reboot: Break Through the Intermediate Plateau | Stop Studying, Start Living in English — Redesign Your Habits to Make Fluency Your Lifestyle

You speak English fluently. So why does American culture still feel confusing?

You understand the words. You know the grammar. But when Americans say "we should grab coffee sometime," you're not sure if it's a real invitation. When a colleague writes "just circling back on this," you wonder what you missed. When someone says "I'm sorry, but..." you're confused because they don't seem sorry at all.

Here's why: language fluency and cultural fluency are not the same thing.

You can speak perfect English and still miss the subtext, misread social cues, and feel like an outsider. That's because American communication is built on unspoken rules, indirect patterns, and cultural logic that textbooks never teach.

This course changes that.

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What You'll Learn

You'll learn to decode the cultural patterns behind American English — the unspoken rules, communication norms, and social scripts that natives use instinctively. You'll develop cultural fluency, contextual awareness, and the ability to navigate American contexts with confidence.

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What Makes This Different

This is the only course that treats cultural fluency as a skill to develop.

You won't just learn vocabulary or grammar. You'll learn why Americans communicate the way they do — and what it means in context. You'll decode the subtext, navigate the unspoken rules, and communicate with true cultural awareness.

Lessons are tailored to your context and curiosity. We'll explore the cultural patterns most relevant to your life and work.

Ready to stop missing the subtext and start understanding the culture?

Context Clues: Cultural Fluency for American English | Decode Unspoken Rules, Communication Patterns & Cultural Logic — Move Beyond Accuracy to True Belonging

Through this 120 hour TESOL course, I learned the basics of linguistics, strategies that would help me use a student’s primary language to teach them a new language, and how to motivate students who are new to the English language.

As a high school student, I was dual-enrolled in a college, allowing me to earn college credits and complete a college degree by the time I was 18 years old.

For two years, prior to receiving a professional English teaching certificate, I worked as a tutor for students at the local community college who acquired English as a second language.  We focused mainly on academic English - grammar concepts and improving our conversation skills.  I had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of students from different backgrounds, though the majority of my students spoke Spanish as their native language

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For four years, I worked as a private ESL tutor for adults who were moving from other countries to the United States for education and secular work opportunities.  Many of these ones had a basic level of English, so to assist them with the transition to a new country, they were assigned to work with a tutor to improve their skills in basic communication and pronunciation.