Tzipporah Ashley

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Hello students,

My name is T'Zipporah Ashley. I am originally from the United States, but nowadays I work and travel abroad. I have been teaching English as a Second Language to non-native speaking students for over 2 years now. 

My education in the English language began with general kindergarten to high school education (grades K – 12) from 1995 to 2014, according to the American Common Core State Standards for English and Language Arts. I graduated high school from Maple Heights High School in Maple Heights, Ohio with a general high school diploma.

While in my senior year of high school (grade 12), I took the opportunity to attend my school's post secondary enrollment opportunity program or "PSEOP" (coursework accredited towards higher educational institutions). I attended the Advanced Academic Literature and Writing course organized by Cleveland State University. Coursework included an introduction into academic writing, reading, citing, peer reviewing, and more.

Moving onto college, I furthered my English studies under the School of Communications  at Kent State University. I enrolled in the Applied Communications program, which taught various forms of American English communication including, but not limited to, verbal (and non-verbal), international, local, and digital communication. I graduated from Kent State University with a 4-year Bachelor's of Arts degree majoring in Applied Communications (2014 – 2018).

My classes are compiled into three main categories: Standard English, Business English, and Informal (or Slang) English. Each one includes one or more of the following techniques:

• vocabulary building,
• grammatical structuring,
• terminological differentiation (*Business*),
• phrasal and idiomatic usage,
• pronunciation consolidation,
• accent reduction,
• reading recognition,
• listening comprehension,
• standard and academic writing review,
• casual dialectical training (*Informal/Slang*)
• punctuation efficiency,
• and more.

If you have read my entire bio to this point, I thank you for taking the time and consideration to review everything in my profile! I hope to see you soon for our first class together! 👋✅

Recently, I decided to expand my English skill to teach ESL (English as a Second Language) students more exclusively. I attended a 120 hour TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages) certification program from the International Open Academy in Dublin, Ireland to officially teach English to ESL students worldwide (2022).

This certification is ICOES (International Council for Online Educational Standards) licensed and helps to develop skills such as basic linguistics, classroom management, pedagogical techniques, grammar structuring, lexical strengthening, reading/writing comprehension, listening development, and more while teaching students in a physical or online classroom.

Finally, I began to teach ESL students online primarily through two online platforms (Cambly Inc. and Native Camp Inc.) as the official start to my teaching career. I have taught students of all ages ranging from 4 to 65 years old. Curriculum is customized for each individual student either by the student's choice (selected through each platform) or created via my own personalized lesson plans. Most students chose to study for their IELTS or TOFEL examinations. 👨‍🎓📖