Laurel Beversdorf
I have been in this country for almost 5 years. Sometimes I really regret that I didn”t spend enough time on learning English when I was young. I am not saying that I have troubles communicating with friends or colleagues, but it’’s just not good enough. So, I looked up every possible way to improve my English skills. I bought self-learning materials and books, and looked for different English tutors.
I have been started taken English class with Laurel Beversdorf since last November. Originally she taught Adriel, my colleague, then Adriel introduced her to me. Laurel works very hard. She prepares tons of material, pushes students to their limits, and always tries her best to help her students out. If anyone wants to learn English in New York City, she is the best choice. She not only teaches English, but also yoga classes. You can contact her through her website.
Basically, I take writing, pronunciation, and speaking class with her. If I write some posts on my Blog, she prints them out, and goes through every sentence with me. She cares about the big picture of the article more than the details. She makes certain what I am trying to express first, then comes to grammar details later on. Sometime an article will go through several reviews.
For speaking classes, she has tons of materials for students to learn from, and she prepares those materials very professionally. Recently, I was learning phrasal verbs with her. This is very helpful for ESL students. Phrasal verbs like, brush someone off, blow up, and answer to are heard often in daily conversation. But I was not 100% clear about what they meant before. She organized these phrasal verbs and made me practice them repeatedly, until I wouldn”t forget them anymore.
Finally, the most difficult class for me is pronunciation. She is a very, very hard teacher on this. I almost felt exhausted every time I took pronunciation class. During the class, she will demo the correct way to pronounce the word with her mouth, use very effective ways to make student’’s mouth produce the right sound. For example, she asked me to pull my tongue out with my fingers while speaking. In this way I can lossen my tongue to pronounce ”L” better.
I really thank her for the time she spends with me. I feel I have improved on every aspect for the past three months. One of my new year’’s resolutions this year is to perfect my English language skills. With Laurel Beversdorf, I am very confident that I will reach my goal. Here’s Laurel Beversdorf - the best English teacher in town.