Janet is an outstanding teacher with extensive experience in coaching non-native speakers who want to improve their language skills. She is quick to identify and understand your challenges during the trial class and designs personalized modules that cater to your specific needs. Janet is patient when correcting repetitive mistakes and provides constructive, consistent feedback. She is also flexible with scheduling, making it easier for you to find time for lessons. Beyond language skills, Janet is someone you'll enjoy getting to know. She is friendly, approachable, and genuinely interested in your life story. As a kind, honest, and easy-going person, she creates a comfortable learning environment. Throughout my time learning with Janet, I've gained a much better understanding of native speaker intonation and effective communication. My pronunciation has significantly improved after just a few months of coaching. I now comprehend the reasons behind my accents and am actively working to avoid reverting to my old habits, ensuring I deliver my messages more clearly. You will achieve remarkable results and gain a friend and mentor through her class! read more

This review is from my wife Aleksandra U. I took 10 week (1.5 hr/wk) course costing her $2100. My goal was to learn sentence formation and grammar however the course was focused on accent reduction. I believe it was just mismatch in expectation and think if accent reduction is what you are looking for, you cannot go wrong. However, for basic communication- i suggest you find another coach. read more

I highly recommend Janet to any non-native speakers who would like to improve their American English pronunciation and delivery, and speak with confidence. I had worked with Janet for two and half years. Her sessions are highly customized to the client's needs and interest. I've learned a lot from Janet. I'm happy to say I can now speak English much more fluently and native-like. I will surely keep improving my spoken English by applying the techniques I learned from Janet, such as linking, reduction, inflection. Janet is very knowledgeable and has a keen curiosity and continual desire to expand the breadth of her knowledge. We read articles on history, culture, science, etc. Our conversations were always interesting and inspiring. I look forward to working with her again in the future. read more

I recommend Janet to any non-native speaker who wants to improve their writing skills and delivery. The sessions are well-structured and customized to the individual. She was able to identify some basic issues with my English delivery and systematically worked on fixing the issues. I was surprised at how much improvement one session a week can make. I'm looking forward to working with her again. read more

I had worked with Janet for 2 years and extended my training multiple times. My words just can't express my gratitude to her. She is a highly experienced teacher with tons of knowledge in many areas. She is also compassionate and has a broad understanding of culture differences. We worked on many subjects including English pronunciation, grammar, business communication, and writing. She is always friendly and supportive. Whenever I brought up questions, she always shared her thoughts with me at her best. The open-minded and supportive environment she created helped me tremendously over the past years. More importantly, under her guidance, I developed a strong interest in English literature, an area I had never thought that I would deeply dive into in the past. We went over my essays line by line and sentence by sentence. We discussed the nuances of words in different situations. We polished the structure of my essays together. Her feedback has always provided invaluable insights for me. Oftentimes, I just can't believe that my English has improved to this level. Nowadays, I often get compliments from other people saying how good my English is. I highly recommend anyone who is interested in learning English and communication to work with Janet. You can't go wrong with this. read more

I highly recommend Janet for ESL students who wants to improve their spoken English communication.I took a course of 10-week lessons. She is very friendly and caring person. For her, student comes first. She understood my weaknesses and my requirements.She taught the lessons accordingly. After 10 weeks course, I felt I learnt a lot in these classes and felt more confident in myself and my communication skills. She always gives importance to our questions and explains in detail. read more

I highly recommend Janet to anyone who wants to improve on English speaking and writing skills. She has a very systematic way to help non-native speakers to reduce accent and improve on speech delivery. She is also one of the warmest and friendliest people I have met. I could always learn so much during our session. To anyone who is reading this now, just go ahead and schedule a free consultation session with her and you won't get disappointed! read more

I had been working with Janet on accent and business language training for about a half year. Janet has a systematic approach for pronunciation and is experienced with mandarin-native speakers. She was able to diagnose my pronunciation issues and helped me overcome some of them that had been troubled me for a long time. Her systematic approach provides good principles that I can always refer back to make sure I am still on track. After practicing with Janet, I got feedback from people I worked with that I sounds more confident and nature now! As a non-native speaker pursuing a business career in English environment, taking Janet's class has been a great investment. read more

I took a four month accent reduction classes with Janet and just recently finished the sessions. I would highly recommend Janet to anyone who are thinking to improve their English pronunciation and delivery. I learnt many expressions and idioms that I was not aware of. Last but not least, Janet also provided awesome essay editing service. I was in a hurry to write couple essays and booked face-to-face sessions with Janet on very short notice. She was able to walk through my essays sentence by sentence and offered so many valuable feedback. The end result is beyond my highest expectation and I'd love to work with her in future. read more

Highly recommend taking 1-1 class with Janet as my English dramatically improves over the time. I encountered several obstacle in my work place that I cannot express myself very well, therefore I lost some good opportunity to shine. Ever since I started the session with Janet, I felt much more confident talking in front of people which leaves good impression to upper management. read more

I've been taking English class with Janet for a couple of years. I liked her and her teaching style a lot. The main reasons are, of course, she's very friendly and easy and fun to work with, but what's more important is that she's very attentive to individual needs of a student and is very good at customizing the course based on her/his needs. I feel I make progress in my English in each class. I also recommended Janet to several friends of mine. They became her students as well and like her as I do. If you're looking for a tutor to improve your English as a foreign language, I'd highly recommend Janet. read more

The written communication services Janet provides to non-native working professionals are impeccable. After working with Janet I was immediately able to see a significant improvement in my writing. She provided a structured framework to help identify and apply different aspects of writing, such as organization, transition, flow, tone, stated objective and building an argument. Janet was also able to help me to fine-tune my pronunciation of certain words, adjust my non-native phrasing and expand my understanding of appropriate word choice. She is great to work with as a professional writing coach and I look forward to continuing working with her. read more

I recommend Janet for any level of English learners. She is a very experienced English teacher and offers well-tailored lessons designed specifically for you. Her explanations are always logical and easy to understand. Also, she is a very good listener. She always patiently listens to you to understand what you want to ask. I took a course of 10-week lessons, but before starting my training, she offered me a free session in order to understand my objectives and understand my areas of weakness. After the session, she tailored my curriculum and clearly explained what I was learning in the following lessons. In my opinion, this session is the key of the successful lessons. You can set clear goals before starting your series of lessons, and you can easily review your progress after each lesson. Of course, if you feel a need to reset your priorities you can adjust them at anytime. Janet is always open to your feedback. If you want to improve your English skill efficiently, you should contact her immediately! read more

I've been working with Janet for almost a year and it's been a great experience working with her. Few reasons I would highly recommend her: 1) She helped me comprehensively with my pronunciation, communication and writing skills. The knowledge I've learnt is very practical and hands-on. I've made a lot progress during the process and I feel much more confident. 2) She has solid background in linguistics and can point out and correct my pronunciation issues effectively 3) She is easy to work with and is flexible towards scheduling. I had a few times last minute cancellations due to time conflict with work and she was very considerate to reschedule with me. I like to work with her and enjoy all the sessions:) read more

Janet truly helped me improve my english writing and prononciation. I took about 15 classes. I live in the US for few years but still my english wasn't good enough to move forward in my career. What I loved with Janet is that she listens to your needs and tailors the classes. She has pre-package lessons but she is totally open to any side requests. I think she thrives in english prononciation specifically. I would love to take more classes, I just don't have the time and budget but I highly recommend her if you need a push in English. read more

I took courses from Janet from Oct13 - Jan14. I had signed up for 10 sessions course on accent reduction. Janet provided a variety of video, audio, written content to help me with my endeavor. To summarize: - Janet is great at what she does, i.e., her communication teaching skills. She is highly experienced and caters the program to your requirements - She is very flexible on the timings - I had to reschedule a couple of times - The location is easily accessible via 101 and has tons of parking. It is very safe during the night due to private security @ the nearby search company - The fees are comparable to the industry/services - She teaches all her courses, grades the homework, etc. by herself Please schedule an introductory session with her and see for yourself. read more

Janet's classes helped me not only to improve my confidence in my language and communication skills but also helped me develop a unique perspective of American culture and traditions. The 1 on 1 class with her ensured that she was completely focused on helping me improve. We had many conversations and I feel lucky to have met and learned from her. Now that my classes are complete, I definitely miss interacting with her on a weekly basis. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking to improve their conversational skills as well as grow in confidence. read more

Very impressed with the way Janet has helped my colleague improve his English communication skills. She was able to identify and correct pronunciation and inflection difficulties that were holding back his potential. I have recommended her to other non native speakers with similar results. Highly effective! read more