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Levels of instruction

Each Student's Application Begins by Scheduling a 15-minute Personal and Confidential Evaluation Call

  • Each Applicant has a personal, private 30-minute interview

  • Program options are explained

  • The student and instructor determine a comfortable skill level

  • Students progress at their own pace to achieve their individual goals

Tier One Level Free In-Person

FREE ESL TRAINING AND STUDY MATERIALS IN RALEIGH, NC

  • Beginner-Learning basic English vocabulary

  • Elementary- Understanding basic phrases and interact in a simple manner

  • Pre-Intermediate-Learning conversational skills

Tier Two 12-Week Subscription

  • Intermediate-Reading, Writing and Interacting spontaneously but some grammar and vocabulary errors

  • Upper Intermediate-Speaking, Reading and Understanding conversations with occasional grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary errors

Tier Three 12-Week Subscription

  • Advanced-Understanding idiomatic expressions, composing complex texts for social usage

  • Business English-Communicating with speaking and writing in a professional manner to leaders, supervisors, and co-workers. Give presentations in a professional and diplomatic manner with correct pronunciation and intonation

Our Instructors

  • Volunteer and paid instructors are TESL certified or currently enrolled in a TESL certification program

  • ESL training paid instructors are professional educators

  • Our dedicated volunteer and paid instructors give instruction at the Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate levels

Advanced Level and Business English are taught by Mary Markovich, JD, MBA, founder of ESL Training

About Mary Markovich

Education:

  • TEFL Certification 120-hour online

  • TEFL course accreditation approval by: BAC, DEAC, Ofqual, ODLQC, SQA ·        

  • MBA Finance-East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina ·    

  • JD Law-North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina

  • BS Accounting-Mount Olive University, Mount Olive, North Carolina

Teaching:

  • Traditional and online college instructor, including course syllabus creation

  •   Pitt Community College 6 years part-time Business Law traditional and online

  •   North Carolina Wesleyan 2 years part-time traditional weekend Business classes

  •   Private online and in person ESL tutoring

  •   Founder of LawDox CLE, online continuing legal education courses for attorneys

  •   Founder of LawDox Mentoring, online private mentoring in the business of law