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Why Mr. English Instead of . . . ?
In a short phrase:
INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION AND FEEDBACK
Private Companies and Even Public School Boards
offer
Prep Courses,
but
Class Sizes are Large
and
Differentiated Instruction and Response to Student Skill
is
Non-Existent,
Regardless of How Many Hours or Days the Course Lasts!
Mr. English will focus on the germaine and give students immediate and personalized feedback.
What can Mr. English offer your student that other
Exam Preparation Courses can't?
To be successful on these Exit Exams, students need
1. Knowledge
2. Practice
and
3. Feedback
We can call these the Three Stool Legs of Success:
If one is missing, the Stool will tip.
Mr. English's experience of other Exit Exam Prep Courses is
1. They provide knowledge, but they include so much unneccessary information that students get "information overload" and are not sure what to do.
Mr. English focuses on only the essential, which can be discussed in 120 minutes;
anything beyond that is a marketing tool
to persuade clients they are getting great value.
2. and 3. Class sizes are so large that Practice
is either avoided or unmonitored.
You know as a parent that there will be times when kids either misunderstand
how to do a job or simply avoid doing it.
Practicing Writing Forms is vital,
but doing so will be useful ONLY IF students are practicing them correctly
AND
if they know they are because a qualified professional has told them so.
There is a world of difference between understanding and application. Included in Mr. English's price
is half an hour of e-mail and telephone feedback
so students know the effect of their writing.
(You can also choose to meet Mr. English face-to-face at a discounted rate.)
THIS COMPONENT IS VITAL
and lacking in most, if not all, Prep Courses.
And it is the provision of this component
that gives you the most value for your dollar.
Lorne Jones, the Original Mr. English:
*Has a B.A. in English,
granted by the University of Calgary in 1987;
*Has a B.Ed. After (in Secondary English),
granted by the University of Calgary in 1989;
*Taught high school English since 1989;
*Has taught at a demanding and results-focused
IB high school in NW Calgary since 1994;
*The population of this school can be said to be
"Post ESL IB,"
so he is familar with both of those learners and all in between;
*Taught English 30-1 more times than he can remember;
*Marked English 30 and ELA 30-1 more times than he can remember;
*Enrolls in In-Services in order to stay current;
*Is the published editor of the Teacher Guide to The Global Macbeth;
*Has published a Handbook for Student Teachers;
*Has a knowledge of and passion for reading and writing,
and how students acquire skill in them.
If you would like to "interview" him before you commit,
please call.
We can discuss anything related to Academic English that you desire.
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