Thank you for joining our English Initiative!
History of the program |
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Welcome. We are so happy that you are joining our program. Our goal is to encourage English language development for teachers in the Pakistan area. Better English, means better understanding of curriculum, means better teaching, with ultimately means better communities.
Let me give you some history of our program. My name is Yasmine. I am an English teacher and author. I lived in Pakistan for 17 years. During that time, I fell in love with the country and people. While doing some research for my next book, I ran across Sitara School and Teaching Institute, in Islamabad. I l reached out to the director, Sommieh Flower, to learn more about her amazing work there. During our discussions, she expressed her desire to help her teachers develop their English language skills. My mind shot off like a rocket, and I knew this was what I wanted to do. I also knew this project was much bigger than just myself, so I started reaching out to other English tutors online who could donate their time to making English phone calls to our teachers. I was so happy to see that there were so many wonderful people ready to help others with their English.
We have had great success with this program so far, and have now spread our reach to other neighboring schools. And, that is where we are today.
Let me give you some history of our program. My name is Yasmine. I am an English teacher and author. I lived in Pakistan for 17 years. During that time, I fell in love with the country and people. While doing some research for my next book, I ran across Sitara School and Teaching Institute, in Islamabad. I l reached out to the director, Sommieh Flower, to learn more about her amazing work there. During our discussions, she expressed her desire to help her teachers develop their English language skills. My mind shot off like a rocket, and I knew this was what I wanted to do. I also knew this project was much bigger than just myself, so I started reaching out to other English tutors online who could donate their time to making English phone calls to our teachers. I was so happy to see that there were so many wonderful people ready to help others with their English.
We have had great success with this program so far, and have now spread our reach to other neighboring schools. And, that is where we are today.
What to expect from us
Now that you have joined this program, what next?
- Your contact information was sent me (Yasmine).
- I added you to the Whatsapp group, PK English Initiative.
- I sent you the link to this webpage.
- I will then make arrangements and locate a tutor for you.
- Your contact information will be sent to your assigned tutor.
- Your new tutor will reach out to you via Whatsapp.
- You and your tutor will arrange a time for 1 call a week so you can practice and learn English. Class can be on either Whatsapp or Skype.
- The call will be from 20-40 minutes long. During this call you and your tutor will work on English lessons just for you.
Additional resources |
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In order to improve your English, please take advantage of all the free, available resources. Here are only a few.
- English with Yasmine website. Click on HOME at the top of this page to explore lots of information about learning English.
- As teachers, you are most likely interested in teaching and training topics. Feel free to visit my Teaching and Training with Yasmine website. I have lots of professional development material to improve not only your English, but your teaching skills as well. teachingandtrainingwithyasmine.weebly.com/
- Start an account with Typing.com. Typing is a necessary skill today, and they have great English activities that can help you develop English skills.
- If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me on Whatsapp, or email me at: englishwithyasmine.tti@gmail.com
