English With Liz is Born
Last December I got the idea to begin a business. Like a mental sticky note, it came to me. Then, immediately after I made my decision to leave teaching, I got another idea that I wanted to help others achieve their dreams. I put these two together, and I knew I had something. My plans had to be put in action.
I’m calling it English With Liz.
English with Liz is my new business where I’ll be helping others develop and improve their English speaking skills through Skype. Before going into the details of it, let me backtrack a bit. Some of the best and memorable times I had in teaching were when my students talked in class whether they were learning English or Spanish. I encouraged speaking in my classroom because they were learning from each other, they were retaining the content better through speaking about it, and they orally practiced the language.
One experience that stands out in my teaching career is The Conversation Club.
The Conversation Club is a club I started when I taught my adult ESL (English as Second Language) students. Thirty minutes before the morning and afternoon classes began, I would have students join me to practice their speaking English with each other and with me. It was rewarding to have been able to see my students grow academically and personally. I absolutely loved it!
Now, my desire for helping others this way has come up again.
I’d be lying if I said that I don’t miss teaching. I miss my students. I miss the classroom. Still, I know that I served and helped them as much as I possible could. English With Liz is an exciting opportunity to serve and help others improve their English speaking skills. This is an opportunity where I can help you fulfill your dreams to master English in order to get that job, take a trip you’ve dreamt of, to talk to your in-laws, to challenge yourself, or perhaps you are a nerd like me and just L-O-V-E the written and spoken word. The possibilities and advantages of knowing and speaking a second language are endless!
Have you thought about improving your speaking abilities in English? What are your dreams in being fluent in English?
Nace English With Liz
En diciembre del año pasado escribí sobre una idea de montar un negocio. Fue una idea que me vino una noche mientras escribía e inmediatamente cuando decidí resignarme de mi trabajo, se me vino otra idea. Esta vez era de ayudar a otros realizar sus sueños. Sabía que ambas ideas apuntaban a una sola cosa. Era tiempo de poner mi plan en marcha.
Se llama English With Liz.
English with Liz (Inglés Con Liz) es mi nuevo negocio donde ayudaré a otros a desarrollar y mejorar sus habilidades de habla en inglés a través de Skype. Antes de hablar de los detalles del negocio, permítanme hablar sobre algunos de los mejores tiempos memorables que tuve como profesora y era cuando mis alumnos hablaban el idioma que estaban aprendiendo- ya sea inglés o español. Los animaba a hablar en mi clase porque estaban aprendiendo el uno del otro, estaban reteniendo lo aprendido y estaban practicando oralmente el idioma que aprendían.
Una experiencia que se destaca en mi carrera como profesora fue The Conversation Club.
The Conversation Club (El Club de Conversación) es un club que empecé cuando daba clases de ESL (Inglés como Segundo Idioma). Llegaba media antes de que empezarán mis clases por la mañana y tarde, escribía un tema y preguntas sobre el tema. Los alumnos practicaban el inglés con sus compañeros y conmigo. Fue gratificante haber podido ayudarles académicamente como personalmente. ¡Me encantó!

Ahora, mi deseo de ayudar a otros surge de nuevo.
Estaría mintiendo si les dijera que no echo de menos la enseñanza. Echo de menos a mis alumnos. Echo de menos el no estar en un aula. Sin embargo, sé que les ayudé lo más que pude. English With Liz es una nueva oportunidad para servir y ayudar a otros mejorar sus habilidades para hablar y entender inglés. De este modo, les podré ayudar para que realizan sus sueños de dominar el inglés para conseguir un trabajo, hacer un viaje de sus sueños, hablar con sus suegros, para desafiarte a ti mismo, o quizás eres un cerebrito como yo y te encantan las palabras. ¡Las posibilidades y ventajas de hablar un segundo idioma son infinitas!
¿Has pensado en mejorar tus habilidades para hablar y entender el inglés? ¿Cuáles sueños tuyos se realizarán al dominar el inglés?
Wishing you the best with this Liz.
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Thank you, Kathryn.
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totally agree about speaking. that is one thing that is definitely lacking for me. there are Spanish conversation groups around here and I went to two of them. alas, I haven’t been back for various reasons. but one thing I hope to do once I retire to southern Spain is teach English. I have always thought I’d be a good teacher. perhaps I could learn some things from you, mi nueva amiga bilingue 😉 I share your passion for writing as well and that’s why I started my blog. I have many ideas to hopefully get paid for my writing and I need to get back to that. anyway, good for you for starting your business. I hope it goes well for you!! (p.s. I grew up in the Los Angeles area so we have that in common too)
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I’m glad we share this passion for languages and writing! I think that teaching English in Spain is a great idea! I went to Spain back in 2007, and I really thought I would stay there and do the same. It’s a beautiful country! I have ideas to get for my writing, too. I’m writing a book right now (a memoir), and I intend on finishing it at the end of this year. Mi nueva amiga bilingue y eres de Los Angeles también. 🙂 We’ll definitely be in touch.
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a book! now that is ambitious. good for you. yes, Spain is indeed beautiful 🙂
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Reblogged this on Elizabeth Cárdenas – Writer/Escritora and commented:
English With Liz will soon be here. I will be reposting posts that I have written on it and I’ll be posting new posts, too.
Inglés Con Liz pronto estará aquí. Voy a rebloguear algunas entradas que he escrito sobre mi negocio y también publicaré nuevas entradas sobre el negocio.
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This is a GREAT idea. I’m thinking of starting something similar with the Bible and life coaching. Keep us posted as to how it goes!
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Thank you so much, Jenn. I’m excited that I’ll be starting it soon. I’ll definitely tell you how it goes. I wish you all the luck and success with your business!
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Thanks! It’ll probably be a little while, still, but . . . it’s in the works.
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That’s awesome! i’d love to hear all about it when you start it up! 🙂
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Good idea! Congratulations 🙂
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Thank you, Gyslaine. 🙂
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ESPERO CON ASIEDAD TUS NOTICIAS AL RESPECTO DE ” INGLES CON LIZ”, LO ENTIENDO LEYENDOLO PERO SOY INCAPAZ DE HABLARLO, UN ABRZO
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