Experience & Recommendations

Susan Baylies

Experience

Education: Oberlin College

2002-2008 ESL support for refugees from Vietnam

2006-2007 Duke ESL Certificate Program Graduate

2007 Durham Literacy Center: volunteer ESL teacher

2008- Present: Pathway to English Private Tutor

Parent Comments:

  • "Our children loved studying with you. When they first started living in NC, they had difficulty communicating with their friends at school. After your lesson, they got along well with their friends. And they became good at speaking English. Not only English, but they also learned lots of history, science, and computer skills. The techniques that they learned from you are very useful, and it helps them do lots of things.

  • Especially if your kids just arrived in the USA or are a beginner class English speaker, I would like to recommend her. She has a lot of experience in teaching students and helping them become fluent speakers!"

  • My son's English tutor, Susan Baylies always prepares diverse teaching materials and activities. So, my son could easily be interested in speaking, reading, and writing English. Her lesson basically was focused on the book she brought for my son but, her teaching method was very dynamic. She uses the internet, some games, and magazines. One day, she made my son write some short story and make some dolls of the story, and then, perform a play in front of me. It was an amazing experience to improve his skill in English. I believe her original teaching method gives my son a confidence and continuous interests in English. - Korean mom


Adult Student Comments:

  • Studying English with Susan gave me lots of confidence in my English. She is friendly and enthusiastic, which enables me to enjoy and focus on her class. She also has much interest and knowledge in history, environment and politics. I could not only enhance my English skills but also learn various things about American life through her class.
    - Duke Visiting Scholar from Korea

  • Susan is a dedicated and enormously creative teacher. She has a brilliant talent for catching students’ needs and making full use of them in lessons. Moreover, her wide knowledge of various fields helped me widen my English vocabulary.
    - Visiting Professor at Duke Medical Center from Korea

  • Susan is best English teacher in all of my previous English teacher. Her out-standing feature is interaction with students. She is not only teaching English but also improving student's thinking in English based on student's interest. Truly, I would like to recommend her.
    -Post-Doc Researcher


A comment from a student I taught from middle school age until he entered university in Korea:

"I was stuck and lost when I first got to America. I wasn't able to express anything in English and I knew nothing about their culture. In contrast, now I feel confident in English, I can say that English ability is definitely one of my specialties. Susan has been a good guide for me, she would escort students to higher level with a lot of activities like working on books, vocabularies, TED talks or school projects and so on. I would love to recommend her to a lot of other students. Susan is a great friend and teacher for my family."

Translation(KR)

저는 미국에 처음 도착했을때 길을 잃은듯 했고, 앞이 벽으로 막혀있는듯한 느낌을 받았습니다. 저는 영어로 아무 표현도 제대로 할 수 없었고, 미국의 문화에대해 미지했습니다. 반면에, 지금의 저는 영어에 자신이 있습니다. 저는 자신있게 저의 강점중하나는 영어라고 자부할 수 있습니다. 수잔은 저에게 좋은 가이드가 되어주었습니다, 그녀는 학생들은 여러 활동들, 예를 들어 독서, 단어학습, TED 토크 또는 학교프로젝트 등을 통해 한단계 더 성장하게 도와줍니다. 저는 그녀를 다른 많은 학생들에게 추천하고 싶습니다. 수잔은 저의 가족에게 좋은 친구이자 선생입니다.