Name: Practice Pronunciation! The Tongue Twister Chronicles - Dazzling Ducks & Drizzly Drains
Uploaded: 2023-10-08T04:53:54.842Z
Duration: 10 min 35 s

*Warm-up lesson for English Learners* For all levels - Beginners | Intermediate | Advance *Warm up your vocal cords and exercise your facial muscles to prepare to speak English.* A delightful dip into another twister from “The Tongue Twister Chronicles”….. 
Dive into the drizzly world of dazzling ducks with this delightful tongue twister! Improve your diction and pronunciation as you navigate through drains and drops of rain, daring to dive and duck with our web-footed friends. By the end, you'll be deftly delivering 'D' sounds in different words without drenching your discourse. Don't duck this chance to master the 'D' sound and enhance your English pronunciation skills. Let’s get quacking!

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Hello! I'm Victoria, your enthusiastic guide on a rewarding and fun-filled educational journey. With over 20 years of business experience and 7 years in language education, I bring a unique blend of knowledge and passion to each lesson.

Holding a BA in Business Management and an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Entrepreneurship and a TEFL/TESOL certification focusing on Young Learners and Business English, I specialize in ESL, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and Web Design. My teaching style caters to students of diverse ages and backgrounds, ensuring lessons are both engaging and effective.

For me, teaching transcends sharing knowledge; it's about creating a nurturing environment where exploration and growth are encouraged. Whether it's the intricacies of Excel, the nuances of the English language, or the creativity of web design, I tailor each lesson to match your individual learning style and objectives.

Fun-loving, flexible, and deeply committed to your success, my classes combine practical learning with creativity and encouragement. Using tools like visual aids, technology, and project-based learning, I aim to ignite a passion for discovery in all my students.

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Practice Pronunciation! The Tongue Twister Chronicles - Dazzling Ducks & Drizzly Drains

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Constellation Award

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
& Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

TEFL / TESOL Certification 
-  Teaching Young Learners
-  Teaching Business English

TEFL / TESOL Certification

Managed QuickBase system, performed various process improvement initiatives, point person for departmental purchasing, web developer, project management support, and developers assistant.

*	Maintain customer satisfaction by expediting project requests daily for a variety of stakeholders.
*	Performed Provisioning/de-provisioning of 900+ users for business system and determined proper business solutions in coordination with vendor and internal users to insure accurate usage and low cost.
*	Analyzed data and consolidated reports for upper management reports (via: Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, formulas, V-look-ups, H-look-ups, pivot table, importing/exporting data).
*	Designed tracking and approval applications to place controls, accountability, service level reporting automation, and cost savings (i.e. headcount, change mgt., contract mgt., purchasing, desktop mgt).
*	Support company’s re-architecture of the asset database to facilitate an accurate inventory count.
*	Responsible for approving purchase requests for office supplies and capex initiatives.
*	Performed systems usability testing for developers and delivered new process-and-procedure training courses to in-house users.
*	Developed and maintained websites (via: Dreamweaver, FrontPage, raw coding, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript).
*	Assist project managers in website updates and creation of tracking application to monitor project progress such as millstones and deliverables to ensure success of scope, budget, and timeline.

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Want to gain more confidence in speaking English? Need to gain English skills for advancement on the job? Or perhaps you just want to brush up on your English for personal advancement …. Whatever your goals are Victoria is here to help you achieve them!  Where ESL meets real-world expertise, Victoria offers an enriching learning experience that goes beyond the textbook. As a seasoned business professional and a certified language instructor,
Expect interactive, dynamic lessons that will equip you with the skills to excel in English, both in personal and professional spheres. She also brings a special touch to ESL lessons with her certified expertise in teaching young learners. Her interactive and engaging approach is designed to capture the imagination and curiosity of children, making English language learning a joyful and memorable experience.


Appreciated that Victoria helped me resolve some very specific challenges with MSWord. She walked me through the steps, documented those steps and sent them to me after our sessions. That was a tremendous help and now I have those references when I need them. 

She is wonderful. Very patient with me while I try to navigate with Excel..I would definitely recommend her to other students


She was great. I'm a beginner on Excel so she showed me the basics. I have 5 more lessons scheduled with her

Victoria was phenomenal! She led a customized Excel class for 2 of our employees at the Reading Team, using real life examples that applied to their work.  She was incredibly patient and thorough. We highly recommend working with her.

Excel information shared was Great and very easy to follow. Would look to work with Victoria again 

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*Warm-up lesson for English Learners* For all levels - Beginners | Intermediate | Advance *Warm up your vocal cords and exercise your facial muscles to prepare to speak English.* 
The Tongue Twist Chronicles brings to you a classic - Peter Piper. 
With each twist of the tongue, you’re not just having fun, but also taking steps toward piping hot pronunciation perfection! This tongue twister introduces question intonation, which is essential for understanding and forming English questions. Have you ever wondered about the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? It's a window into the challenging world of English phonetics. Join our pronunciation journey to master the sounds and nuances of this well-loved English tongue twister.

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*Warm-up lesson for English Learners*
For all levels - Beginners | Intermediate | Advance
*Warm up your vocal cords and exercise your facial muscles to prepare to speak English.*

The Tongue Twister Chronicles....

...brings you another exciting episode where we tackle needles and needs! Sharpen your English skills as you navigate through the 'N', 'D', 'T', and sometimes 'L' sounds. Get ready to untangle your tongue with this short warm-up exercise designed to hone your pronunciation and vocabulary. By the end, you'll "need" no help in mastering these sounds!

Practice Pronunciation! The Tongue Twister Chronicles - I Need Not Your Needles

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Practice Pronunciation! The Tongue Twister Chronicles - Betty Botter's Butter Dilemma

This fun quick warm-up exercise is created to get your mouth ready to speak English. Even English speakers have trouble pronouncing the language from time to time…..

By the culmination of this seaside lesson, participants will be primed to discern and pronounce the 'Sh' and 'S' sounds, leading to a more nuanced command of the English language. 

Through dedicated practice with this guide, learners can refine their pronunciation of commonly-confused sounds in English, enhancing their overall speaking fluency. 

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