Welcome to News from Maestro Sersea #160: January 12th, 2025

Greetings English Learners and Teachers from All Over the World!

I’m Ioan Elvis Sersea, M.A., M.A.T., aka Maestro Sersea, an American English teacher based in Southern California, United States of America. I’ve been  educating English learners in California since 1989 and I currently teach English as a Second Language for three different community colleges in Southern California. I was born and raised in Romania, and English became my 3rd language when I moved to the United States of America more than 41 years ago. Thanks to my helpful English as a Second Language teachers who taught and motivated me to succeed, I was inspired to become an American English Teacher and help English learners increase American English fluency.

LISTENING SKILLS

  1. Improve your listening skills by listening and speaking with a chatbot: What Are the Best Ways to Learn English: Chat and Learn with a Chatbot
  2. Continue increasing your listening skills by accessing Maestro Sersea’s educational podcasts: PODCASTS – Maestro Sersea
  3. Improve your listening comprehension  with songs and lyrics produced by Maestro Sersea:

Here to Stay

Hard-Working Blues

Guide to the American Dream

Guide to Success

WRITING SKILLS: GRAMMAR

  1. Definite Articles, Indefinite Articles, and Determiners

WRITING SKILLS

Writing Skills – Learn American English with Ioan Elvis Sersea, M.A., M.A.T. Aka Maestro Sersea

SPEAKING SKILLS

Speaking Skills – Learn American English with Ioan Elvis Sersea, M.A., M.A.T. Aka Maestro Sersea

READING SKILLS

Read the following articles to understand the key reading comprehension skills needed to understand what you read:

  1. Summarizing
  2. Sequencing
  3. Finding the Main Idea

SURVIVAL ENGLISH VOCABULARY

AMERICAN ENGLISH VOCABULARY

  1. Learn American English Idioms with our eBook:

“How to Learn American English Idioms: An English Learner’s Guide” by Maestro Sersea

Chapter 2: Building Vocabulary with American English Idioms from “How to Learn American English Idioms …”

  • Learn American English Idioms with the following 3 lessons:


ALL WET, ALONG FOR THE RIDE, GO/COME, and APPLE OF (ONE’S) EYE: American English Idioms #4

ARMED TO THE TEETH, AS THE CROW FLIES, and AT LOGGERHEADS: American English Idioms #5

AT (ONE’S) WITS’ END, AT THE DROP OF A HAT, and AT THE END OF (ONE’S) ROPE: American English Idioms #6

 

CAREES AND SOFT SKILLS

  1. Agricultural Workers — Article: Essential Agricultural Workers: Keeping the Food Supply Chain Strong
  2. Cooks — Article: Culinary Creations: Mastering the Art of Cooking with Cooks
  3. Top USA Occupations Requiring No Formal Education Credential

Career Soft Skills:

Articles:

Take a free online course: Workplace Communication for Immigrants:

Have a great day everyone. I’ll share another newsletter with you within a few days.

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