FEEDBACK FROM CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS
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"I highly recommended Sharon as your English teacher and coach." - Phuong L. San Jose, CA on 10/10/23
I found Sharon on Yelp and after reaching out to her, I got her response immediately. I connected with her right away. I have learned that Sharon is very patient, flexible with her time, and extremely knowledgeable. She is a wonderful teacher who has helped me with my pronunciation, grammar, idioms, conversation, and a business letter. Sharon is very attentive to my English learning needs, detail-oriented, and well-organized.
"Sharon is an excellent ESL (English as a second language) teacher." - Kamran A. Redwood City, CA on 5/2/23
I take online English lessons for 60 minutes once a week. I wanted to improve my English grammar, pronunciation, writing, and conversation skills. In a few lessons, not only did I notice big improvement, but my colleagues did too. Her approach is to work on quick fixes and to give immediate feedback so I can incorporate that learning immediately in my daily life. In addition to helping with daily conversation, she has expertise in resume/LinkedIn profile review and job interview preparation. With the help of her sessions, I landed a wonderful job opportunity.
"Sharon is one of the best communication coaches that I have worked with." - Jody S, San Jose, CA on 1/19/22
I'm in the high-tech industry and needed guidance to make my internal and external communications including my job interview responses more effective with fewer words and to the point. She designed a program for me to help me achieve this goal. The program included weekly dialogue, role plays, and writing of business communications. We worked together for several months and continue to do so as needed. Sharon's expertise in the English language, grammar, and communication is the best. She is also professional, kind and wants the best outcome possible for her students. Thank you, Sharon!
"What I love most about working with Sharon is that she is approachable, friendly, and extremely knowledgeable about the intricacies of the English language." - Stephanie L., San Jose, CA on 6/19/21
I reached out to Sharon in hopes of gaining more confidence with writing, and improving my understanding of grammar and punctuation. After a few sessions, I'm proud to report that I feel more comfortable and confident with written communication. During our sessions, Sharon reviews my writing samples and provides helpful feedback to make my message more effective and impactful. She also patiently addresses any punctuation questions that I may have. . I've enjoyed working with Sharon to improve my writing skills.
"Sharon is a great teacher. " - Lynn F, San Jose, CA on 10/19/2020
She is very nice and patient. I had been taking English lesson with her over a year when I moved to other place, so I had to say goodbye to her. She helps me improve a lot on my English grammar and pronunciation. She takes notes every lesson during our conversation, and points out what I should practice. Now even my friends can recognize that my pronunciation or English skills are much better than before. I am so grateful to Sharon. I recommend her to anyone who wants to improve English. She is not only a teacher, she is a friend also.
"I love her sessions every time." - Laurie W, San Jose, CA on 2/24/2020
I have been a student in Sharon's English class for 8 months. I was looking for an English tutor to fit my needs of English learning/improvement.
Sharon is a great teacher and gave me suggestions on my English reading and listening in the first class. Next, during our sessions every time, she mentors me including daily conversations, news, and reviewing homework by correcting the sentences applied from the words/idioms that I learned in our previous class. From our weekly meeting, she progressively helps me improve my pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and my comprehension in English grows a lot.
Not only she is an excellent English teacher, Sharon also provided professional business setting coaching with resume editing and interview training to me. She always makes sure we put the right words and expressions on job applications. I also received a good offer as a result of our tutoring preparation and practice.
I would be happy to recommend Sharon to anyone who wants to learn English in a motivating and successful way!
"Sharon is definitely an excellent teacher" - Alicia D, Menlo Park, CA on 1/24/2019
I spent 3 months to stay with Sharon and she was definitely an excellent teacher! Students need to prepare before the class, so it would train your skills comprehensive. Though the class duration is only an hour, she is patient and never waste time. Recommend if anyone wants to improve English.
"My colleagues were shocked by my English Improvement" - Lei S, San Mateo, CA on 7/16/2018
I am a Civil Engineer who worked in San Mateo for two years. There were many difficulties when I communicated with clients due to my accent and grammar. I realized that I had to improve my English skills and then I found Sharon on Yelp. After explaining my circumstances to her, Sharon customized my English class to improve my speaking and grammar. She also recommended some radio stations and news websites to me. I followed her suggestions and kept having at least one class every week. With her help, I could speak with my clients fluently in English after a while. After one year, I could communicate with my clients without problems and all my colleagues were shocked because of my English improvement. She taught me that English learning isn't hard as long as I can stick with it and I followed what she told me. In comparison with my English skills before having classes, I could tell how much progress I made. After two year's classes, learning English has been my hobby and I will continue it even when I come back to China.
"Sharon is the best! - Yarin, Mountain View, CA on 6/10/17
I came to her for help with preparing for interviews and thank to her help I succeeded getting an offer very quickly. She is very professional and know what she is doing. After our meeting she also helped me negotiate an offer without charging me extra. Also, she is grammar guru ! Don't hesitate to use her services!
"I would give Sharon my highest recommendation." - S.K., Sunnyvale, CA on 7/11/16
Since I moved to the U.S. about ten years ago, I have tried many different ways to improve my English -private lessons, language exchange partners, ESL classes, and self-learning, but Sharon's lessons are the only ones that met my demanding needs as a professional in a high-tech company....With her rich background (working experience in well-known tech companies, MBA, working mom), she skillfully covers a variety of topics, from American culture, families, entertainment, business, and global issues to fit my interests......I feel very lucky that my colleague referred me to such a quality teacher.
"...no doubt the best tutor for Business English and English speaking." - Dingling,,H., San Mateo, CA on 5/2/16
"I worked with some other tutors but I dropped them after I took two sessions with Sharon. And since she has more than 20 years' experience in the industry as a human resources manager, she knows what recruiters really like to see and what they like to hear. And many of her students are working people. She helped me a lot in preparing my resume and for my interviews. She also helped me build my confidence in English speaking. During each session, we talked about interesting issues and she would help correct grammar or other errors at the same time. She is also insightful and has energy and humor. I enjoyed talking to her every time.
"Best Business English tutor!" - Samuel, Santa Clara, CA on 2/15/2015
Sharon is incredible! She combines a deep understanding of language with her rich experience in real business settings, and creates an immersive learning environment for her students. I had the privilege to learn from Sharon last year, she was instrumental in helping me not only become a more polished and sophisticated business communicator, but also get into Berkeley's MBA program by coaching me on my application essay and interview.
"Great Tutor!" - Balpreet, San Jose, CA on 7/22/2015
Sharon is an amazing tutor with great expertise in English and communication skills. I recently had the privilege of working with her on proof reading some of my papers. She was very responsive and was able to provide her valuable feedback in incredibly short amount of time. I highly recommend her for any proof reading of the papers or essays. Thank You Sharon...You have been a great help!
"Highly committed English tutor"- Yvonne, Sunnyvale, CA on 2/1/2015
Sharon is a highly committed and mentally flexible English tutor: I enjoyed our vivid 1:1 lessons in Mountain View very much. She focuses on a broad spectrum of vocabularies, grammar, pronunciation and written English. I tremendously improved my English knowledge in a short period of time. In addition we had fun and discussed daily news. I highly recommend Sharon as your English tutor!
"Best English teacher ever" - Kyoungryun B, Software Developer, San Jose, CA on 1/5/14
Sharon is the best English tutor I've ever met in my life. I have been studying English speaking with her for a year. She knows exactly what students need to improve, and teaches them in the very efficient way. As she always respects students' opinion, students can decide which part of English language to focus on, and she is perfectly capable of teaching English Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Reading. I am 100 % sure that you can get significant improvement on your English with her.
"Great Corporate Tutor." Kailey A, Office Manager, Mountain View, CA on 11/17/14
I hired Sharon as an English tutor for one of our employees who just recently moved here from Russia. She's been working with him for about 5 months now, and the results have been great! Our employee really enjoys and appreciates the lessons, and his level of English has improved dramatically since working with her, which is crucial for his success in our collaborative work environment. I (and he) would highly recommend Sharon for private tutoring, either personal or corporate!
"Great Tutor! "- Selin, Palo Alto, CA on 9/17/13
Sharon and I studied together for almost 4 months, I wish we could continue our lessons. Sharon is the best tutor I have ever studied with. She is really experienced, knowledgeable, caring and effective. During our sessions, we focused on pronunciation and speaking, she really gave me a safe, calm environment for improving my speaking skills. Being able to speak about many things in many different situations with her made our sessions more enjoyable and I never understood how time flew during our lessons, she absolutely made every minute count! I appreciate everything we had done together and absolutely recommend Sharon as a great tutor.
"Great Tutor! Very Professional!"- Cindy G., Stanford, CA on 10/31/14
I had two classes with Sharon to get prepared for my job interviews (business analyst positions). We went through the basic self-introduction and some other common behavioral questions. She was very helpful and patient. She corrected my grammar mistakes and gave me some good feedback from a interviewer's perspective who has business background. The two classes I had with Sharon made me more confident in the actual interviews and helped me to get the final offer.
"Persistent and patient"- Andersom T., Entrepreneur from Palo Alto, CA on 9/20/14
Sharon is a very good teacher! I knew absolutely nothing about English when I started having classes with her, but in only 5 months she managed to help me communicate with others more effectively and understand a lot of English. Our classes had a little bit of everything: conversation, grammar and writing.
I am from Brazil and lived in Palo Alto for 7 months. During that time, I had classes with other English teachers sometimes, but I can say without a shadow of doubt that Sharon was the best teacher I ever had. If you really want to learn English, I recommend having lessons with her. I intend to go back to Palo Alto for another period of time and I will have classes with her, for sure.
"Very Helpful!" - Wei L., Santa Clara, CA on 11/15/13
Sharon helped me with my upcoming job interview preparation. She was very patient, effective, and professional. She helped me specifically on my pitch, many technical questions, and she dug into my accomplishments which can maximize the job position expectation. I really think the preparation was helpful for my interview. Due to her long time HR working experience, I have to say she is an ideal tutor for someone who want to go into business world or need further development on their professional English language skills.
"Fabulous Business English Coach!"- Charlotte, Nurse , Clare, IL. on 9/23/13
Sharon was a great tutor. She was very resourceful, and was able to help me stay focused and complete all the work I needed to finish. Her business savvy and experienced input was apparent in her informed tutoring sessions. She definitely will help you achieve the results you want. I highly recommend you contact Sharon as you she delivers the results you need. She helped me achieve a difficult career goal. I could have never achieved the excellence in my work, without her help. She is worth every penny.
"Great English teacher!"- Motoko, Network Security Manager, San Jose, CA on 10/6/12
I am pleased to recommend Sharon for your consideration as a well-qualified English teacher. When I took her lesson, she gave me appropriate lessons for me. Most English teachers just read a text book or just talk. However, in her lessons, she checked my English level and asked me what I learned, and she gave me her original lessons. Also, she has long experiences as a HR manger and an English teacher. I talked with her many topics other than English. I was very lucky! I am really satisfied with her lessons.
"Great tutor"- Yusuke, Technical Marketing Engineer, Sunnyvale, CA on 11/16/12
Her style of teaching English is very sophisticated. She correct my language mistakes logically for me to understand efficiently. Besides, she has various teaching method for writing, reading, and conversation. If you want to improve your Language skill to certain level, I think she is the best.
I spent 3 months to stay with Sharon and she was definitely an excellent teacher! Students need to prepare before the class, so it would train your skills comprehensive. Though the class duration is only an hour, she is patient and never waste time. Recommend if anyone wants to improve English.
"My colleagues were shocked by my English Improvement" - Lei S, San Mateo, CA on 7/16/2018
I am a Civil Engineer who worked in San Mateo for two years. There were many difficulties when I communicated with clients due to my accent and grammar. I realized that I had to improve my English skills and then I found Sharon on Yelp. After explaining my circumstances to her, Sharon customized my English class to improve my speaking and grammar. She also recommended some radio stations and news websites to me. I followed her suggestions and kept having at least one class every week. With her help, I could speak with my clients fluently in English after a while. After one year, I could communicate with my clients without problems and all my colleagues were shocked because of my English improvement. She taught me that English learning isn't hard as long as I can stick with it and I followed what she told me. In comparison with my English skills before having classes, I could tell how much progress I made. After two year's classes, learning English has been my hobby and I will continue it even when I come back to China.
"Sharon is the best! - Yarin, Mountain View, CA on 6/10/17
I came to her for help with preparing for interviews and thank to her help I succeeded getting an offer very quickly. She is very professional and know what she is doing. After our meeting she also helped me negotiate an offer without charging me extra. Also, she is grammar guru ! Don't hesitate to use her services!
"I would give Sharon my highest recommendation." - S.K., Sunnyvale, CA on 7/11/16
Since I moved to the U.S. about ten years ago, I have tried many different ways to improve my English -private lessons, language exchange partners, ESL classes, and self-learning, but Sharon's lessons are the only ones that met my demanding needs as a professional in a high-tech company....With her rich background (working experience in well-known tech companies, MBA, working mom), she skillfully covers a variety of topics, from American culture, families, entertainment, business, and global issues to fit my interests......I feel very lucky that my colleague referred me to such a quality teacher.
"...no doubt the best tutor for Business English and English speaking." - Dingling,,H., San Mateo, CA on 5/2/16
"I worked with some other tutors but I dropped them after I took two sessions with Sharon. And since she has more than 20 years' experience in the industry as a human resources manager, she knows what recruiters really like to see and what they like to hear. And many of her students are working people. She helped me a lot in preparing my resume and for my interviews. She also helped me build my confidence in English speaking. During each session, we talked about interesting issues and she would help correct grammar or other errors at the same time. She is also insightful and has energy and humor. I enjoyed talking to her every time.
"Best Business English tutor!" - Samuel, Santa Clara, CA on 2/15/2015
Sharon is incredible! She combines a deep understanding of language with her rich experience in real business settings, and creates an immersive learning environment for her students. I had the privilege to learn from Sharon last year, she was instrumental in helping me not only become a more polished and sophisticated business communicator, but also get into Berkeley's MBA program by coaching me on my application essay and interview.
"Great Tutor!" - Balpreet, San Jose, CA on 7/22/2015
Sharon is an amazing tutor with great expertise in English and communication skills. I recently had the privilege of working with her on proof reading some of my papers. She was very responsive and was able to provide her valuable feedback in incredibly short amount of time. I highly recommend her for any proof reading of the papers or essays. Thank You Sharon...You have been a great help!
"Highly committed English tutor"- Yvonne, Sunnyvale, CA on 2/1/2015
Sharon is a highly committed and mentally flexible English tutor: I enjoyed our vivid 1:1 lessons in Mountain View very much. She focuses on a broad spectrum of vocabularies, grammar, pronunciation and written English. I tremendously improved my English knowledge in a short period of time. In addition we had fun and discussed daily news. I highly recommend Sharon as your English tutor!
"Best English teacher ever" - Kyoungryun B, Software Developer, San Jose, CA on 1/5/14
Sharon is the best English tutor I've ever met in my life. I have been studying English speaking with her for a year. She knows exactly what students need to improve, and teaches them in the very efficient way. As she always respects students' opinion, students can decide which part of English language to focus on, and she is perfectly capable of teaching English Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Reading. I am 100 % sure that you can get significant improvement on your English with her.
"Great Corporate Tutor." Kailey A, Office Manager, Mountain View, CA on 11/17/14
I hired Sharon as an English tutor for one of our employees who just recently moved here from Russia. She's been working with him for about 5 months now, and the results have been great! Our employee really enjoys and appreciates the lessons, and his level of English has improved dramatically since working with her, which is crucial for his success in our collaborative work environment. I (and he) would highly recommend Sharon for private tutoring, either personal or corporate!
"Great Tutor! "- Selin, Palo Alto, CA on 9/17/13
Sharon and I studied together for almost 4 months, I wish we could continue our lessons. Sharon is the best tutor I have ever studied with. She is really experienced, knowledgeable, caring and effective. During our sessions, we focused on pronunciation and speaking, she really gave me a safe, calm environment for improving my speaking skills. Being able to speak about many things in many different situations with her made our sessions more enjoyable and I never understood how time flew during our lessons, she absolutely made every minute count! I appreciate everything we had done together and absolutely recommend Sharon as a great tutor.
"Great Tutor! Very Professional!"- Cindy G., Stanford, CA on 10/31/14
I had two classes with Sharon to get prepared for my job interviews (business analyst positions). We went through the basic self-introduction and some other common behavioral questions. She was very helpful and patient. She corrected my grammar mistakes and gave me some good feedback from a interviewer's perspective who has business background. The two classes I had with Sharon made me more confident in the actual interviews and helped me to get the final offer.
"Persistent and patient"- Andersom T., Entrepreneur from Palo Alto, CA on 9/20/14
Sharon is a very good teacher! I knew absolutely nothing about English when I started having classes with her, but in only 5 months she managed to help me communicate with others more effectively and understand a lot of English. Our classes had a little bit of everything: conversation, grammar and writing.
I am from Brazil and lived in Palo Alto for 7 months. During that time, I had classes with other English teachers sometimes, but I can say without a shadow of doubt that Sharon was the best teacher I ever had. If you really want to learn English, I recommend having lessons with her. I intend to go back to Palo Alto for another period of time and I will have classes with her, for sure.
"Very Helpful!" - Wei L., Santa Clara, CA on 11/15/13
Sharon helped me with my upcoming job interview preparation. She was very patient, effective, and professional. She helped me specifically on my pitch, many technical questions, and she dug into my accomplishments which can maximize the job position expectation. I really think the preparation was helpful for my interview. Due to her long time HR working experience, I have to say she is an ideal tutor for someone who want to go into business world or need further development on their professional English language skills.
"Fabulous Business English Coach!"- Charlotte, Nurse , Clare, IL. on 9/23/13
Sharon was a great tutor. She was very resourceful, and was able to help me stay focused and complete all the work I needed to finish. Her business savvy and experienced input was apparent in her informed tutoring sessions. She definitely will help you achieve the results you want. I highly recommend you contact Sharon as you she delivers the results you need. She helped me achieve a difficult career goal. I could have never achieved the excellence in my work, without her help. She is worth every penny.
"Great English teacher!"- Motoko, Network Security Manager, San Jose, CA on 10/6/12
I am pleased to recommend Sharon for your consideration as a well-qualified English teacher. When I took her lesson, she gave me appropriate lessons for me. Most English teachers just read a text book or just talk. However, in her lessons, she checked my English level and asked me what I learned, and she gave me her original lessons. Also, she has long experiences as a HR manger and an English teacher. I talked with her many topics other than English. I was very lucky! I am really satisfied with her lessons.
"Great tutor"- Yusuke, Technical Marketing Engineer, Sunnyvale, CA on 11/16/12
Her style of teaching English is very sophisticated. She correct my language mistakes logically for me to understand efficiently. Besides, she has various teaching method for writing, reading, and conversation. If you want to improve your Language skill to certain level, I think she is the best.