Now offering TOEFL tutoring!
Adult student
ESL for individuals or small groups
Accent reduction
Accent reduction
Classroom
ESL for Hotel Employees

Line Coaching for Actors

Jan has developed a subspecialty of line coaching professionals in the entertainment industry. She helps actors prepare for auditions and 
works with them on American idioms, accent reduction, enunciation, pronunciation, phrasing, and word and syllable emphasis.
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Jan with Brazilian actress & model Franciely Freduzeski
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Jan with Japanese actress Kaori Monoi
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Jan with Reality Show star

On-Site Classes for Hotel Employees and Private Tutoring for Domestic Help

Create more productive hotel employees who deliver sterling service by offering English as a Second Language classes at your hotel or restaurant.

​A first-class hotel deserves housekeepers, stewards, and other personnel who can easily converse fluently in English.
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There is no substitute for a live, ​interactive class environment for groups
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Tutoring Angelica, a
housekeeper from Mexico

What students say about Jan:
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Jan with her "Best Teacher" badge made by one of her students
I have studied with Jan for more than a year, and I can honestly say that my English improved significantly during that time. I can now speak fluently and participate in English-speaking conversations at work, which I would never have been able to do before.

Jan is not only a great teacher but also a very interesting person and a good friend. She is a native speaker, and her accent and teaching style are a good fit for those who want to learn how to speak like people from California (like me).

I highly recommend Jan as an ESL teacher. She has helped me achieve my goal of being able to speak confidently in English, and I am grateful for everything she has done for me. —Yurii K, Ukraine, Bali
Jan is a fantastic person and teacher. I was in Los Angeles for a workcation in the summer of 2022 and decided on a whim that I would use the stay to finally get help with improving my pronunciation. I found Jan via her website and the enthusiastic reviews on it.

I can now say that they are very well deserved, and I am happy to add to them :-) With Jan I got what I was looking for, and much more. She quickly identified what patterns caused my foreign (in my case, German) accent, helped me realize some quick wins, and pointed to other areas where more work and practice will be needed. There have been many eye-opening moments both during the lessons with Jan and when practising with the great accent-reduction book (and accompanying online material) that she uses.

​Moreover, working with Jan has been very enjoyable. It's actually fun to try and produce new sounds and to rewire some of these neurons as an adult :-) After my return to Germany, I have been keeping up my lessons with Jan, now through video calls, which works surprisingly well. —Holger S, Germany
Jan is seriously the BEST!!! She is your English teacher, she's your life coach, she's your best friend. ​She has so much patience with her students and you can just tell she truly LOVES her job!! She explains everything in a way that you'll get it right away. I'm so lucky I found her on Yelp!!

SEARCH NO MORE! Accent reduction, grammar improvement—she really is what you've been looking for!

Take a trial class now, it's only $25! :)—Janice N, Los Angeles