Andrea Frentiu, Lead Instructor
Andrea Frentiu has over 14 years of experience in teaching English to ESL students, from beginner to advanced levels. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Romanian Language and Literature, and she earned her Master of Arts in British Cultural Studies. She also has a certificate in TESOL.
Our listening classes combine practice in answering questions both about conversations and about lectures, and skill-building in answering a wide variety of question types. Through guided practice, students learn strategies that enable them to quickly identify the correct answers to the following listening comprehension question types: ? gist-content questions ? gist-purpose questions ? detail questions
Our reading classes combine practice and skill-building, and offer great depth in vocabulary building. Through guided practice, students learn strategies that enable them to quickly identify the correct answers to the following reading comprehension question types: ? factual information questions ? negative factual information questions ? inference questions ? rhetorical purpose questions ? vocabulary questions
Our writing classes provide practice and skill-building in both TOEFL Task 1 (Integrated) and Task 2 (Independent) Writing. Task 1 Writing Students learn how to combine information that they read in a passage with information they hear in a lecture, and to compare and contrast the points of view expressed by the author of the
Franklin English Language College first won trust from its students with this program in 2003 and since then has been known in Vancouver for its quality ESL programs. We have achieved this reputation through our efforts to actually improve our students’ skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing rather than simply giving them test strategies. How
Frank Miao, President, Senior Educational Administrator Frank Miao is an experienced educator and researcher in educational assessment, computer-assisted language learning (CALL), and teaching methodology. He was a Senior Lecturer at Sun Yat-Sen University in China, Senior Visiting Scholar at Portsmouth University in the UK, and President of Franklin English Language College, Vancouver, Canada, a renowned
