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This 8-part series is a book study of Giles Milton's excellent work, "Checkmate in Berlin," interspersed with Scott Dreyer's commentary and explanation. The series focuses on Berlin from 1945-1949, which was a global flashpoint and the turning point between the end of WWII and the start of the Cold War. A history major and licensed history teacher since 1987, Dreyer lived in Germany 1985-89 and has traveled extensively in Europe. Part 2 explains the division of Germany and Berlin into 4 zones, one for each victorious power, and how the communists planned to take over Berlin in the first weeks after the end of WWII.

This 8-part series is a book study of Giles Milton's excellent work, "Checkmate in Berlin," interspersed with Scott Dreyer's commentary and explanation. The series focuses on Berlin from 1945-1949, which was a global flashpoint and the turning point between the end of WWII and the start of the Cold War. A history major and licensed history teacher since 1987, Dreyer lived in Germany 1985-89 and has traveled extensively in Europe. Part 1 introduces Milton's book and the historic Yalta Conference from Feb. 1945.

This 8-part series is a book study of Giles Milton's excellent work, "Checkmate in Berlin," interspersed with Scott Dreyer's commentary and explanation. Part 6 delves into the fascinating aspect of culture. The occupying Russians tried to convince Germans that since Russia had produced Chekhov and Pushkin, and Germany had produced Beethoven and Goethe, the 2 nations had more in common with each other than with the uncouth gum-chewing Americans. The Soviets used newspapers, radio, and the performing arts to brainwash the Germans to accept Soviet domination.

In this group class in China, the DreyerCoaching online instructor teaches 15 students the Christmas story, key vocabulary, and Christmas-themed games. To help her students understand more about how the holiday is celebrated in America, she shows them her family's Christmas tree. This shows that DreyerCoaching not only helps individual students in their home or office, but also entire classes. In this case, the students meet at their local language school in their home country but can benefit from a native-speaker teacher in the USA brought in online.

English is a crazy language! Did you know "Afghan" has 4 meanings, and "Quarry" has 2? Join these three 11th graders from a prestigious school at the Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan and find out! Even though English is a crazy language, don't worry! DreyerCoaching.com can help you!

Some DreyerCoaching students tell us a few of their English exams include a "listen and retell" section. That is, the students hear a passage in English, then must retell it as closely as possible, in their own words, without using notes. That can be a challenge because it involves listening, speaking, vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar In this class, an 11th grader at a prestigious school in the Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan retells a part of the famous Christmas story.

The mother of one of our DreyerCoaching high school students in Beijing gave us a test paper that is used in some English classes in China. It consists of a passage about a principal who used to take great care of his students, then as an older man, he got cancer and some students returned to look after him. For each blank, the test offers 4 words and the student is to pick the best word for each blank. This test is difficult for non-native speakers. We discuss line by line and determine what would be the best word to put in each blank.

In this class of Taiwanese high school students, college students, and adults, we discuss a list of words and phrases that two of the students requested an explanation for. The first 3 phrases are "put off," "drop by," and "in the doghouse." One word is the noun "quisling," which many native speakers do not even know. Watch the class to learn 11 words and phrases and also to get a feel for how a DreyerCoaching class operates.

Learn the tragic origins of the phrase "Don't drink the Kool-Aid," which sprang from a mass suicide of over 900 brainwashed cult members at Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978.

This small group ESL class is for high school boys in Taiwan and China. This session focuses on the prefixes "IM" and "IN" meaning "not." Some words taught are imbalance, immature, immeasurable, inaccurate, indecisive, inactive, and inconsiderate. Note the friendly interactions among teacher and students. The instructor has been teaching high school or college-level English since 1971, so she has a goldmine of experience to share with her students.

This ESL class is about the poisonous cane toads that have become a serious pest in Australia. This session includes vocabulary words like "natural predators" and "secrete." The student, Honey, is in 4th grade in Shenzhen, China. However, her English is so good, she is able to read and understand this lesson from a 5th grade book written for American students. Note the friendly banter between teacher and student. The fact that a 4th grader who attends a Mandarin-language school in China can keep up with a 5th grade US textbook is remarkable.

This lesson explains verb tenses such as: rain, raining, rained, was raining, has been raining, had been raining. There is discussion about how each verb tense is different and it includes sample sentences showing when and how to use each. This is designed for non-native speakers of English who want to improve their grammar.

In this online class, three 11th graders at a prestigious bilingual school in the Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan work on their writing skills. Their teacher had assigned them to write a persuasive essay. In this class, Alex first reads his essay aloud while the teacher and 2 classmates read along. The classmates give their feedback and affirmation. Then, the teacher goes through line by line and gives feedback, instruction, and praise. This real-time instruction, week by week, does wonders for the students' writing skills, word sense, and confidence.

Learn about world-famous Yellowstone National Park, in special, simple English with lots of photos and videos. DreyerCoaching teacher Mrs. Armistead and her family visited the park and she shares her trip with Dora, her student in Taiwan. You will learn that Yellowstone is the oldest national park in the world, has one-half of all the world's geysers, and gets its name from the yellowish stones in Yellowstone Canyon. Excellent class for ESL students who want to improve their vocabulary, listening ability, and knowledge about this natural treasure.

This children's story, by Laurel Porter-Gaylord and illustrated by Ashley Wolff, is a delightful story and it teaches some key animal vocabulary. In English, there are specific nouns for the young of different kinds of animals, based on the species. For example, a baby cow, dolphin, or whale is called a "calf."

In this video, learn some tips to write a tribute about someone who has accomplished something magnificent. In this case, we discuss the writing of a tribute to Scott's parents who celebrated their 70th anniversary! This class will help you improve your vocabulary and writing skill; it is especially helpful for ESL learners.

Join Ryan in Taiwan and Lucy in Beijing as we read and discuss this original source document, Lincoln's Proclamation in the middle of the US Civil War to declare Thanksgiving to be a national holiday. Excellent class to help you with your reading and vocabulary skills; especially helpful for ESL learners. Joining this class will give you a deeper insight into American culture and Lincoln's mindset and value system. You can also gain a valuable "life lesson" from the discussion at the end about Secretary of State William Seward and the US purchase of Alaska.

In this last portion of a 3-part mini-series, we discuss parts of Dave Barry's hilarious "2021 Year in Review" article. Barry is a Pulitzer-Prize winning humorist and satire writer. In this class we discuss line by line Barry's explanation of some of the contradictory ways Americans were viewing the vaccinations as of May 2021. See below: ... the CDC further relaxes its COVID-19 guidelines in response to new scientific data showing that a lot of people have stopped paying attention to CDC guidelines. At this point these are the known facts about the pandemic in America: —Many Americans have been vaccinated but continue to act as though they have not. —Many other Americans have not been vaccinated but act as though they have. —Many of those who got vaccinated hate Donald Trump, who considers the vaccines to be one of his greatest achievements. —Many who refuse to get vaccinated love Donald Trump. What do these facts tell us? They tell us that we, as a nation, are insane. But we knew that.

Pulitzer-Prize winning humorist Dave Barry writes a "Year in Review" column each December, and in this class we discuss the title and some of the newsmakers of 2021. Join Lucy from Beijing in this lesson designed for ESL learners. This class will not only improve your English but also give you a deeper insight into life in America.

Humor writer and Pulitzer-Prize winner Dave Barry produces a hilarious "Year in Review" piece each year in late December. In Part 2, we discuss the meanings of irony and satire, and how this is satirical writing. Specifically, we read how Barry found humor in the tragic January 2021 Capitol riot. This class will not only help ESL learners improve their English and writing skills, but also deepen their knowledge of some current trends and issues in the USA.

Hank, a high school senior in Taiwan. tells how his DreyerCoaching.com teacher helped him get into the University of Amsterdam. He explains the different techniques and approaches his teacher used to help him. And it worked! He got into The University of Amsterdam!

English is a crazy language! Part of the problem is, many words have more than one meaning. Join part of our advanced vocabulary class to learn some different ways to use the word "CONDITION."

DreyerCoaching student Tony tells about his trip to the Met Museum and some great restaurants in New York City. Tony went from "not speaking English" to "teaching the class" in only 2.5 years! What a success story!

Why do people wear green on Saint Patrick's Day? Why is it on March 17? And did you know Saint Patrick was NOT from Ireland? Learn all this and more in this video! Since you can read and hear the text at the same time, this class is especially valuable for English Language Learners.

Do you want to know more about writing a cover letter for a resume? This video will help you get started. You can learn more about the heading of a letter, the greeting, parallel structure, and more! Join DreyerCoaching.com to learn more!