Hello, my name is Ann Hillen. I teach American English and culture to adult learners. This page is a place for my students to view class content for upcoming classes, and to review past class material. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at annhillen.esl@gmail.com
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Free Classes:
Join me on Zoom for weekly ESL classes with the San Jose Public Library.
ESL Intermediate / Advanced Conversation Club
Wednesday’s 9:00am – 10:00am
Register at the Library website: https://sjpl.bibliocommons.com/
December 4, 2024: Influencers and the Trades
November 27, 2024: Black Friday
November 20, 2024: Air Travel Etiquette
November 13, 2024: Should Social Media be Banned for Children?
November 6, 2024: Military Service (Veterans Day)
October 30, 2024: Superstitions
October 23, 2024: Immigration and Multiculturalism –Salad Bowl or Melting Pot?
October 16, 2024: Columbus Day Holiday
October 9, 2024: U.S. Tipping Culture Quiz With Answers
October 9, 2024: U.S. Tipping Culture Part 2
September 25, 2024: U.S. Tipping Culture: Should you tip?
September18, 2024: Overtourism
September 11, 2024: “Childhood Dreams”
September 4, 2024: U.S. Labor Day Holiday
June 26, 2024: Consumer Education
June 5, and 12, 2024: Schools/Education Systems
May 1 and 8, 2024: Mother’s Day
April 3, 204: World Happiness Report 2024
“American Social Skills for English Language Learners” weekly class content:
December 7, 2023, Social Skills for American Schools
November 30, 2023, “American Parenting Culture”
November 9, 2023, “Body Language”
October 26, and Nov. 1, “Holidays and Celebrations”
October 11, and 18, 2023, “Talking on the Telephone in English”https://eslann.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Talking-on-the-phone.pdf
September 27, and October 4, 2023, “Manners”
September 13 and 20, 2023, “Small Talk”
June 21, 2023, “Business Meetings in the American Workplace”
June 7, 2023, “Everyday Communication at Work”
May 31, 2023, “American Business Culture”
May 17, 2023, “Social Skills for the American Job Interview”
May 3, 2023, “Social Skills for American Schools”
April 26, “American Parenting Culture”
April 19, 2023, “American Dress Codes”
April 12, 2023, “American Body Language”
March 29, April 5, “American Holidays and Celebrations”
March 8, March 15, “Talking on the Telephone in English”
February 8, 2023, “Small Talk”
February 22, March 1, 2023, “Manners”
San Jose Public Library “ELL Conversation Club with Ann”
December 16, 2022, “20 Questions” Holiday Game
October 7, 2022, Dress Codes in the U.S.
September 16, 2022, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (presentation by Tina)
September 9, 2022, “Current News Articles”
September 2, 2022, California Bans Gas Cars by 2035
August 26, 2022, SJPLF Fundraising Gala Presentation by Jodi Pulliman
August 19, 2022, Mars Time – “Time in Space”
August 12, 2022, Travel Planning
August 5, 2022, National Parks
July 29, 2022, Talking in English About Movies and TV shows, Part 2
July 22, 2022, Talking in English About Movies and TV Shows
July 15, 2022, Poetry for English Language Learners
June 17, 2022, Travel by Trains Presentation by Peter
June 24, 2022 Class Evaluation
June 10, 2022 Song Review “I Want to Live” by John Denver
June 3, 2022 Listening Skills 3 “The Ellen Show”
May 27, 2022 Listening Skills 2
May 13, 2022, U.S. Parenting Culture
April 29, 2022, Politically Correct Language
April 22, 2022, Passover Presentation by Julie
April 1, 2020, “Save the Bees” Presentation by Khin
March 25, 2022, “Space” Part 2 Prsentation by Julie Jiwon Kim
March 18, 2022, The Benefits of Laughter and Humor Presented by Nohemi
March 11, 2022, Community College
March 4, 2022, “Outer Space” Presentation by Julie Jiwon Kim
February 25, 2022, Driver’s License
February 18, 2022, The Olympics
February 11, 2022, Horoscopes and the Western Zodiac
February 4, 2022, The Chinese Zodiac
January 7, 2022 The Sport of Running by Peter Hsu
December 17, 2021 Christmas Trivia Quiz
December 17, 2021 Christmas Party!
December 10, 2021 Your Questions
December 3, 2021 “MISHMASH” of Topics
November 19, 2021 Fluency in English
November 12, 2021 The American Dream
November 5, 2021 Dance Culture
October 29, 2021 Talk About the Weather
October 15, 2021 Presentations (Vince, Sue and Michele)
October 8, 2021 Indigenous Peoples Day
October 8, 2021 Your Questions/Halloween
September 24, 2021 Stereotyping People
September 17, 2021 Special Guest Deborah
September 3, 2021 Holidays Observed in the U.S.
August 27, 2021 Impromptu Speaking
August 20, 2021 “Personal Challenge” and “Your Questions”
August 13, 2021 Homophones, Homographs and Homonyms/ Idioms in the News/ Personal Challenge
August 6, 2021 Second Language Acquisition
July 16, 2021 Talking About Personality
July 9, 2021 Getting a Drivers License
June 25, 2021 Interview Skills
June 18, 2021 American Social Skills
June 11, 2021 Education Systems
June 4, 2021 Career Advice Part 2
May 21, 2021 American Shopping Culture
May 14, 2021 Life After the Covid 19 Pandemic
May 7, 2021 Movie Review “My Octopus Teacher”
April 30, 2021 “Breaking News”
Apr 23, 2021 Talking on the phone in English