“Open Talk" Club: Drop-In
$1299

To talk openly means to talk freely. Your amazing teacher is a Harvard graduate, a "Harvard Hero”, and a 2020 Pearson English Teacher Award winner. He will certainly help you learn how to talk more openly - and fluently.

This class emphasizes fluency and accuracy. By talking about yourself - and listening to others do the same - you will not only improve your conversation and listening skills, but also your pronunciation, vocabulary, idiomatic usage, and grammar.

  • One of NESE’s Most Popular Classes
  • One Day per Week - Flexible Attendance
  • Minimum Listening & Speaking Level 7 Required to Take Course
  • Teacher has been named a “Harvard Hero”*
  • All NESE On-Line Teachers are Native Speakers (Always)
  • Curriculum Based on Award-Winning NESE, Harvard Square Program

*An annual award given by Harvard University to only 0.5-1% of Harvard staff.

Open Talk Club has always been one of the most popular classes at NESE. In this class, you will improve your ability to present yourself in both social and professional situations, as well as learn situationally appropriate ways to ask others for personal information. Through in-class conversations, you will also develop your pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar skills. Students report significant English improvement from this club.

There are many ways to improve your English. However, it is well established that using language that is relevant to the speaker helps linguistic memory as well as active production. There is nothing more relevant to you than telling your story - who you are - and how you became the person you are today. Likewise, learning how others also became themselves is not only beneficial to your comprehension and speaking but, of course, allows you to make friends from around the world.

As students at NESE, Harvard Square have noticed for years - and as you will also see - as you speak, your English, slowly but surely, begins to flow. You stop thinking about grammar rules and translating from your mother tongue as you tell your story, and respond and engage with those of others. Instead, your English, somewhat haltingly at first, starts to pick up speed - just like a train going faster and faster. The magic of this environment is that students become so engrossed in the subject matter that the rules of English become secondary - until they realize that they are actually and intuitively speaking the music of English - and it is “in-tune”.

Samuel earned a Masters Degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he combined his interests in arts, advocacy, social change, and reflective leadership practice. Currently Samuel works at the Harvard Business School, where he manages student services. In 2015, he was named a “Harvard Hero”* and in 2020, he was a Pearson English Teacher Award winner (for North and Central America). Students say that Samuel and Open Talk Club have empowered them to speak English confidently, to communicate effectively, and to find motivation to achieve their goals.

*An annual award given by Harvard University to only 0.5-1% of Harvard staff.

Never be afraid to make a mistake. Your teacher is here to help you. If you try and are correct, that is to your credit. If you try and you make a mistake, that is an ideal opportunity for your teacher to help you, and for you (and the class) to learn something new. Trying is important; perfection 100% of the time is not. Remember, “Mistakes are not important; Understanding is”TM