And I recommend English Express

Ms Candy Lee (Principal)

When we started the first English program in 2012, I thought it would never work.

It thought it was too simple because it didn’t have more than one class a week. Was it enough ? At just 2.5 hours ?

I was also concerned about the lack of time that adults have to learn English after a full day of hard work.

Quite frankly, I was afraid that students might not have the time to learn and may quit halfway.

But I was also fed up of seeing other schools squeezing many students in a class so that they could earn a higher profit.

So I decided to start the English program with a fully interactive class that only a small group class can achieve.

If it didn’t work out, I figured that at least I had tried my best.

I thought to myself, I had little to lose…

Now, those first 8 weeks were a little weird, to be honest.

The initial batch of students were surprised that the class was small.

And they got attention from their trainer, which they never had before.

They made true friends who were also interested to improve with them.

They dared to ask questions because it would seem weird if they did not.

They went back home happy and continued coming to class week after week.

After all of that were over, I noticed we didn’t “lose students” as I thought we would.

I actually gained quite a bit of referrals…

The students came back to us excited to learn and signed up for new terms.

Some stopped after they achieved what they were looking for.

One even told us that she finally passed the interview for a flight attendant with Emirates.

You could not argue with the results.

You will become better even though you only attended one class a week because that one class matters. It is not the quantity but the quality of each class that matters.

And that’s why I’m telling you to do it today.

Our class works better than everything else offered in the market.

Don’t believe me – try it for 8 weeks.

Mr. Karl Kerridge

Karl, born in Oxford UK, has been teaching English since 1991. He arrived in Singapore in 2013 and got his Tesol Certification in Teachers’ Training at the BEC (British Education Centre) Singapore in 2015.

In over 10 years in Singapore, he has taught a variety of students at every level, age, nationality, and background. His specialty is to teach general and business English, conversational English, IELTS, and Toefl preparation.

Apart from teaching English, he has also been teaching art in Singapore since 2011. He has a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art Painting and Drawing from Glasgow School of Art. He undertook a PGCE (teacher training) course in the UK. As part of the PGCE course in the UK he taught painting and drawing to degree students at Oxford University. In Singapore, he has been teaching art to private students including international students from a variety of international schools, teaching them painting, drawing, and design.

Karl also provide consultation and preparation of portfolios for application to universities and art school degree courses abroad.

Mr. Boey Dengqing

Teaching is a deep passion of Dengqing. After graduating from NUS with flying colours, he has amassed seven years of teaching experience in the private sector. He has worked as an English teacher in a private school for two years, helping pupils to ace their ‘O’ level papers. Throughout the years, he has tutored a wide range of students in academic English, from young ones in the primary level to Secondary Four students on the verge of attending tertiary education. The many satisfactory results that his students have attained stands as a testament to Dengqing’s dedication, communication skills and approachable nature.

His job duties have required him to plan curricula, set and mark examination papers and prepare lesson materials,

Since 2015, Dengqing has turned his attention to tutoring adults. At Crystal Learning Centre, he has had plenty of opportunities to help adults who wish to improve their proficiency in English in an everyday or business setting reach their goals. He is proud to have improved both the confidence and ability of his English language students. His motto is: “If you are willing to learn, I am willing to teach.”

Ms. Devina Tan

Devina has 6 years of experience teaching young learners at the pre-school and primary levels on an individual basis. She has also taught adult learners at a pre-intermediate and upper-intermediate level in many English language schools in Singapore.

The majority of her teaching experience stems from conducting training lessons in relation to her professional experience, such as sales training and product training. She holds a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) from the University of Cambridge as well.

Devina has been in the marine equipment sales industry for the past 6 years. Prior to that, she was in corporate banking for 8 years. She is familiar with business proposals and credit analysis of financial statements for presentation to financial institutions, business partners and various stakeholders.

Devina was previously awarded the Excellent Service Award by Singapore Tourism Board in association with the Association of Banks in Singapore and SPRING Singapore. She also received the Gold and Silver Awards consecutively for her work in the banking industry.