Welcome to the English mastery and comprehension section of VTKnowHow. We have a separate page devoted to the ESL, Writing, and Speech courses since they operate differently than the others and also have their own rates.

Our services for these subjects are not just limited to Virginia Tech Courses. Our talented instructors are willing to help out anyone who seeks it in any of these areas. Please read on for the details of each.

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ESL (English As A Second Language)
We invite all international students who wish to master the English language to meet with our talented and friendly instructors. While not an actual VTech class, ESL has become quite popular for our visiting international students and instructors. Our intensive course will help you learn to speak, read, and write the English language fluently. We instruct ESL through a variety of methods including conversation and speaking exercises, writing prompts, listening comprehension, oral communication, pronunciation, writing skills, and reading strategies. An instructor will contact you to set up a weekly schedule for you. Once scheduled, you will meet the same times each week. These sessions may be scheduled Monday-Friday 9AM-6PM and all day Sunday. If you have read all the details and feel ready to schedule, go to the Contact Us page.

Hourly rate for ESL instruction: 25/hour

Writing, Editing, and Speech Preparation
We can help students with papers or speech preparation through a broad range of creative, technical, humanities, and liberal arts courses. You may meet with one of our talented and friendly instructors during all levels of Paper and Speech writing, from formulation of ideas and research through the presentation. These sessions are done by an appointment basis instead of a permanent schedule. Therefore they have extended hour possibilities, Sunday through Friday, 9AM-10PM. Just contact us in advance and we will be sure to fit you in before the due date of the paper or speech. We offer expertise in many forms of writing, including but not limited to:

Composition Writing
Creative Writing
Technical Writing
Liberal Arts Papers
Thesis Prep
Dissertation
Resume/Cover Letter
Speech Writing
Speech Presentation

Hourly rate for Writing, Editing, and Speech: 25/hour

If you have read all the details and feel ready to schedule, go to the Contact Us page.

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