Francine Kalogris
Francine Kalogris is an experienced Business ESL Instructor, with over twenty years of teaching and training experience in both the private and public sectors in Canada and Japan. She has a business background and Certificate in Public Relations (PR) and holds a Masters of Education, specializing in distance education and instructional design. She brings her public relations expertise, knowledge of business and educational strategies and online educational technologies to course development and interactions with her students. As an experienced trainer and facilitator, she is able to express complex concepts clearly and effectively to ensure student success and increased productivity in the Canadian workplace.
Inspiring people to learn is Francine’s specialty. She has been teaching OSLT courses for more than ten years, since the inception of OSLT in 2009, and has helped internationally trained entrepreneurs, sales and marketing professionals, managers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, PSWs, and other healthcare professionals, understand the intricacies of cultural differences in professional communication in the Canadian workplace.
Utilizing creative and engaging activities that are relevant to each occupation, such as role plays, case studies and presentations, Francine’s students always have fun learning in a safe environment and ultimately, realize a tremendous boost in their oral and written communication skills. This boost of self-confidence, especially in speaking English in various workplace scenarios, is Francine’s gift to her students.
Mohammad Falhasiri
Mohammad Falhasiri has been teaching English as a second language for over 16 years. For the past three years, he has been teaching OSLT to internationally trained engineers, architects, doctors, nurses, accountants, entrepreneurs, project managers, and other professionals, helping them to have an in-depth understanding of the socio-cultural and professional communications in their respective workplaces in Canada. Besides teaching, he has worked as an Academic Manager, a Director of Studies, a researcher, and an IELTS Examiner.
Mohammad holds a master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. During his graduate studies, he published several scholarly articles on second language acquisition.
Mohammad sets the OSLT students up for success by designing and implementing interactive lessons and activities that simulate real-world tasks. Being tech-savvy, he incorporates various online tools into his instruction that make his lessons more engaging and enable learners to review and practice the instructional contents at their own pace.