Advanced Pronunciation and Fluency

Makaela Anderson is an instructor with the EAPD program at UC San Diego's ELI.  She has spent her 4 years of teaching at both private and public universities, as well as private English schools.  In addition to teaching, Makaela has been a freelance technical writer and editor for companies in the U.S. and abroad.  Her main goal when teaching is for her students to have the tools to take the material taught in class and use it in everyday life, so her student-centered approach uses lively and diverse topics and activities to mimic common interactions and situations.  As a result, her classes challenge students to reflect, become self-awareness, and think critically as part of achieving set language goals.  Makaela proudly holds a BA in Political Science, an MA in Latin American Studies, and a CELTA.   
 

Born and raised in San Diego, Crystal Carothers has over 12 years of ESL teaching experience. In 2006, she earned her TEFL certificate in Madrid, Spain, where she first started teaching English to adults.  In 2007, she moved back to the United States and started teaching English at the International Center of American English in San Diego. After teaching there for two years, she taught at English First San Diego from 2008-2010. In 2010, she began teaching at the English Language Institute on UCSD's campus, where she currently teaches. In addition to teaching at the ELI, she also teaches ESL writing courses at Mesa College and Grossmont College. She received her Master's degree in Education with an emphasis in TESOL from Allianz International University. In addition to teaching in Spain, she has also taught in El Salvador and speaks Spanish fluently.