@Mina Min , @Mariel Liang , @Sara Li @Soooda Feng , @Rory Yuan , @Linus Z , @Lu Huishan , @Lee Tree @Amelia Xu , @Evelyne Vincent , @Fengfang Zhang @Hina Hsia @Jane Qing @Kelly Trinh , @Nolla Nella @Raja Raja , @Siyi Yu @Sherry Zhan @Shamil Guseynov @Lesley Chu , @Jenny Jenny @Joaquin Baldomero Cruz Lucio @Leah Yip , @Cao QiaoLan , @Chen Xena @Gee Nat Thank you guys for stopping by! Great pronunciation practice and drills today — sharp focus, strong effort, and lots of progress. Love the energy you all bring to class. Huge shout-out to my assistant @Mariel Liang for the enormous help with organization and all the behind-the-scenes stuff. Thanks to you I was able to practice with 18 STUDENTS today — and somehow THREE HOURS just flew by. Awesome work, everyone. Keep it going! 💪

Tired of boring vocabulary lists and textbooks? 🤯 Let’s learn words the fun way—straight from podcasts, TV shows, movies, and real conversations. 💥 No fake sentences, no endless memorization—just words you’ll actually use and remember. 🗣️ Jump in and discover new vocab the way it’s actually spoken! Today’s Vocab 🎯 I’m putting my chips in – I’m committing. I’m backing this. I’m choosing this option and taking the risk. (Poker energy. You slide your chips to the center of the table. No hesitation.) All in – fully committed. No half-measures. No backup plan. Total buy-in. How it sounds in real life: “I’m putting my chips in on this new idea.” “I’m all in.” “If we’re doing this, we’re all in.” Subtle difference? - Putting my chips in = I’m deciding to commit. - All in = I’m 100% committed. No turning back. Bold. Confident. Slightly dramatic. I like it. 😎

Hello everyone! 🙌 How about we dig into this assignment in our next Throwback PIRFsday? I just made that video for you. The audio’s from December 2021, and I only joined PIRF VIP a couple months ago, so it’s fun hearing it again now more than 5 years later! 😂 So, March 12th — our weekly class: Throwback PIRFsday, every Thursday ⏰ 👉 Calendar Link 👉 The Classroom Page Here’s what we’ll do: Go through one of the “old” PIRF assignments and… Do VF (Vowel Foul) 😜 Read the whole assignment 📝 Practice Pronunciation, Intonation, Rhythm and Flow 🗣️ My assistant Super Mariel @Mariel Liang will, as always, be watching out for me and lending a hand. 🤝 PRACTICING TOGETHER, IMPROVING BIG TIME! 💪 "PIRF 273—Let’s have fun. Ladies on the left, Men on the right. Where I live, we FINALLY have some cold weather and some snow, but not much! But it IS COLD outside. And YOU are experiencing the same thing. Ladies, you’re at your boyfriend’s house and it’s time to go home. Men, you don’t want your girlfriend to go home! Both of you, do your best to get your way—be playful!" Your English coach, Coach @Shane Peterson