Testimonials

English as a Second Language Training

"Bilingual Advantage has been a stellar training partner. We have worked together on projects with food processing and agriculture. Rita has gone out of her way to exceed our expectations in design of curriculum, delivery of training, and customizing to fit the specific needs of our clients. I have complete confidence in her ability to follow through with professional services in ESL"

Joseph Bailey

Certified Professional Facilitator

Training and Business Development Center

Linn Benton Community College

541-917-4935

joseph.bailey@linnbenton.edu

"We just completed our first ESL class. Everyone was successful! Rita did a terrific job tailoring the class to our needs and adapting the curriculum for each student. We highly recommend her."

Marsha Swanson
Project Specialist
Oregon Freeze Dry, Inc.
541-926-6001

"Rita was very instrumental in helping us to set up and deliver a specialized program to teach English to a group of Hispanic employees at one of our major customer's work sites. She did such and excellent job that the employer requested the College to use Rita to teach Spanish to their supervisors!"

Pete Bober
Director of Business & Community Partnerships
Linn-Benton Community College - Benton Center

"Rita has demonstrated patience and creativity in working with multi-level ESL groups. She has a wide range of experience in working with adults who come from various cultural, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. She has worked hard to become more fluent in Spanish, and her students feel comfortable communicating with her in both languages."

Vivian Ang
Literacy Specialist
Chemeketa Community College - Santiam Center

"Rita Goodman is such an asset to the community college. She understands her student's needs and is a very responsive and effective teacher. Rita is also always willing to find solutions to the challenges of offering classes to working adults. Her teaching skills, knowledge of her subject and her ability to work in all types of business environments is so valuable to our community."

Karin Magnuson
Business and Employer Services

Health Occupations and Workforce Education Division

Linn-Benton Community College

(541) 917-4276  

Karin.magnuson@linnbenton.edu

"Rita has been a great instructor to our team members.  Always pleasant, professional, and very flexible.  We greatly appreciated her taking the time to provide such a helpful service to the company."

Dawn Draper

Human Resource Systems Assistant

National Frozen Foods Corporation

(541) 917-9310

ddraper@nffc.com