English & Communication · Children's Literature for ESL Learners & Live Group Courses
Dr. Sarah Langridge
Learn from someone who has trained the trainers. Sarah has spent over a decade at the top of language and communication education in Canada — managing a team of 50+ instructors at Global Affairs Canada, teaching communications as a college professor, and shaping how educators themselves are taught. Now she brings that expertise directly to you.
Whether you want to speak and write English with genuine confidence, sharpen your business communication, become a stronger leader, or master the craft of teaching and research, Sarah meets you where you are and takes you further. Her range is rare: ESL and academic English, public speaking, workplace communication, leadership and community-building, task-based teaching, research methods, and the art of belonging in schools and workplaces. She leads specialized online group courses using real children's books to build high-frequency vocabulary for ESL learners, alongside intensive business communication groups for active professionals.
A doctoral researcher, published author, and award-winning educator, Sarah is known for making complex ideas click — and for creating a warm, judgment-free space where you're free to ask questions, make mistakes, and grow. She has taught paramedics and nurses, diplomats and air-traffic controllers, new teachers and seasoned managers. Whatever your goal, she's almost certainly guided someone toward it before.
Book a lesson and find out why students, professionals, and fellow educators keep coming back.
Credentials
Doctoral Studies PhD, Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies — Carleton University PhD, Education — University of Saskatchewan Graduate Degrees & Certificates Master's in Education — Leadership, Evaluation, Curriculum and Policy Studies — University of Ottawa Graduate Certificate, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning — University of Saskatchewan Graduate Certificate, Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (TESL/TEFL) — Algonquin College Undergraduate & Teaching Qualifications Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Linguistics & World Language Studies — Queen's University Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) — Canadian College of Educators Awards & Distinctions ISSOTL Emerging Scholar Award, 2024–2025 Dr. Jane Graham Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2024–2025 SSHRC Exchange Grant Recipient, 2024–2025 SSHRC Explore Grant Recipient, 2024–2025 St. Lawrence College Ignite Grant, 2024–2025 St. Lawrence College Advance Grant, 2024
Articles by Sarah
- Presenting in English Without Reading Off the Slide
- The Email Mistakes That Make You Sound Less Senior
- Networking in English When Small Talk Isn't Your Thing
- Difficult Conversations at Work in a Second Language
- English for New Managers and Team Leads
- Negotiating in English
- Working Across Cultures: What Gets Lost
- English for Remote and Distributed Teams
- How to Write Professional English Without Sounding Like a Robot
- Executive Presence When English Is Your Second Language
- Canadian Workplace English and Culture
- Why Children Stop Reading
- Screens and Reading: What the Research Actually Says
- Building a Family Reading Habit That Survives
- Helping a Child Who Finds Reading Hard
- How Stories Build Empathy
- Reading and How It Shows Up Everywhere Else
- Children, Attention Spans and Long-Form Reading
- Why Most Children's Books Don't Work
- Story Structure and Word Count by Age
- Creating Characters Children Remember
- The Mistakes First-Time Authors Make
- Self-Publishing a Children's Book
- Querying Literary Agents
- Marketing a Book With No Budget
- Finding Your Author Voice
- What Leadership Coaching Actually Is
- Business English: What It Is and How to Actually Improve It
- What Is Academic English — And Why Fluent Speakers Still Struggle With It
- Why You Understand English But Freeze When You Speak
- English for Your First Months in Canada
- How Long Does It Really Take to Become Fluent?
- Folktale or Fable: What's the Difference?
- How to Choose Books for a Child Who Doesn't Like Reading
- Who Decides What Children Read?
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