Leola Solis is a bilingual Tongan-English speaker and has over 20 years of classroom experience teaching a plethora of courses within the areas of English as a second language, Linguistics, and English composition. In addition to her teaching experience, Leola has consulted and assisted secondary and university institutions with curriculum development and distance learning projects. Her primary interests include discourse analysis, phonology, and second language teaching, specifically in the listening, speaking, and pronunciation skills area. She holds a master's degree in TESOL from Hawaii Pacific University.