Teaching at English Aloud since May 2012
Living in Leicestershire, The UK
Education:
- BSc in Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol (2005), The UK
- TEFL courses EPIK orientation; a week long ESL series of lectures and observed practice classes delivered by the National Institute for International Education in Korea (2011)
- Aston University online TESOL MSc Foundation module (2010) Completed the foundation module of this post-graduate degree program before taking a 12 month leave of absence.
- Saxoncourt, London TEFL short course: A 30 hour course accredited by the British Council (2008)
Work Experience:
- February 2011 to February 2012: Native ESL teacher. DongIn Elementary School (괴산 동인초등학교), English Centre Goesan, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, Recruited by EPIK as a native ESL teacher working with children from kindergarten to grade six.
- August 2008 to July 2010: Native ESL Teacher, Ideal Schools, Tucheng, Taipei County, Taiwan Native English teacher at a local ran private English academy. Teaching kindergarten to grade six. Subjects taught: conversational English, phonics, phonetics from a designed text book curriculum; - Shane English Schools, Taiwan Taipei city, Taiwan A similar role as above but also including adult classes and middle school students. Also teaching a number of one-to-one conversation classes, reading classes and special needs students.