Education History Huddersfield University - Bachelors Degree in History - November 2004 to November 2007 TEFL Teaching certificate – Beijing – June 2008 Chinese language course – Qinghua University, Beijing – February 2008 to June 2008
Work Experience English Teacher for Premier Housing Soultion, England – 2006 to 2008. Here I taught foreign employees of the company spoken and written English, as well as Reading. My responsibilities included selecting and preparing the course materials for adult students possessing widely different levels of English. I was also required to oversee exams and, along with colleagues, for marking. Private English teacher in Beijing – Feb 2008 to Dec 2008. In Beijing I had the opportunity to teach a wide variety of students, from children to experienced businessmen, in a one-on-one setting. I prepared students for the traditional English exams IELTS and TOEFL while also using the commercial textbooks New Concept, Interchange, New Cambridge and Crazy English. TEFL Academy, Shaoxing – December 2008 to July 2009. At TEFL I taught mainly oral English to a mix of college students and adult learners. Responsibilities included grading oral exams and preparing and directing talk bars. I also taught the employees of Kaiyuan Hotel while continuously running assessments of their progress |