EDUCATION

Education Canada   4060 Ste. Catherine Ouest

Montreal, Quebec

Experienced TESOL Certificate

This intensive three-month program involved over 75 hours of practical teaching, split between grammar and conversation classes.  The ages of the students and their levels varied greatly.

University of Toronto

3359 Mississauga Road

Mississauga, Ontario

L5L 1C6

Honours Bachelor of Arts

English Major

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

DECEMBER 2005 - PRESENT

BRITISH COUNCIL  Beijing, China

I am currently working as an IELTS Examiner, where I am responsible for assessing candidates' speaking and writing levels.  I also monitor other Examiners' marking to ensure they are testing to standard. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 2005 – JUNE 2007

YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province

I taught writing and speaking classes to both undergraduates and post-graduates.  The range of the students' majors differed greatly, from Engineering to Computer Science to Travel and Tourism.  I was also involved in course/syllabus design for the Non-English major students.     

OCTOBER 2003 – SEPTEMBER 2004

SANGNOCK ACADEMY  Asan, South Korea

I taught English Time and New Interchange to students aged 8-13.  I also had two conversation classes with the Korean English teachers.

NOVEMBER 2002 – JUNE 2003

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province

I taught 20 hours of oral English per week to the English majors.  I designed the entire syllabus myself for over 250 students, ranging in level from freshman to junior.

DECEMBER 2002 – JULY 2003

AO JIA FOREIGN LANGUAGE COLLEGE   Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province

I taught, on average, for 10 hours a week and 25 during the Spring Festival for four weeks.  I taught all of the New Interchange books as well as the Passages series to students’ aged 10-45.  I also designed an oral class for adults that ran for four months.