My Teaching Subject(s)Pre-school - English, Creative Writing
Primary - English , Creative Writing
O level - English, Literature
A level - General Paper , Literature , H3 Literature
IB / IGCSE - English Language, English Literature
Diploma / Degree - Literature
Language - English , Chinese , French , Korean
Experience
An experienced professional with a strong background in education and language coaching, seeking a career in the English-language education industry. I aim to secure a position as a full-time teacher and instructor where I can demonstrate my abilities with the English language and its literature. I wish to teach, help and coach students to achieve better results in their English writing and communication skills.
English Teacher (English Explorer Language School), Singapore
March 2018—Present
Teaching group classes and one-to-one classes in Professional (Business) English to adult, non-native learners of English at various levels (beginner’s, elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper intermediate and advanced) to prepare them for communication (oral and written) in the workplace setting.
Conducted both Zoom (online) lessons and lessons in a physical classroom setting.
Summer Camp Teacher, Blue Sky Education Pte. Ltd
June 2018
• Taught English presentation on leadership skills and public speaking to international students from Vietnam on summer camp
Personal Private Tutor, English and English Literature
January 2017—current
• Taught English to small classes of one to six students of levels ranging from lower primary school to secondary four levels. Prepared them for topics such as phonics, creative narrative writing, argumentative writing, comprehension and reading, critical writing.
• Graded assignments and administered and facilitated in-class writing, comprehension and reading among students
• Taught A Level General Paper (English) and English Literature to GCE Cambridge A Level students on a one-to-one basis in preparation for the GCE Cambridge A Level examinations
Zhicheng Private School, Singapore
Teacher of English, August 2015 – Nov 2015
• Taught English language classes every morning to classes of international students about twenty in numbers to prepare them for entrance examinations into public Ministry of Education (MOE) registered schools in Singapore, including grammar, comprehension, essay writing (expository, argumentative, and narrative) of levels from upper primary to lower secondary.
Nagoya University, Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Japan)
Associate Professor of English, Oct 2011—Mar 2014
• Taught six to seven courses every semester about topics in academic English, including presentation, public speaking, writing structure and grammar, basic oral communication, and also, thesis writing, to university students ranging in class size from five to forty students.
• In collaboration with staff from the Department of Academic Writing Education, I headed the monthly Academic Writing workshop by organizing it and inviting speakers to present in it.
Learning Partners Pte. Ltd. Singapore
Freelance Tutor in English, Jan 2011 – Sep 2011
• Taught English Language to classes of students ranging from four to fifteen in numbers. Coached them in effective writing styles in English, as well as strategies to understand reading passages in English.
University of Calgary, Department of English (Canada)
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Sep 2009 – Apr 2010
• As the instructor and seminar leader, I created the syllabi for the following undergraduate courses in English literature, namely Foundations of English Studies: Fiction, and Special Topics in English: Portraying Masculinities in Medieval Literature.
• Administered lectures and tutorial seminars, and assessed student performance in classes, which ranged from fifteen to twenty-five students, for satisfactory credit completion.
University of Calgary, Professor Murray McGillivray (Canada)
Graduate Research Associate, Jan 2007 – Sep 2008
University of Calgary, Department of English (Canada)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sep 2006 – Apr 2008
Raffles Girls’ Secondary School, Department of English (Singapore)
English Teacher (Relief), January 2005 – March 2005
• Taught English and English Literature at secondary level to classes of twenty to twenty-five students in size, to cover a teacher on maternity leave. Coached students in topics such as writing for effective communication in English, reading for literary strategies, comprehension etcetera.
• Mentored group of students of two in numbers for the final year (Secondary Four) Integrated Program project.
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