David: United Kingdom: Sep 01, 2019

I am a highly experienced teacher with over 32 years work in educational positions including Brunel University in London and several places abroad. I possess a Bachelor Degree, Master's Degree, CELTA certificate and TEFL Teacher Training Diploma. My last position was in China where for four years 2014-18, I worked in a combination role of Orchestral Conductor and English Teacher at No.2 High School in Hangzhou. I was also Senior Adviser to students wishing to study abroad and responsible for IELTS training and advising them on suitable universities for their course of study. I also created a ten-week course in Critical Thinking for these students. My general classes in English covered all four principal skills and were built around much group and task work to encourage speaking and confidence in students.
As a Senior Academic Adviser to Haida International, working as part of a team, I regularly trained new teachers and carried out hundreds of teacher evaluations for them in several Chinese cities. In Shenzhen, I set up their teacher evaluation program and trained the team who would be responsible for it. I also worked at university level in China at The Tourism College in Zhejiang. Several of my Chinese students are now studying in the UK, US and Ireland. I am also joint author of the TEFL in Action TEFL course. I use a wide range of tried and tested teaching ideas in addition to plenty of things I design myself for specific classes and groups of students. I can also offer Business English, Academic English and Cambridge Exam preparation.
I am highly computer literate and familiar with a range of standard programs including Excel. I am available from around the end of August.
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