Abigail: United States: Sep 01, 2019

As a CELTA certified English teacher, during my teaching practice, I worked with wonderful adult learners, ranging in age from late teens to late sixties. My students also varied in their English proficiency from lower intermediate to upper intermediate. From this experience, I learned a lot about meeting my students' needs, time management, and classroom management.
Currently I teach English and critical thinking online through Aha! Academy to Chinese international students in their late teens and twenties. Through teaching in this one-on-one capacity, I have grown in my ability to guide students in their communication skills and cultural awareness. Previously, I taught weekly 3 hour American Culture and Conversation classes for international graduate students at UCLA to facilitate a smooth transition to the US. In this position, I was responsible for lesson-planning in addition to teaching.
These experiences have all contributed to my abilities to encourage my students, help them achieve their goals, and empower them to excel in their communicative and receptive abilities in English.
As someone with a warm and friendly personality, I care deeply about my students and one of my great strengths as a teacher is my ability to connect with my students.