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I am a young graduate who is looking for exciting opportunities to travel and experience new cultures, specifically to countries in Asia. I have therefore completed my TEFL certificate to train me to teach English as a Foreign language in Asia, allowing me to live and work in a foreign country. I have always wished to travel to this part of the world as it is a vibrant and exciting culture so the opportunity to participate in the culture directly instead of as a tourist is utterly enthralling. Therefore, I am looking for opportunities to start around August/September 2018, in schools in Asian countries, such as Japan, South Korea, China and Hong Kong.

I have continuously been involved in teaching throughout my time at school and through University as a volunteer at a sports camp and football coaching. I am a very positive individual who continues to challenge myself and a willingness to succeed at what I put my mind to. From this I look to bring out the best in all my students and feel hugely rewarded when seeing student improvement and success.

I have recently completed a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Sport Science (Biomechanics) at Brunel University, obtaining a 2:1 class degree. During my time at Uni I completed a year long unpaid placement at West Ham United Football Club as part of my studies and learning. This experience allowed me to work with the academy as a coach and teacher for the U8-U18 year old players. I planned and implemented coaching plans for all these age groups to a professional standard and found this as a quality learning experience on teaching methods and how to produce effective/fun lessons.

I have recently completed my TEFL qualification 120+ Online course to help give me the knowledge on how to deliver effective English lessons to foreign students. This has led on from my practical skills whilst I was at West Ham and allows for those skills to be implemented within the classroom, including classroom discipline and creating a positive learning environment centered on student talking time.

As mentioned above, I am a keen sportsman and regularly participate in Hockey and Cricket, whilst also a regular gym goer and cyclist for regular fitness. I also enjoy gaming and social activities with friends.

Please view my CV for further details on qualifications and skills.

I am interested in applying for the ESL teaching post recently advertised on the tefl.org.uk website.

I have experience of living in diverse cultures and countries. I have lived and worked in Switzerland and in Ghana. In Ghana, I faced the challenge of working and living in a culture quite different from my own. I was able to adapt to local circumstances, make local friends and take advantage of opportunities to have new experiences. These included new foods, new cultural festivals and making local friends. These friends were invaluable in giving me an insight into understanding different social norms and expected behaviours and to see everyday things from a different perspective. In Switzerland I feel I faced a different challenge; working in a familiar culture but using a different language. I took regular lessons to improve my French and practised in shops, travelling and meeting new friends. The improvement in my French enabled me to have more in depth conversations and to attend French cinema and theatre.

I believe my experience of working outside the UK has proven to myself that I am resilient and can embrace new opportunities. In addition to making friends amongst Ghanaians I became good friends with many of the volunteers who were also from different countries, backgrounds and ages. I was able to do this as I am supportive of people, a good listener, maintain a good sense of humour and I am open to new ideas. I am a reflective individual who will think about why a course of action has not led to the desired outcome. I think this ability to reflect on how or why things were different contributed to my enjoyment of Ghana.

I completed my 140 hour TEFL certificate last year with a view to using it as a basis for a career change. In my career to date, I have held senior positions that have required me to negotiate to get the outcomes I need. The listening, understanding and compromise that is required to do this will be useful in a new working environment with new colleagues. I am organised and have excellent planning skills. I use these in work to ensure I meet objectives. In my career I have had many opportunities to present ideas and reports to managers and the community. As a result, I am a confident public speaker. This is a skill I believe will be invaluable in the classroom. In much of my more recent work I have been responsible for training people in new working models or in IT systems. I have found having training responsibilities to be an energising and enjoyable experience. Training people has also been a fantastic opportunity to motivate people I will be working with and begin to develop relationships.

I enjoyed the weekend module of my TEFL course where we practised teaching. I found I could build on my previous experience of training to set objectives and build a plan to achieve the desired objectives. It was enjoyable and rewarding to be able to put some of the theory from the TEFL course into practice. The weekend was challenging and enjoyable and confirmed to me that teaching English as a foreign language is something I want to pursue.

I am a Korean American who has been a apart of a teaching life since the start of my life. My father is a tutor for the SAT and ran a hagwon when in the US. I have been surrounded by the learning environment outside of just my schooling. I have gone to Seoul multiple times and am quite comfortable and knowledgeable about how to operate in this city. I do not get thrown off by culture shock because of this and growing up in a Korean family.

I am a calm and patient individual who is open minded. I am open to criticism and do not shy away from confronting my weaknesses. I try my best and always want to help others and try to do my best to help others when they ask.

I am a well organized person who has to have things be put in there place. I keep things clean and organized. I would love this opportunity to be able to help those growing to better themselves and be able to help the younger generation.

I am a 24 year old recent graduate from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science/Biology and a minor in Chemistry.

For over 10 years, I have wanted to come to Korea so that I could understand a new culture and learn a new lan-guage. There is something about the Korean language that makes me want to listen to it all day. Yet, I never pursued my need in going to Korea. In parallel to this, I realized that I had the most rewarding feeling when I was able to help someone understand something that made no sense before. Yet, I never pursued tutoring or teaching. A while ago I went to a Toastmaster’s competition, and I heard this quote that made me look at things in a different perspective. The speaker quoted, “It’s never too late to be what you might have been”. I would love to be what I have might have been now. I would like to explore new cultures and languages now. I would like to explore my interest in teaching and helping people understand new things now. I believe that teaching English in Korea is the perfect opportunity for me to do things that I might have done. I am excited help students understand English and immerse myself in the Korean culture.

Throughout my education, I have always needed more time in understanding and grasping new concepts. I usually maintained A’s and B’s. But these grades included hours and hours of outside studying. What I began to appreciate was teachers or professors that broke things down into their fundamental pieces. When I was able to logically understand a piece of information, I could more easily apply this to solving other problems. My philosophy of teaching is revolved around students understanding the core concepts well, so that they can apply this to complex things. I am a visual learner, and so when I teach, I would like my students to see what I am doing. This would mean that not only would I say English concepts; I would like to write them out as well. It gives a student the time to stare at these new concepts and ponder, so that they can come up with more questions they may have for me. I feel lucky that understanding new things can be a bit slower for me than it can be for other people, because it gives me the opportunity to understand how to teach someone with patience. If explaining one example does not work, I want to have 5 other examples on my belt that I could use when trying to help a student understand. Ultimately, I want to teach how I would want to be taught. This means I want to teach students through auditory, kinesthetic, and visual styles. I will ensure that they can understand the fundamentals, so they can apply them to complex problems. I also want my students to be comfortable in asking me as many questions as they want.

I do realize that I do not have any teaching experience. The little experience I have is helping friends and classmates with problems that I have been able to master. I am planning on enrolling in the 170 hr TEFL course which includes a 20 hour practicum where I can observe/practice teaching. I feel that I am good at explaining things in different ways that tailors to different types of people. I go by the saying that “I will do the best I can with the tools I have”. I can ensure you, that I will do the best I can with the tools I have in teaching English to Korean students and understanding the their culture if given the opportunity to do so.