tahn

My experience as a teachers assistant has been an amazing experience. Being around children is my passion.
I believe that my strong language experience and education makes me a highly competitive candidate for this position. My key strengths that would support my success in this position include:

I have strong communication and language skills.

I am hardworking and always try to motivate others.

I can develop good relationships easily.

I am talkative and always make others feel comfortable.

I get along well with kids of all age groups.

I strive continually for excellence.

I have always dreamt of working abroad. With a BA degree in Psychology and Linguistics , I believe I have the skills to help others.

My name is Leeahn, and I saw your institution’s Korean language teaching job posting on the ‘glassdoor’ website and am submitting my application for your consideration. Currently, I am working at SJ Canada which is agency that helps the process for Korean students to study abroad in Canada. I got MA TESOL degree at the University of Bath and completed my program in September, 2022. My dissertation title was “Exploring challenges and strategies of South Korean EFL teachers in the process of material development using communicative language teaching approach: The role of teaching experience”. My experience with the dissertation would be really helpful in a potential role at your institution because I will use authentic materials which support students’ interests, which will encourage students to engage in my class. Moreover, my course would be helpful for this position since it helped me to learn how to teach linguistics. As a native speaker of Korean, I am confident with this job and the skills that I learned during MA TESOL will translate easily to teaching in Korean since it is about how to teach the language effectively to the learners.

Before my studies at the University of Bath, I graduated with a Bachelor of History Education in 2018 and began teaching History to 11th graders at the Global Vision Christian School in the 2018-2019 academic year. At the school, used a range of teaching methods to suit the needs of every class, inspiring my students with diverse group activities, interesting videos, and games. Furthermore, I developed the social studies curriculum in weekly meetings with my colleagues. These meetings made me confident when communicating with my colleagues and management teams.

I approach teaching enthusiastically and passionately by focusing on helping others become the best version of themselves by creating engaging and valuable Korean language learning. My qualifications and approach to teaching would make me a good fit for your department. Also, I am quite excited to share my language and my culture with the students at your institution, and also get the chance to experience Chinese culture.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you regarding the next steps!

Sincerely,
Leeahn Kim

I am experienced and well versed in TOEFL, Debate, Literature, and general English grammar and English teaching
I am hard working and strongly believe in effectiveness, efficiency, equality and fairness and good communication and try to live by these values as far as I can.
I am hard working and a proficient problem solver
I am adaptable and work well in an environment where people can see and appreciate your value and I also give praise to people who add value to my life.

While working for a long time as a production PD at MBC Radio, I directed and produced a number of programs. Representative directing programs include [Lee Jeok's Starry Night], [Lee So-ra's Music City], [Yoon Jong-shin's 2:00 Date], [Tablo Cho Jeong-rin's Close Friend], [Kim Ea-na's Letter at Night], [Park Kyung-lim's There are [Starry Night], [Lee Joo-yeon's film music], [Bae Chul-soo's music camp], [Son Seok-hee's Attention] (Director) / [Idol Radio] project.

While producing/directing programs, I have won numerous broadcasting-related awards, including [Korea Broadcasting Awards], [PD Awards], and [Broadcasting and Communications Deliberation Committee's [Good Program of the Month Award] (awarded twice).

When I was working at MBC, I had the experience of covering and staying in many countries for about 2 years (6 months in Europe, 3 months in China, 3 months in Southwest Asia, 1 month in Africa, etc.) I watched a number of cultureal performances.

Also, while serving as the head of FM at MBC, I was in charge of donating 20,000 traditional folk songs of [Finding Our Sound], recorded by seniors at MBC Radio for 30 years, to the city of Seoul for free. At the time, there was a lot of opposition within the company, but I actively argued that donating our precious intangible cultural heritage with the spirit of our ancestors to the museum is the best way to make keep our traditional folk songs. Finally, I was able to convince them. As a result, the Seoul city Government was able to establish the [Our Sori Museum] in front of Changdeokgung Palace.

About 80% of the programs I directed were popular music related programs broadcasted on the MBC-FM channel. For this reason, we made a mini-concert every week in a live broadcasting studio on a small scale, and [MBC FM Summer Music Festival] on a large scale, attended by over 50,000 people.

In addition, I participated in directing [Jam Concert] (5,000 audience), summer vacation camp, etc. while directing [Starry Night], and while directing [Lee So-ra's Music City], monthly small theater concert [FULL MOON’S MUSIC PARTY]. In addition, we have successfully directed large-scale performances such as [MBC FM- DJ Concert], which is the largest annual event of MBC-FM.

Having worked as a radio PD at MBC since 1994, I have been directing live broadcasts for 2 hours every day for 25 years. In order to direct live radio broadcasts every day, you need to be able to communicate smoothly with not only seniors in the media like Son Seok-hee, but also star musicians like singer Lee So-ra and rapper Tablo, so that the program can produce high results. While I was producing these programs, I made sure that many of them occupied the first place in the same time slot listening rate.

Producers of radio programs always need the ability to communicate well with writers, engineers, and other staff, as well as relationships with star hosts. As a specific example, while directing [Son Seok-hee's Attention], I made sure that a healthy, tense relationship was formed among the host, a famous anchor, and the big-time politicians who appeared in the show. In addition, numerous complaints regarding the contents of the broadcast were raised daily from both sides, but efforts were made to ensure that the program does not lose its sense of balance through discussions with the staff.

While working as a radio program production director (PD) at MBC, I have always thought that radio PDs play a role similar to that of a Korean language teacher for listeners. As radio PDs, we must use only sound to help listeners understand the content in their native language.

Over the course of 26 years and producing over 30 programs, I have always made an effort to use correct Korean language and have studied it as well. With this knowledge and experience, I would like to provide enjoyable and fun, yet proper Korean language education to students

I have communicated well with students and improved their grades.