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I have recently graduated from university and I am eager to experience different cultures and pursue a career in TEFL teaching. I am currently completing a 120 hour TEFL course from TEFL.org. I am an outgoing and empathetic person who enjoys communicating with others and have a passion to always broaden my skill set.

I am confident with my English ability and also using computer software so I would be able to successfully plan my lessons. I am a great listener and a very organised person.

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am a university graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature and minors in French and Writing, TESOL certification, TOEFL score of 115, and my inherent passion for literature and language learning that would make me an excellent addition to your team. I am a highly-skilled, compassionate, and enthusiastic teaching professional with insight into developing lesson plans and curriculum for elementary to university students. My long-term goal is to eventually go back to school to get my Master's Degree in Library and Information Sciences. With already a year of teaching experience in Korea, I am confident in my ability to become a valuable asset to your academy.

Having studied both English literature and French, I have a deeper understanding of language learning. I am conversationally fluent in French and studying Korean and German. I tutored literary theory and French and acquired the necessary skills to teach students of varying ages and managing classroom atmospheres. I like to research and incorporate various resources to accommodate students via visual and audio learning methods. Depending on the student or students, I integrate either different levels of popular, well-known literature or textbook learning with interactive, student-centered activities that maximize “student talk time,” engaging students in activities using speaking, grammar, writing, listening, and reading to help improve their accuracy and fluency across key skill areas and to ensure comprehension and retention of the concepts and vocabulary. My goal is to foster and maintain a communicative and supportive classroom for students to feel secure and appropriately challenged.

While studying as a full-time student, I also bartended simultaneously, giving me great time management skills. I learned to be flexible to satisfy both the needs of the customer and management and ensure a good atmosphere while managing a clean and safe work environment. I worked in many different, high-demand environments, that allowed me to hone my ability to recall recipes and follow health and safety protocols.

I am outgoing, flexible, and willing to go above and beyond to learn quickly and perform efficiently, including extra prep to ensure I would meet and exceed the academy standards. With my educational and professional background, I hope I have been set apart from other applicants. Please contact me at your convenience so we can set up an interview, I’d love to answer any questions you may have regarding my abilities and to discuss how my diverse skills and experience will enable me to make a valuable contribution to your academy. Thank you for your time.

Yours,

Madison M. Darcey

I have three years of teaching experience in Japan, Italy, and Ireland. I am a friendly and energetic person who enjoys teaching all age groups. I have experience of teaching kids from as young as 2 years old, right up to group classes of adults. I enjoy sport a lot and so am skilled at working in a team environment if so needed in the workplace. I love to travel and experience new cultures. I lived in Japan and Italy and so am very capable of moving abroad and adapting to an unfamiliar situation. I am dedicated and hard working and feel I would be an asset to any company which I join.

Experience
Since the age of 12, I've been passionate about helping ESL learners grow more comfortable with the English language. I started tutoring other peers and young children at the age of 12 in English, and fell in love with teaching. In college, I studied elementary education for a semester, but quickly realized what I want to do is teach in my birth country, South Korea. I stopped studying elementary education after the semester finished because it was focused too heavily on teaching in the United States. Instead, I dedicated my time and energy into studying English as my minor. English has always been my favorite subject in school as well as the subject I had the most talent in. Throughout elementary school, middle school, high school, and college, I worked with international students, especially Korean students, to edit assignments and papers, and explain grammar concepts.

Personality
I have a very outgoing and optimistic personality. I throw myself completely into things that I am passionate, and love to dedicate time and attention to details. I'm someone who is happiest when surrounded by people, and I love to work quickly, but carefully. I've always been the one who finishes tasks the fastest, but not by sacrificing quality.

Skills
I am skilled in English reading, writing, and speaking. I have studied public speaking extensively, and my major in college was focused on English writing. I am experienced in business and marketing, but realized that teaching is what I want to do.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am very interested in applying for your Full Time Private Academy Teaching job vacancy, which I discovered via the TEFL website.

After recently completing my MA English Literature degree at Bristol University, I am now looking for a career in teaching and see working in Gwangmyeong, Seoul as a fantastic opportunity. My time at university has laid the foundation of possessing solid communication and interpersonal skills. I am passionate about education, and believe I would make an excellent teacher at this academy. I also have past experience working with young people in my local area during my time with Innerflame, which is a UK youth organisation.

Lastly, I see myself as someone who is flexible and adaptable to new environments, and would enjoy the challenge of sharing my knowledge whilst abroad. Thank you again for this opportunity and for taking the time to review my application.

Yours sincerely,
Leo Bugden

I am a very enthusiastic, outgoing and confident person, with a passion for teaching. This confidence means that I am a very clear communicator, and I have been employed in many public-facing, and team-based roles. I am highly organised, a trait that I believe is crucial for teaching. I utilise this organisation regularly to create lesson plans, in my work as a personal tutor. I also understand the importance of varying my teaching style. My years of experience have taught me how to be patient with a variety of different learners, as well as how to discipline learners effectively to maximise their learning experience.

I have several years of experience teaching. I have worked for three years as a one on one tutor, teaching Maths and Geography to students aged between 12-16 for their exams. I also have experience teaching larger classes, and younger learners. At university I went to local schools to teach groups of primary school children, usually between the ages of 5-10 about conservation and nature.

I hold a first-class, bachelors degree in Geography from Durham University in the U.K. Additionally I hold a 120-hour Certificate for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. This qualification included modules on English grammar, English teaching methodologies, as well as techniques for teaching young learners and business English.

– Having studied English Literature at university, I have a strong grasp of the English language as well as how it fits in the wider contexts of modern society.

– I have experience working with children from my part time job (during university holidays) at KidZania London. Here, I educated children (aged 4-14) regarding various roles and jobs that they can do as adults in entertaining and imaginative ways. The skills I adapted in my time here could be easily transferred to the teaching methods I have learnt with TEFL Org and allow me to teach English to young learners and teenagers in fun and innovative ways.

– I spent a year studying abroad in Austria, meeting an array of people from different cultures and learning how to adapt to a different country's way of living with them. I also became an unofficial English tutor to many of my flatmates and friends as they often asked me to correct their english whilst in conversation, or help to look over their essays for any mistakes.

– Overall, I feel as though one of my biggest strengths is my positive and bubbly personality which gives me the energy and patience needed to teach.