Caitlin: United Kingdom: Sep 01, 2024

I am passionate, determined, and adaptable. I believe that these qualities are what will make me a strong ESL teacher. I have worked in many different environments where I was tasked with training and teaching people from various walks of life, including varying ages, cultures, and English language levels. These teachings have included the knowledge of legal documents to those whose first language was not English such as clients from Pakistan and Türkiye. Additionally, I have given speeches to prisoners with mental health issues to ensure that they had the relevant information upon their release. I currently work as a clerk in a warehouse where English is not the first language of the majority of the staff. This has been a barrier to learn and overcome so that we can work professionally and efficiently whilst also learning about each other's cultures.

My skills include time management, organisation, written and verbal communication to a high standard. The time management can be seen by my current work where I undertake many tasks in one shift to ensure that the warehouse runs smoothly. It can additionally be seen between my professional life and my spare time where I ensure that I make time to relax whilst also writing my third novel.

I am eager to learn more about the world, and to learn from different cultures, languages, and people. This eagerness and passion for other ways of life stems from my own upbringing where my childhood was spent in the Caribbean surrounded by different people and cultures. I have enjoyed travel and the idea that there is so much left to learn about the world, ever since.