ESL Teachers

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.

-Having studied Anthropology and Sociology at university , I’ve learnt a lot about human culture and have been able to explore different societies and civilisations. This inspires me to travel and to expand my learning with real life situations.

-Whilst working in retail, I have become a Team Coach in the children’s department. Retail can be a fast paced environment and so I am flexible to things changing last minute and adapting towards it. Through this experience I have been able to create plans on how to best meet a child and parent’s needs and how to reach a solution which appeals to both.

-During the UK lockdown I had the opportunity to create a book club amongst my friends as reading is one of my great passions. This allowed a more structured debate and nuanced discussions about books and other media that we would not have had otherwise.

-I am an outgoing and bubbly individual who has a passion for learning and who is able to adapt to new situations.

– 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.

-Having studied Anthropology and Sociology at university , I’ve learnt a lot about human culture and have been able to explore different societies and civilisations. This inspires me to travel and to expand my learning with real life situations.

-Whilst working in retail, I have become a Team Coach in the children’s department. Retail can be a fast paced environment and so I am flexible to things changing last minute and adapting towards it. Through this experience I have been able to create plans on how to best meet a child and parent’s needs and how to reach a solution which appeals to both.

-During the UK lockdown I had the opportunity to create a book club amongst my friends as reading is one of my great passions. This allowed a more structured debate and nuanced discussions about books and other media that we would not have had otherwise.

-I am an outgoing and bubbly individual who has a passion for learning and who is able to adapt to new situations.

Although I was prevented from acquiring practical face-to-face teaching experience due to the imposition of the UK lockdown, I have experience of lesson planning and delivery gained both at university and during my TEFL course. Additionally, I have volunteering experience working with primary-aged children of a local school.

I am a committed individual who is passionate about supporting others. I strive for perfection when completing personal goals, but also take pride in encouraging and helping others to meet theirs. I am creative and energetic, which is essential when teaching young children.

I am a flexible, adaptable and used to facing daily challenges. My current workplace demands that I am organised and take initiative when completing tasks.

This is identical text to my submission for the SAT position. Please disregard any repeat submissions from other sources. I have a feeling I have already applied at Gloii, but I wanted to be certain you saw my resume.

I am not one to blow my own horn, but if I must define my strengths, I would guess that they may include strength of mind, determination, and persistence. These strengths are the culmination of experience in business at major companies in publishing, such as McMillan and Simon and Schuster, in marketing, in sales at HP, and in other customer-centric roles at other major companies. My experience as a small business owner showed me how it feels from “the other side”- the place where management sees the world and left me with a well rounded view of the workplace.

Some of the soft skills I acquired have been perishable, but I strive to stay fresh through constant interaction with working professionals daily. These skills include reframing those awkward moments, formal business etiquette, and presentation skills. Relevant task skills include holding my TEFL, freelance teaching experience of over one and a half years and tutoring specific individuals for over one year.

Korean language specific skills include the Korean voiced and unvoiced “th” sound that everybody seems to have a problem with, and difficulty with nasalization of certain vowels before nasal consonants. This give the L1 Korean speaker an overly vocal sound when speaking English and can be described as sounding “tough”. I work to help my students through that and improve their articulation.