Dear Sir/Madam.
I am currently in the final stages of my MA in Postcolonial Studies at University of Kent’s school of English. With an undergraduate degree in BSc Social Sciences. During my time undergoing both these programmes, I have covered literature and research pertaining to social inclusion policy, group psychology, and literary theory. Therefore, my interests include the arts and culture in retrospective to social policy and the social sciences.
With my current position as an English literature and language tutor for French-native students, I have experienced a different culture of teaching, in addition to my teaching experience in Kabale, Uganda. This has introduced me to a different set of challenges, in terms of communicating and developing material for students who have a low-level proficiency of English and experience with a different learning experience to what I am familiar with. I have overcome these challenges, by adapting my teaching style to my students and their interests, and researching material that would inspire and assist them with their learning experience.
Previous to my current experience, I have worked as an ESL lead within a primary school in the Sultanate of Oman. My role included: Teaching English as a second language and providing support for students with English language deficiency. I also had the responsibility to develop intervention strategies to help second language English speakers. and also providing support to teachers with classroom intervention assistance for second language English speakers.
I have worked successfully as a student ambassador, acting as a liaise between the University and potential students, and working in an administrative role. I have worked with social-development projects and schools in Kabale, Uganda with a number of teachers and project leads to develop a number of educational and development programmes for young people within the district. I have assisted in delivering English literacy workshops with young people who have adopted English as a second language.
I have further expanded these skills with an education-sports based charity in London, UK as a project assistant. Again I have worked alongside education and project leads in developing programmes, skill workshops and project based learning activities with young people aged 13-15 and as a liaise between the organisation, stakeholders, schools, and other projects.
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