Hello!

I believe my attentive, welcoming personality is my strength. I'm a quick learner and pick up on a students learning style easily due to my TEFL training. The better I understand how my students learn the easier it is for me to tailor my lessons to them, so they can fully immerse in their material and not waste valuable time. I take learning seriously because I love learning myself, but I'm also not afraid to try new methods or materials. I believe you can always improve yourself one the journey that is life.

Dear Hiring Manager,

I'm Hyunseung Yang, a Korean citizen and a life-long New Yorker, currently living in Korea. I am a Stuyvesant High School graduate and received my Bachelor's degree at NYU Stern School of Business. I have finished my military obligation in Korea recently and am applying for a job teaching SAT in Korea.

I believe I am a great candidate for this job due to my educational background, as well as my extensive experience tutoring various subjects such as SAT, Japanese, TOEIC and ESL. I love British and American literature, with particular fondness for Shakespeare, Vladimir Nabokov and Paul Auster.

My biggest strength would be clear, effective communication and adaptability in terms of tailoring to individual students. From my 5+ years of teaching, I have experienced various students with different learning styles. Having the flexibility to satisfy a variety of students and their parents has resulted in improved grades and performance, and goals achieved. People would describe my personality as exuberant, affable, open minded and compassionate, all of which have aided me in thriving in the tutoring business.

I have been working as a teacher in Korea for the past 7 years. I spent my first 4 years as a public school native English teacher in Korea. I worked for DGEV for 2 years and taught classes for the Adult Program in business english, conversation, and teacher training. Currently, I am working at JM Academy in Jeju teaching core curriculum reading and writing classes for elementary age international school students and adults preparing to take the iBT TOEFL exam. My wide range of experience gives me a unique insight in to many different styles of teaching and ways to get the most out of my students.

As someone who has lived and worked in Korea for 7 years I have learned that flexibility and adaptability is an important quality for longevity in working here. I pride my self in being very flexible as well as highly motivated and goal oriented.

I also reside in Korea with a F4 (gyopo) visa and I have basic conversation level Korean speaking and reading ability.

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am a personable teacher with a bevvy of experience teaching effective reading comprehension techniques and practices. Over the past two years, I have helped a number of students maximize their reading ability both through group and one on one tutoring sessions.

By employing evidence based coaching methods and through personalized feedback, I have helped innumerable students improve their TOEFL reading scores. Moreover, by focusing on both the specific techniques that can be utilized to address individual question types and the more general, widely applicable TOEFL question strategies, I have given my students a tool-set that will yield dividends throughout their life.

I try to maintain a relaxed and informal atmosphere; I strongly believe that learning can be fun. However, I am also very focused and never allow distractions to disrupt or derail my lessons.

Thank you for your time; I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,
Talon Abernathy