Experienced ESL Teacher
Send a job offer directly to this candidate
I am a CELTA-qualified native English speaker with over ten years of experience teaching English as a foreign language to learners of all ages and levels, from young children to adults. My students come from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds, and I have taught both individual and group classes, both online and offline.
My expertise includes teaching academic English, young learners, teenagers, academic English business English, general English, and English for Specific Purposes. I have experience tailoring courses to meet the specific needs of individuals and groups both online and offline and have extensive experience creating and delivering customized English programs and syllabuses.
Having lived and worked across Asia and Europe, and being from London, a multicultural city, I have taught students from all continents. This experience allows me to bring a cross-cultural perspective to language teaching, and I am passionate about fostering cross-cultural understanding and building meaningful connections through language learning.
Online English Teacher – Very Young Learners, Young Learners & Teenagers
(September 2024 – Present)
At Coral Win, I teach online group classes to very young learners, young learners, and teenagers across a range of English proficiency levels. My classes for very young and young learners follow the Power Up syllabus, where I guide students through structured lessons focused on vocabulary development, phonics, speaking, listening, and foundational communication skills. The lessons are designed to be highly interactive, engaging, and age-appropriate, ensuring students build confidence while developing key language skills.
For teenage learners, I deliver online group classes in preparation for the KET and PET exams. These lessons focus on reading, writing, listening, and speaking tasks aligned with exam requirements, and I support students in improving their grammar, vocabulary, and test-taking techniques. I also provide targeted feedback to help learners strengthen their weaker areas and progress through the exam syllabus effectively.
My role includes planning and delivering each lesson, adapting materials to suit different age groups and learning needs, and ensuring a supportive and motivating online learning environment. I consistently maintain clear communication with the team and follow structured teaching guidelines to ensure the quality and consistency of the classes.
Online English Teacher – Young Learners & Teenagers
Cheese Tree Academy, Shanghai
(June 2024 – Present)
At Cheese Tree English, I design and deliver custom lessons tailored to young learners and teenagers. My teaching approach focuses on creating personalized lessons that meet the specific needs of each student, ensuring that they receive the most effective and engaging education possible. I am responsible for planning, delivering, and assessing lessons, with a strong emphasis on adapting my teaching methods to suit the learning styles and interests of my students.
This role also involves submitting detailed lesson plans, which are reviewed by the study team to ensure the quality of the classes. All my classes are monitored and checked for quality, and I regularly collect student feedback. I am also responsible for marking homework and writing detailed progress reports to track student development, ensuring they are on track to meet their language goals.
Additionally, I attend weekly team meetings and engage in daily communication with the team to ensure clarity and the highest quality of lessons. This regular collaboration helps maintain a consistent and effective learning environment for all students. These classes are conducted using Tencent Meetings software.
Online English Teacher – Business English
Simon & Simon – Language Services Direct, London
(November 2023 – Present)
In my current role at Language Services Direct, I am responsible for planning and delivering customized Business English training programs for professionals in various industries. My courses are tailored to enhance practical business communication skills, focusing on the specific needs of companies and their employees. I work closely with clients to ensure that the language training aligns with their business goals, helping teams improve their proficiency in areas such as presentations, negotiations, and cross-cultural communication.
My experience includes delivering both one-on-one coaching sessions and group training programs, utilizing interactive and immersive techniques to ensure effective learning outcomes. Additionally, I am involved in providing ongoing assessments and feedback to track progress, ensuring that the training is both relevant and immediately applicable in corporate environments. My role also involves designing and implementing intensive language courses for professionals working in fast-paced, international business settings, providing them with the tools they need to excel in a global marketplace.
Online English Teacher – Academic English
TransCulture Academy, Tianjin
(October 2020 – Present)
As an online academic English teacher at TransCulture Academy, I specialize in preparing students for academic English, with a focus on IELTS exam preparation. My role involves helping students develop essential skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking required for academic success. I design and deliver customized lesson plans that align with each student’s language proficiency and academic goals, offering personalized feedback to improve their performance.
By incorporating real-world practice exercises and IELTS-specific strategies, I guide students toward achieving their desired band scores. Additionally, I support students in mastering academic writing formats, improving their critical thinking abilities, and building the confidence needed for success in an English-speaking academic environment. In addition to IELTS preparation, I am responsible for designing, creating, and delivering a comprehensive British pronunciation course for student groups.
This involves mapping out a detailed syllabus, considering different variables such as students’ ability levels, and delivering the course in an online setting. The course covers various aspects of British pronunciation, helping students refine their speaking skills and improve their overall language proficiency in a virtual classroom environment. I conduct these classes primarily using Zoom and Voov Meeting software.
Online English Teacher – Young Learners
HouHai English, Beijing
(November 2022 – June 2024)
At Houhai English, I taught young learners aged 6-15 in group classes, focusing on both general English and writing skills. I utilized the National Geographic series for reading lessons and the Great Writing series for writing classes, providing students with engaging and educational content. My role primarily involved group classes, helping students develop foundational language skills and improve their reading and writing abilities.
In addition to teaching, I was responsible for providing detailed student notes after each class, ensuring that progress was clearly documented. I also wrote comprehensive student progress reports and worked closely with a team to monitor student development. Maintaining clear communication with parents was a key part of the role, ensuring they were informed about their child’s progress and satisfied with the results.
This collaborative approach helped ensure that students were consistently improving and reaching their learning goals. I also taught approximately seven different group classes, each with 4-12 students, and had to keep the classes engaging, interactive, and upbeat using ClassIn software. Since I taught young learners, often in mixed-ability classes, I carefully balanced my approach, tailoring it to meet the individual needs of each student to ensure effective learning.
Additionally, I marked the written homework for all students, submitting detailed feedback to track and support their learning.
Online English Teacher – Business English
Knowable Corporate Training, Beijing
(April 2022 – Present)
At Knowable, I am responsible for planning and delivering business English courses tailored to the needs of professionals and companies, including major clients such as Sino Ocean Capital and China Petroleum. My work involves designing comprehensive courses that enhance business communication skills, with a focus on practical applications in corporate settings.
Petroleum, I developed and implemented a speaking test for over 200 employees, conducting global online seminars for participants based in diverse locations, including Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and various regions of China. These seminars covered a range of topics, such as cross-cultural communication, to support the global staff’s language development and professional growth. In addition to online delivery, I also visit companies to design and deliver in-person business English courses and tests, ensuring that the language training is customized to meet their specific industry needs.
Capital, I oversee the entire business English program, from course planning to delivery, providing targeted instruction to enhance staff’s language proficiency in business contexts.
Online English Teacher - General/Business/Academic/Young Learners
Self-employed
(October 2020 – present)
As a self-employed English teacher, I specialize in teaching a wide range of students, from young learners and teenagers to adults, entirely online. I provide tailored English lessons for young learners, focusing on building foundational language skills, and support teenagers in preparing for PET and IELTS exams, ensuring they meet their academic goals. I also offer private business English lessons to professionals, including the CEO of a global orthopaedic implants company, helping them enhance their business communication skills.
This includes delivering presentations, giving speeches, writing reports and emails, attending meetings, leading business negotiations, conducting international business calls and video conferences, writing formal business correspondence, preparing and delivering sales pitches, participating in seminars and conferences, networking at business events, engaging in cross-cultural communication, conducting market analysis and presenting findings, and managing conflict in business discussions. My work also includes teaching English for Specific Purposes, such as Medical English, Marketing English, and Sales English, providing specialized instruction that addresses the unique language demands of these fields. My experience spans across diverse client bases, with a focus on delivering high-quality, personalized instruction for each student’s language development.
I am responsible for overseeing the entire teaching process from start to finish. This includes conducting demo classes, assessing students’ language proficiency, recommending suitable courses, or designing customized programs based on specific requirements. I ensure student progress and satisfaction by providing detailed feedback, monitoring homework, and administering progress tests.
I have successfully maintained long-term professional relationships with several students, including a CEO of a medical implants company, who commenced their studies at the beginner level. Over time, this individual has progressed to an advanced level, now confidently delivering presentations, writing reports and emails, attending international seminars, traveling for business, and conducting negotiations in English.
English Teacher – General/Business/Academic
Wall Street English Corporate Team, Beijing
(January 2017 – October 2020)
At Wall Street English, I initially worked as a language centre teacher for one year, where I taught general English to young adults and professionals. My role involved following a standard teaching and grading procedure, requiring attention to detail and consistency in assessing students’ progress. I conducted 1-on-1, medium, and large group classes and planned student parties and events, all with English as the focus.
I taught a wide range of students, including general, VIP, and VVIP learners. I was later promoted to the VIP team before transitioning to the corporate department. In this capacity, I travelled across the city, teaching business English to professionals from various industries, including large financial firms, airport catering companies, and high-profile clients like actors and CEOs of both online and offline businesses.
My corporate teaching involved delivering both pre-structured courses and designing customized English programs tailored to the specific needs of the companies I worked with, such as the Bank of China, Didi, Apple, and Lenovo. In addition to teaching, I was responsible for designing and delivering week-long business English workshops for companies such as China Electric and airport catering companies. I taught their staff, along with employees from other companies, focusing on improving their language skills for professional contexts.
My role also included teaching English for Specific Purposes courses, such as Marketing, Law, and Accounting. This provided me with invaluable experience in teaching English in diverse corporate settings, focusing on both general and business English, and adapting my approach depending on client requirements. For our corporate and academic English clients, I was also required to give detailed and thorough feedback for each student after every class.
Additionally, I was responsible for writing handover notes for our team of corporate English trainers, ensuring that the learning process remained seamless and that student progress was accurately communicated. I was also responsible for conducting demo classes for potential corporate clients, achieving a very high conversion rate, and was frequently selected to give these demo classes.
English Teacher – General/Business/Academic/Young Learners
International House, Bangkok
(October 2014 – December 2016)
After completing my CELTA certification at International House Bangkok, I was offered a teaching position where I gained extensive experience working with students from all over the world, including Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America. My teaching responsibilities included delivering lessons in young learners’ English, teenagers’ English, general English, and business English, catering to students from beginner to advanced levels. I taught both in-person group classes and individual sessions, frequently planning entire courses and meticulously designing lessons to meet the specific needs of my students.
In addition to arranging and managing students in both group and 1-on-1 classes, I taught business English courses for professionals and also managed 6-week student holiday programs, where I was responsible for teaching during the day and engaging with students in the evenings, showing them around Bangkok to further immerse them in the language. My experience spans teaching various forms of young learners’ English, from very young learners to teenagers and adults, and delivering both customized courses and pre-structured lessons. I was responsible for assessing students’ ability levels, conducting and assessing placement tests, placing them in appropriate courses, conducting exams, and regularly participating in training sessions.
I gained extensive experience teaching academic English, including IELTS, IELTS Life Skills, TOEIC, TOEFL, FCE, PET, and more. I was also required to attend regular training sessions led by qualified IELTS trainers to further develop my skills in assessing and teaching IELTS courses. Additionally, I was responsible for writing detailed student progress reports and end-of-term reports, ensuring that both students and instructors had a clear understanding of progress and areas for improvement.
Alongside my teaching duties, I was given the additional responsibility of serving as the social media manager for International House. In this role, I grew and maintained the school’s various social media profiles, focusing on marketing strategies and reputation management. This role provided me with a broad spectrum of experience, emphasizing the importance of thorough lesson planning, customized teaching approaches, and digital presence management.
Assistant Clinical Psychologist and Mental Health Support Worker
NHS S.W London & St George’s Mental Health Trust
(June 2010 – October 2014)
In my role as an Assistant Psychologist and Mental Health Support Worker with the NHS, I worked across various secure and high-security mental health units throughout London. My responsibilities involved supporting patients with acute mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, helping them through their mental health recovery programs and monitoring their progress daily. In addition to therapeutic support, I dealt with a wide range of mental health issues, including emergencies, patient suicides, and escape attempts.
I regularly collaborated with police in the community for outreach patients and was responsible for escorting patients to hospital appointments and other necessary tasks. I also visited patients’ homes to assess and monitor their living conditions as part of the community outreach programs. My duties also included escorting patients for activities and arranging parties for patients during special occasions within the hospital to enhance their social well-being.
I worked closely with psychiatrists, mental health nurses, clinical psychologists, and occupational therapists to design and implement tailored therapy programs. I often engaged patients in therapeutic activities such as music therapy, art therapy, and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), encouraging their active participation in these programs to support their recovery. Additionally, I submitted detailed reports to the clinical team, tracking patient outcomes and contributing to care strategy discussions.
I was responsible for writing daily reports for my dedicated patients, overseeing a 23-bed secure male ward, and creating individualized reports for 5-7 patients each day. These reports were crucial for ensuring that patient progress and needs were clearly communicated to the multidisciplinary team. My teams in both the outreach and psychiatric multidisciplinary units held daily handover and debrief meetings, in addition to weekly team meetings to discuss patient progress and care plans.
Collaboration within these teams ensured that all aspects of patient care were managed effectively. Furthermore, I underwent regular training for managing patients’ problems, learning how to de-escalate situations both verbally and physically. This included control and restraint training, which was essential for dealing with challenging behaviours in a safe and professional manner.
My experience extended to dealing with crises, collaborating with emergency services, and ensuring the safety and well-being of the patients under my care across a variety of settings.
(August 2004 – June 2010)
As an Aviation Security Officer at London Heathrow Airport with G4S, I was responsible for maintaining the highest levels of security at one of the world’s busiest airports. My duties included operating x-ray machines to screen passenger baggage, conducting thorough searches of both passengers and luggage, and performing regular patrols of airport premises. I was also tasked with recording, searching, and screening all vehicles entering and exiting the airside, as well as inspecting aircraft.
I was responsible for guarding airplanes internally and externally prior to take-off, ensuring the security of the aircraft. Additionally, I conducted biometric screenings of passengers, which involved body and baggage searches, and checking passports and travel documents. I was responsible for monitoring CCTV systems to ensure they were fully operational and up to date.
I also coordinated daily handovers with other security supervisors to ensure a seamless transition between shifts. Regular training was a key part of my role to stay current with security procedures and threat detection protocols. Beyond airport security, I was responsible for securing high-profile locations, including the GE Capital facility and Royal Air Force bases.
I also ensured the security of British Airways’ headquarters, working in control rooms, monitoring CCTV, screening visitors, and overseeing the security of the premises. Safeguarding valuable assets and ensuring the safety of these locations were key responsibilities. My extensive experience in managing security operations under high-pressure conditions has been a valuable asset in my professional career.
