Kojima Halliday
Teacher of ESOL, English and Spanish
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(Male) teacher with nine years of experience. CELTA, DELTA module 1, iPGCE, BA French, German and Russian, MA Documentation and Description of Language. Studying for the complete DELTA. Looking to get AO QTS. British passport. Enhanced DBS update service certificate number: 001873185910.
Experience
EFL and focus subject teacher to teenagers - British Summer Schools - UK
(2023 - 2026)
- Summers of 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026
- EFL, CAE, PBL, Leadership, Communication, Humanities and Business English classes at a residential summer school
- Designed curricula for most courses, including for intense 2-week IELTS and Cambridge C1 Advanced exam preparation courses with official external exam at end of course
- Applied offical rubrics when grading mock speaking and writing tests
- Designed extensive individualised feedback, input and consolidation exercises following writing tasks
Secondary school teacher - Hanvos Kent School - Ningbo, China
(2025-08)
- Lecturer of Grade 12 College Writing, and Literature teacher of Grade 11
- Designed curriculum, planned all lessons, and delivered Grade 12 lecture course in English for academic purposes to 160 students
- Designed most of the curriculum of Grade 11 English Language Arts courses, including the novel Joy Luck Club, and planned all lessons
- Designed all assessments, rubrics and feedback materials
- Graded assessments and provided feedback
- Contributed to assessment deadlines and student progress tracking
Secondary school teacher - Shiheng School - Suzhou, China
(2024-08 - 2025-06)
- ESL teacher of Grade 9 iGCSE and Grade 10 Hong Kong DSE Speaking and Listening and Integrated Skills
- Selected coursebook and materials for iGCSE course
- Selected all iGCSE course and most DSE assessments
- Planned and delivered lessons in English as a Second Language
- Graded assessments and provided feedback
- Contributed to assessment deadlines and student progress tracking
Academic English lecturer - SUST (Shaanxi University of Science and Technology) - Xi’an, China
(2024-02 - 2024-06)
- Academic English course for technology and engineering undergraduates, some of whom were to spend one or two years studying in the UK
- Designed a significant part of the curriculum
EFL Teacher - Academia Nora Kaplan - Salamanca, Spain
(2021-03 - 2024-02)
- Both groups and individual classes. Cambridge exam preparation for adults at C1 and C2. Aptis exam prep. IELTS exam prep. ESP classes. Geography in English for a teenager.
EFL Teacher - One Way Idiomas - Salamanca, Spain
(2022-05 - 2024-03)
- Both groups and individual classes. Cambridge exam preparation for adults and teenagers from A2 to C1. Conversation classes for adults. Classes for children from 7 years old.
- Designed curricula for ESP courses
EFL Teacher - Ian and Eoin - Salamanca, Spain
(2022-02 - 2022-08)
- Individual classes. Cambridge exam prep, Linguaskill exam preparation, Certacles exam preparation, conversation
EFL Teacher - Kingstreet College - London, UK
(2009-10 - 2010-10)
- General English, writing
EFL Teacher - Bloomsbury International - London, UK
(2007-09 - 2009-10)
- General English, TOEFL
EFL Teacher - EF English First - Semarang, Indonesia
(2003-10 - 2004-09)
- General English
General German Teacher - Nexus - Cuenca, Ecuador
(2002-01 - 2002-03)
- Intermediate German course
EFL Teacher - Centro de Estudios Interamericanos - Cuenca, Ecuador
(2001-09 - 2002-03)
- General English, business English, conversation, academic writing
Education
DELTA module 1 - ITI Istanbul, Turkey (2025-03 - 2025-06)
iPGCE - University of Derby, UK (2024-09 - 2025-08)
MA - Documentation and Description of Language - SOAS, University of London, UK (2006-09 - 2007-09)
CELTA - Westminster Kingsway College, London, UK (2001-06 - 2001-07)
BA - French, German and Russian - University of Wales, Bangor, UK (1997-09 - 2001-06)
