Background and Experience

A strong teaching and academic background
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Background and Experience

A strong teaching and academic background

Professional Experience

Institutional background

  • Korea University (a top 3 “SKY” university),
    • Assistant Professor in Academic English, teaching English for academic purposes (EAP) to science undergraduate and postgraduate students - 15 years
    • Editing scientific journal articles - 10+ years to now. Also see Shinviewediting.com.
    • Gained Granite Tower (석탑) Lecture Awards, given to top 5% of courses
    • Head teacher of Science Group
  • British Council, IELTS speaking examiner certified, April 2018
  • UNESCO, childrens' textbook writer, 2007 (part time)
  • Sookmyung Women’s University (숙명여자대학교), Language teacher, teaching academic English - 3 years
  • Seoul Education Training Institute (서울특별시교육연수원), Teacher trainer, training junior and high school teachers of English in both English and English-teaching methodology - 2 years
  • _Higashisonogi Junior High School (東彼杵中学校) & Chiwata Junior High School (千綿中学校), JET English Teacher (Japan) - 3 years

Tutoring Background

Highlights

  • first started tutoring non-native English students in 1996 at Oxford.
  • successfully helped students gain entry to famous UK private schools.
  • helped 2 students gain entry to Eton, including as King’s Scholar following my teaching for 3 years and targetted scholarship paper coaching
  • helped students gain entry to a number of top UK private preparatory schools

Many of these students have gone on to gain entry to top-level international universities, such as Harvard University and Oxford University.

Content and ages taught

  • Ages 9-adult, English: speaking, conversation, writing, grammar
  • To university postgraduate level, English for Academic Purposes
  • Ages 9-11 / KS2, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Maths, English, History, Geography
  • Ages 11-14 / KS3, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Maths, English, History, Geography
  • Ages 14-16 / KS4, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography
  • Entrance and Scholarship Examinations for top UK private schools, such as: Eton (King’s Scholarship), Harrow, Sevenoaks
  • UK 11+ Exams
  • UK Common Entrance
  • Vacation review work to avoid post-vacation “rustiness” and build towards transitioning to desired private school

Personal Academic Background

  • Gained scholarship to Sevenoaks School aged 13
  • Gained entrance to Oxford University aged 18, Received BA (MA Oxon), Biochemistry, 1995
  • Certificate in TESOL, Foreign Language Teacher Education, University of Leicester
  • homeschooling and tutoring my own children
  • navigating the UK school system for my own children

Further details

For further details, see my Linkedin profile.