Daniel Jordan Email & Phone Number

Duncan, BC, CA

Taipei City, Taiwan

Conduct a course I designed to help people who are moving abroad to better adjust culturally and cope with new feelings and challenges.

New Taipei City, Taiwan

• Developed and taught children’s English classes (English basics, arts & crafts, storytelling, and sports & games).
• Set up ‘English Zones’ around the community at shops and services where English was available for my students.
• Encouraged parent involvement during classroom learning and outdoor activities, often requiring training beforehand to better encourage and assist the children’s language learning.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

• Supervised and trained cashiers on procedures, bettering customer service, and the importance of company policies.
• Resolved customer complaints, going beyond the necessary job duties to provide a good experience for customers.
• Received outstanding customer service reviews.

New Taipei City, Taiwan

• Taught elementary school level classes. Arranged activities and games to reinforce the lesson. Focused on introducing, practicing, and using new sentence and grammar structures in fun and active ways. Phonics.
• Taught middle school level classes. Supplemented regular reading and writing assignments, oral presentations and conversation fluency practice. Encouraged outside self-interest in English studies with ‘English outings’.
• Tutored students individually and in pairs with GEPT test preparation, school English, business English, and pronunciation with a focus on confidence building to start using even basic level English.

Beijing City, China

• In charge of all aspects of creative design and mandarin language academics of the product, including curriculum content and co-designing mascot characters.
• Put together activities for each lesson, grammar and vocabulary lists, cultural notes, as well as learning content.
• Wrote all original scripts and assisted staff in Mandarin translation.
• Translated all Chinese materials (dialogue, grammar, activities and instructions) into English.
• Assisted the marketing team with my knowledge of Western – Chinese cultural differences to develop successful marketing strategies for the primarily Western customer base.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Assisted in managing furniture distribution centre, including responsibility for orders of all four stores, as well as the delivery to/from those orders.
• Received items into inventory and direct shipped from warehouse using various freight companies.
• In charge truck inventory for daily deliveries, as well as driving the truck.
• Assisted stores in setting up items properly in stores, including assembling and merchandising.
• Oversaw operations of relocating entire warehouse inventory to a new location, as well as shifting all inventory needed for the opening of a new store in Victoria, BC.

Taipei City, Taiwan

• Taught adult classes, ranging from beginner to advanced level.
• Taught conversation, reading, grammar, pronunciation, media, and TOEFL classes.
• Supplemented daily classes with self-designed materials.

• Acted the lead role of ‘the Traveler’ in a large nationally televised stage production entitled “Tour of an Occult Wonderland”.
• My ability to speak and understand Mandarin Chinese facilitated the opportunity of being the first foreigner to ever perform with the nation’s oldest and largest song and dance production group.
• Performed throughout China with the ensemble for a period of over one year.

Beijing City, China

• Taught all levels of conversational English (students of all ages).
• Developed course planning and presentation methodology for general business and conversation classes.
• Conducted mock oral IELTS tests.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Led, researched and organized program activities and outings, including a 3-day camping trip (groups of approx. 5-80 students). Activities were designed and conducted with consideration to furthering the use of the.
• Wrote and performed weekly ‘forums’ in the style of a play-acting skit presenting course information and upcoming events.
• Contributed to the design of two ESL programs for groups of students at various language levels.
• Assisted teacher with SELP program and filled in as substitute teacher.

Education record

Tesol, Tefl & Tesl Certification, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor

Activities and Societies: •Successful completion of TESOL, TEFL, and TESL certification courses (valid International English Teacher.

Asian Studies

Activities and Societies: •Graduate of Asian Studies Program (April 2002), with academic focus on Chinese language and culture..