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Tokyo, Japan

• Plan, write, organize, and execute original English operations in institutions such as IKEA Toronto, Coca Cola Japan, Salesforce Tokyo, and Amazon Vancouver• Initiate a needs assessment, followed by outlining, planning and preparing the requisite courses, materials, learning objectives and goal-setting. • Institute a comprehensive level assessment of all participating students prior to placing them in their respective sections. • Students progress through the program’s levels of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced proficiency based on their improvement in intelligibility, comprehension, vocabulary, business- and email-writing, grammar, and discussion and presentation skills. • Students wishing to proceed to the next level undergo summative advancement tests. If successful, students move to the next gradient of difficulty. • Once successfully completed all steps, students graduate out of the program with a functional command of English equivalent to an IELTS band 7 score.

Tokyo, Japan

• Educated freshmen Japanese students in Haptic pronunciation, in preparation for study abroad programs• Instructed international students in the method, form and style of written English for academic purposes• Lead Tokyo International University’s Testing and Placement Committee• Created digital videos to improve students’ scores on the TOEIC and IELTS exams, with over 15,000 views

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Formulated and implemented an original program for 50 engineers and technicians born outside of Canada using the specialized pronunciation skills and techniques learned during my MA work• Refined the business writing abilities of 10 of Amazon’s high-proficiency English speakers• Led 5 upper-intermediate students to pass the IELTS examination with a 7.0 band score or higher and attain Canadian Permanent Residency status

Langley

• Graduated as the top student of the 2015-2015 cohort with a 4.0 GPA• Led an Advanced Writing and Grammar class for my practicum placement, involving 30+ hours of teaching academic essay construction to a native Canadian university level standard• Received exceptional reviews and enhanced my classroom presence, teaching beliefs and knowledge of the complexities of English grammar

Tokyo, Japan

• Guided 300 Japanese employees in appropriate usage of business English in regards to pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and cross-cultural communication• Had the highest class attendance and approval rate of any of the 10 educators teaching in the program• After exemplary reviews, I was the lone teacher selected to lead the pilot program at Salesforce

Tokyo, Japan

• Created and successfully implemented an original curriculum and level-assessment for 100 students• Taught six one-hour classes a day, covering topics such as business English grammar, phraseology, professional e-mail writing, tele-conferencing, and conference etiquette• Won a yearlong contract for my company, Ten-nine Communications, after receiving exemplary reviews from 93% of participating students

Tokyo, Japan

• Helped students prepare for their entrance examinations to some of the most elite universities in Tokyo

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Built and implemented an ESL program for IKEA's non-native speaking employees • Designed the program to focus on the difficulty students were having when communicating with customers and colleagues in English • Lessons were task-based, and recreated the roles of day-to-day work life• Helped them become comfortable and familiar with work-life English

Master'S Degree, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor, 4.0 Gpa

Ielts Speaking Examiner Certification

Urban Planning And Design, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning