To whom this may concern,
I am already IN South Korea (living in YEOSU) and am looking to see if there are any positions for me in South Korea when my contract finishes in SEPTEMBER 2008. I have 8 YEARS EXPERIENCE and am looking for a new challenge. My resume is posted below. PLEASE look at it and email me, or call me BETWEEN 11am and 2pm, if there is anything suitable. Thank you.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Ms. Shamshun Ullah (Sham)
Address: Yeosu-Si, Jeollanamdo, South Korea
DOB: 5 March 1974
Nationality: British
Email: shamu30@hotmail.com
Phone : (0082) 061 653 4008
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Sept 07 - Sept 08: W.C.E.C Yeosu-Si, South Korea
* English Teacher
* Teaching Korean children a mixture of English grammar and conversation
* Classroom based teaching, with emphasis on activities and fun
* Children mainly aged from ages 9 - 16
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June 07 - July 07: Ardmore Group Language School, Reading, England
* Headteacher: in charge of testing & placing children, and of administration of classes
* Teaching young foreign children (from ages 9 - 17)
* Classroom based (class size ranged from 5 - 20)
* Involved in extra-curricular activities
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Apr 03 – Feb 07: Grants English Institute, Santiago, Chile
* In company and private English teaching.
* Children and adults. Business people and housewives etc.
* Organising and chairing staff workshops, self-observations
* Member of development team. Mentoring new teachers
* Investigating and producing teaching materials and resources
* Curriculum development
There was a real emphasis here on continued staff training and exchange of information and ideas. Teachers were given a high level of responsibility for teaching their classes – no single book nor single method was adhered to.
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Sept 02 – March 03: English First, Santiago, Chile
* In company English teaching
* Mostly teaching business people
* Using in-house materials
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Sept 00 – July 02: Vaughan Systems, Madrid, Spain
* In company English teaching
* Teaching business people
* In house English teacher training
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Jan 02 – July 02: English Jet, Madrid, Spain (part-time)
* In company English teaching
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Jan 97 – Sept 00: Link Up Employment Agency, Yorks Electricity, Direct Line, Leeds, UK
* Various Administrative appointments
* Customer Services
* Filing Clerk
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Sept 97 – Sept 98: Boots Chemist, Cambridge, UK (part-time)
• Customer Services
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VOLUNTARY WORK
Sept 97 – Sept 98: Darwin College, Cambridge (part time)
* Teaching children with special language needs, in their own homes
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1993 – 1997: Asha, Local Women¡¯s Centre, Leeds (part time)
* Teaching English to ethnic minority children and adults
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Nov-Dec 1996: Fearnville Special Needs School, Leeds
* Non-teaching assistant to children with learning difficulties
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Jan - Feb 1990: Greenmount Primary School, Leeds
* Non-teaching assistant
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EDUCATION
Sept 97-Sept 98: Cambridge University MPhil Social Anthropology - High Pass
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Sept-Dec 1996: Leeds Metropolitan University Prince¡¯s Trust Volunteers City&Guilds Profile Of Achievement Credits in: Team Building, Solving Problems, Caring For Others, Motivation & Determination, Taking Responsibility
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1993 – 1996: Keele University BA (Dual Hons) History & Sociology/Anthropology - 2i
1993 - 1995 Subsidiary Maths (2i), Geography (2i), Politics - 2ii
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1990-1993: Park Lane College A Levels English Language (B) Mathematics Pure and Statistics (C) History (D)
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SKILLS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
LANGUAGES Advanced Spanish. I lived in Spanish-speaking countries for almost 7 years.
Speak & write Bengali. I lived in Bangladesh for 2 years.
Beginner Korean, with an intention to improve, given the opportunity.
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PRIZES The Alexander & Dorothea Farquaharson Field Studies Prize: for Sociology dissertation
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PC EXPERIENCE MS Word 6 & Microsoft Works Format tables, mailmerge & document processing MS Excel Graphing, analysing data & using formulae
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INTERESTS AND HOBBIES Walking and hiking, Literature, Languages, Cooking, Film
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