Colin Clements
Age: 41
Citizenship: South Africa
Academic Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Certificates: other
Current Location: China, Jinhua
Description
Hi
My name is Colin Clements and I am a white South African male. I have been teaching in China since January 2003. I am a very friendly, outgoing and humorous person and teacher. I am looking for a teaching position in or near Hangzhou'
Other Qualifications:
- 2004 International TEFL Teacher Training Certificate
- 2004
- Hartford University
- Bachelor of Science in Business Management
- 1995 – 1997
- Allenby
- Diploma in Financial Management
- 1984 – 1988
- Frans Du Tiot High School, Phalaborwa, RSA
Work Experience:
- February 2010 – present
- Little Star Training School Jinhua
- Duties
- Teaching Oral Engish to a Middle school
- Teaching Oral English to children from the age of 6 to 16
- November 2009 – December 2009
- New Oriental Traning School – Xiamen
- Part time English teacher
- Duties –
- Teaching adult students a course relating to the difference in cultures between China and Western countries
- November 2009 – January 2010
- Part time English teacher
- Guanghai Zhong xue (No 1 Middle School Hui An)
- Hui An, Fujian Province
- Duties :
- - Teaching spoken English to junior 1 and junior 2 students. The students ages are between 10 and 16 years.
- - Preparing lessons plans for the two grades.
- - Preparing the students for the Cambridge KET exam (Key English Exam)
- - Setting exam papers.
- - Using multi media as a tool to improve the students listening and also to try and get the students to enjoy studying English more.
- - Interacting with the Chinese – English teachers so that they can improve their English and thus improve their students english.
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- November 2005 – October 2009
- Head English Teacher
- Guanghai Zhong xue (No 1 Middle School Hui An)
- Hui An, Fujian Province
- Contact Person : Lai Li Chun (13606914304)
- Duties :
- - Teaching spoken English to junior 1 and junior 2 students. The students ages are between 10 and 16 years.
- - Preparing lessons plans for the two grades.
- - Preparing the students for the Cambridge KET exam (Key English Exam)
- - Setting exam papers.
- - Using multi media as a tool to improve the students listening and also to try and get the students to enjoy studying English more.
- - Interacting with the Chinese – English teachers so that they can improve their English and thus improve their students english.
- November 2006 – June 2007
- Part time English Teacher
- Kings English Training School
- Quanzhou, Fujian Province
- Duties :
- - Teaching adults business english and conversation english classes.
- - Teaching pronunciation as well, the classes are small never more than 10 students per class.
- 2003 January – October 2005
- English teacher , Bo Xue Foreign Translation Company, Zhangzhou
- Fujian Province, China
- Contact Person : Prof. Zheng Sheng Tao
- Tel : 0596 227115
- 0596 13906940491
- duties
- - teaching English at various kindergartens and middle schools in and
- around Zhangzhou and the country side. Some of the schools that I taught at include No 1 Middle School in Yunxiao, No 2 Middle school Zhangzhou, No 2 Vocational School, Li Ren Private school, Dadi Kindergarten etc.
- - The classes sizes varied from 10 – 50 students.
- - I taught at Dadi Kindergarten for over two years and I enjoyed every minute of it seeing some of my students graduate from the kindergarten and go onto primary school. The age of the children there varied from 4 to 6 years of age.
- - I taught grammar, phonetics, spoken English (conversation) and particular emphasis on pronunciation.
- - I also taught many adult classes in the evenings and also business English to the adult students.
- - I was also responsible for teaching 1-2-1 (face to face) to various students who intended to go and study abroad. I currently have 5 students who I taught that are now studying abroad in Australia, New Zealand and England and they keep in contact with me and let me know how they are getting on, it’s very exciting to hear from them.
- - the age of my students varied from 4 – 45 years old
- - In September, 2003, I was appointed manager (DOS) of the Foreign Language Department so I was very involved in setting up work schedules and advertising.
- 1989 – 2002 Administration Manager, J.C. Hunt and Associates
- duties:
- - preparing monthly financial reports
- - making presentations
- - keeping contact with the other offices of the mother company
- - doing monthly reconciliations
- - purchasing office supplies
- - petty cash and banking
- - correspondence, schedules