Mr Cliff

Profession: University-organised after-school classes
Education, English Language Instruction
• Promoting fluency, listening and conversational skills
• Producing materials for speaking and listening activities
• Organizing activities for mixed ability classes, both young and adult learners

Successful language centre with a focus on phonics in Bangkok
English Language Instruction
• Phonics
• Pronunciation
• Listening Skill
• Reading Skill
• Writing Skill
• Spelling
• Language acquisition through game-play

Prestigious high school, Khlong Samwa
Education, English Language Instruction
• Delivering general and conversational English lessons
• Teaching phonics, reading, writing and spelling
• Devising activities, worksheets, tests and quarterly exams
• General administration, student reports and parent-teacher meetings

Other Experience in Kindergarten, Primary School, High School, Language Centre
Education, English Language Instruction
• Games, materials and activities for summer school
• Language through multimedia
• Provincial speaking/storytelling competitions
• English songs and speech giving at local events

Books and Methodological Systems
Education, English Language Instruction
Books:
• New Cutting Edge, Speak Now, American Headway, International Express (adult learners)
• Oxford Phonics World, Our World, Family & Friends, Let’s Go!, Hotspot (young learners)

Systems:
• Jolly Phonics
• I Can Read
• Reading A-Z

Interests: I have been a teacher for nearly 15 years.

I began in the countryside of north-east Thailand and became quite fluent in Thai language.
I was included in local events such as weddings and village festivals, and I often ate with my neighbours, sharing their food, and they taught me how to hunt in the rice fields.
As a part of the local community, this was one of the most amazing years of my life, despite the cold showers and squat toilets!

In the UK I wrote, recorded and performed original music at local venues, writing my own songs, singing and playing the acoustic guitar.


I am also a developer of a free online game-world, for which I write scripts (story, dialogue, etc.) and direct the artwork.

I love music, literature, anime, games, apples, seafood, clever dogs, calm cats.

Education: BA Honours Degree: English & European Literature
Education
(University of Essex, United Kingdom)

Spoken Languages: English (Native), Thai (Fluent), Vietnamese (Basic), French (Basic)

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