Alex Mack

Profession: English Second Language (ESL) Teacher
Education
Teaching adults and children. Lesson types include conversation (free or topic-based), general English and business English.

Technical Analyst
IT
IT support and software development (programming) for a multinational company

Business Analyst
IT
Business analysis, data management and data analysis for a multinational company.

Settlements Analyst
Finance and Banking
Data analysis in the finance department of a multinational company

Freelance Photographer and Writer
Writing and Journalism
Created articles on local restaurants and cafés for a Vietnamese magazine

Intérêts: My interests are movies, music, food, video games, psychology, exercise (swimming, running, yoga), reading and meditation. I like travel and talking to people from other countries. I have previously lived in Vietnam for two years and I currently live in Germany. I have a lot of experience teaching Asian students (mainly China Japan, Vietnam and Korea), but of course I welcome all students!

Éducation: CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
English Language Instruction
A special type of TEFL/TESOL (English teaching) certificate. Often preferred by language schools because it is moderated by Cambridge. Teachers are observed teaching in real classrooms (this is not true for many other TEFL/TESOL certificates).

Introduction to English Language (University module)
English Language Instruction
Studied linguistics including pronunciation (phonetics)

Introduction to Creative Writing
Writing and Journalism
Studied writing fiction and poetry

BSc (Hons) Computing & Information Technology (University degree)
Technology
First-class honours degree. Studied data management and analysis, algorithms, IT service management, project management, programming and software engineering.

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) v3 Expert (Industry-standard certification for IT Service Management)
Technology
Studied best practices for IT Service Management. Certification in all ITSM lifecycle stages: Foundation, Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operation, Continual Service Improvement, Managing Across The Lifecycle, Expert.

Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) in Psychology (University course)
Research, Mental Health
Studied psychological and social science principles

Langues parlées: anglais (Maternel), vietnamien (Bases), français (Bases), gallois (Conversation), allemand (Bases)

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