Nationality: Australia Education   2007 – present     Cambridge University ESOL     Taipei, Taiwan Oral Examiner I am a qualified Oral Examiner for the main suite PET/KET and YLE exams. 2006 – present     Griffith University     Brisbane, Australia Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics I am currently undertaking this MA course in distance mode, and have completed three out of the 8 subjects required. Subjects accredited are; Linguistics, Teaching Methodologies and Nature of Language Learning. 2002 – 2003 1998 – 2000     Chinese Culture University     Taipei, Taiwan Chinese Language and Cultural Studies (Mandarin) As a student of Mandarin Chinese I studied up to and including advanced level classes and have fluent capabilities. 2001     Griffith University     Gold Coast, Australia Graduate Certificate in TESOL -Teaching Methodologies -Language Acquisition and Learning -Linguistics -Special Project (research) 1994 – 1997     James Cook University     Townsville, Australia Bachelor of Management A bachelor degree incorporating all fields of management of which I passed with a GPA of 5.7 (out of 7). My studies also included Mandarin Chinese. Experience   2006 – current     Cambridge Taipei Language Training Centre     Taipei, Taiwan I am currently employed as an IELTS teacher, teaching adults who are preparing to take the IELTS test before going overseas to study. I’m responsible for class preparation, student evaluation and counseling. 2006 – current     Freelance Presenter/Teacher Trainer     Taipei, Taiwan I give presentations and training sessions to teachers around the island for publishers such as Thomson, Cambridge and Longman/Pearson. 2003 - 2005     Oxford University Press     Taipei, Taiwan I was employed as an ELT (English Language Teaching) Consultant at the Taiwan branch of OUP. Primary duties included; promotion of products to all sectors of the English teaching market, teacher training, seminar and workshop presentations, event organization and coordination and curriculum design and support for schools. 2001 – 2003     Chinese Culture University     Taipei, Taiwan As an English teacher in the School of Continuing Education I was involved in the teaching of adult classes of various levels, external business and commercial classes, and specialised one on one instruction. Responsibilities included the selection, preparation and presentation of class materials; and writing of syllabi, tests and other student evaluation devices.