Gayathri Arjunan
About Me
Introduction:
Dear Future Employer,
Thank you for taking the time to check out my profile.
My name is Gayathri, and I am from Malaysia. But don't be fooled by the photo and the fact that I am from an Asian country. I consider myself to be a native speaker of English. As an attestation to this, I have had at least 2 years of teaching experience in the UK, and 5 years in the United Arab Emirates.
I am both a professional and enthusiastic teacher. I have multi-cultural teaching experience and I wish to take this further.
While I think it is important for children to learn the basic language skills which are reading, writing, speaking and listening, I also think learning should be a fun experience. With this in mind, I enjoy getting students to engage in class project activities which will keep their minds engaged and excited to learn everyday.
I hope to have the chance to speak to you about how I intend to do this. I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
A. Gayathri
Education
INTI College Malaysia & Coventry University, UK
BA in Business and Information Technology
February 2001
University of Hull, UK
MA in TESOL
January 2012
Randolph School of English
CELTA
May 2011
Experiences
Teaching Assistant (EFL)
University of Hull
January 2010 to May 2010
Assisted in teaching EAP (English for Academic Purpose) for the English bridging programme for post-graduate students in classes of 20 – 25 & coached students outside class hours for oral exams.
EFL Teacher
Oxford International Education Group, London & Edinburgh
October 2011 to July 2013
Outline Apart from the role of an EFL teacher, other roles held were centre manager & course coordinator. Key responsibilities – EFL teacher •Delivered a range of self prepared lessons as well as materials from the available curriculum to groups of mixed nationality, age (8 – 21) and level groups (intermediate, upper-intermediate and advanced) •Taught the PON Programme (National Operational Programme), an Italian government sceme. Key responsibilities – Centre manager & course coordinator •Managed academic and non academic staff. •Coordinated food and lodging facilities and supervised the needs of students and their chaperons. •Solely organised and carried out academic and non academic activities.
English Teacher
ADVETI - Abu Dhabi Vocational Education and Technical Institute
August 2013 to July 2018
Outline Delivered English lessons to students of Grades 10 through 12 using both traditional and e-learning methods in the classroom. Differentiated and presented lessons to mixed level students. Conducted IELTS preparation lessons. Key responsibilities •Conducted IELTS Writing Task 1 and Task 2 PDs for the English Department •Developed own materials for IELTS writing tasks 1 and 2. •Adapted existing reading IELTS Reading texts for lower and medium level learners. Key achievements •Achieved a pass rate of 80 to 95 % across the board over the 5 year period. •Students of IELTS achieved a Band Score of 5.5 to 8, making the Ajman-Girls’ Campus the highest achiever in the system.