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Marilyn Garcia

Orange, United States of America

About Me

Current city:
Orange
Current country:
United States of America
Age:
35

Introduction:

    My father was raised with very little education from the town of Rosario in Argentina. He became fluent in 5 languages through life experiences of traveling with a circus., Knowledge of multiple languages helped my father to find many job opportunities and eventually he became an Entrepreneur. I learned from his stories that knowledge of the English language is what opened the door of endless opportunities. The ability to speak English gives one a stronger voice no matter what their field. For this reason and my love for languages, I chose to obtain my degree in Linguistics. In college I fell in love with the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, "Language affects the way one perceives reality".

Now I  am an ESL teacher looking to help others around the world become confident English speakers. I give my students a strong English foundation while having fun and practicing language with real life experiences.

As an ESL teacher in Thailand I practiced teaching children ages 6-12, College students at a vocational college, and adult speakers looking to practice English Conversation. My mission as an English teacher is to give small communities in developing countries a voice. To encourage creativity of expression and motivate entrepreneurship in my students. Learning a language is supposed to be fun, so I make sure to play games and use current pop culture topics to not only make class interesting but to also build rapport with my students.  Im looking forward to continue my ESL career with you. 

Education

Orange Coast College

Associates in Arts

May 2012

California State University Long Beach

Linguistics

May 2015

Oxford Seminars

TESOL

June 2015

Experiences

Actress

Booked Talent

July 2016 to Current

When I am not traveling abroad teaching I spend my free time in Southern California acting on TV shows, Commercials and feature films. While also teaching ESL private lessons. I find working in theatre a great opportunity to learn some roleplaying games, improvisation and accent reduction practices as techniques for fun future lessons.

English for Hospitality

Vocational College in Thailand

September 2016 to November 2016

Taught a course on English in Hotels and the  hospitality industry. This required me to learn about Hotel management and to teach how to manage a hotel and assist guests. My students were between 18 and 25 years old and had a variety of speaking ability.

Multiple subjects teacher

Phetchauburi Anuban

October 2015 to April 2016

Teacher of Social Studies, English Grammar,  and Health to grades 1-6

Skills

professional fire dancer

Languages

spanish and english beginner french intermediate thai some chinese and japonese

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