Benjamin Faulkner

Experience

• 

  Dulwich Preparatory School

  Jun 2005 - Jan 2006

  Football Coach

  -Organising and training a group of around 25 students aged 10-13yrs old. -Setting up the courses that each student were required to complete to achieve their ‘soccer school certificate’.-Arranging and refereeing full sized and small scale controlled football games.

• 

  Haba Playschool

  Feb 2009 - Feb 2010

  English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teacher

  -Teaching classes a theme-based curriculum that changed month by month. -Responsibilities included bi-weekly report cards for 50 students and preparing monthly tests to assess each students progress. -Assisting with study material for reading classes, teaching basic story deconstruction and grammar.-Preparing expansive bi-monthly tests for the students and also assisting with presentations that were to be memorized and delivered to an audience each month.

• 

  Gilwon Elememtary School

  Feb 2010 - Feb 2012

  English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teacher

  -Planning and preparing and teaching topics ranging from basic grammar to in depth theme-based discussion and story deconstruction.-Arranging activities and advertising for our afternoon English program during registration periods and at various other times of the year.-Preparing and marking extensive bi-monthly tests and writing the resulting report cards.-Organising and budgeting for my own class supplies and stationary.

• 

  Seongdong Elementary School

  Feb 2012 - Feb 2013

  English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teacher

  -Planning and preparing text based lessons for each semester.-Teaching science topics ranging from forces to complicated life cycles and experiments.-Writing and marking regular unit tests, midterm tests and end of semester tests that constitute the evaluation of our students.Making an active contribution to weekly staff meetings and regularly doing voice recording for listening tests.

• 

  Sungkyul University

  Feb 2013 - May 2015

  Assistant Professor of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)

  -Preparing a curriculum for the whole semester, including my own virtual learning environment.-Creating a grading structure and giving feedback both digitally and in person. -Organising intensive English conversation syllabi for elective classes.

• 

  Lila Elementary School

  Feb 2014 - Sept 2014

  English as a Foreign Lnguage (EFL) Teacher

  -Teaching language skills twice a week to elementary school students.-Creating and implementing speaking tests for students.-Participating in an intensive English summer camp which included science experiments and cooking with English.

• 

  GIP Institute, Kyunghee University

  Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

  English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Lecturer

  -Preparing Students to study at the University of Massachusetts.-Creating my own curriculum-Pastoral Care and help with the admission process.

• 

  York St John University

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2015

  English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Lecturer

  -Teaching a 5 week pre-sessional course to international students entering York St. Johns.-Using interactive whiteboards and other cutting edge technology to teach international students-Using Moodle and Turnitin to teach, mark and give feedback, supplementing in-class tuition.-All students in my class successfully passed the pre-sessional course and continued on to their masters programs.

• 

  VGC Language School

  Dec 2015 - Jul 2016

  English Language Instructor

  -Teaching English language skills to international students in eighty minute blocks.-Helping students progress through the levels of instruction provided by VGC.-Attending and contributing to staff meetings and sample classes with peers.

• 

  Trinity Western University

  Jul 2016 - May 2017

  Academic English Lecturer

  -Preparing a curriculum that prepares ESL students to go on to both bachelors and masters level majors at TWU.

• 

  Langara College

  Jun 2017 - now

  -Working as an instructor on the LEAP, EXPLORE, SELP and Ryukyu programs.-Creating materials for very high-level students (CEFR level C2).-Creating skills-based curriculum for the SELP program based on weekly themes.-Working as part of a team to ensure the success of the courses.

  • International Programs Coordinator

    Apr 2018 - now

  • English Instructor

    Jun 2017 - Mar 2018