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Faith B.
Private tutor in Richmond, VA
Education
I graduated from the University of the West Indies with a Bachelors Degree. I majored in Political Science and did a minor in West Indian Literature and Sociolinguistics, I hold a Certificate in the Organization and Management of Small Businesses, from the Golda Meir Center for Woman in Haifa, Israel, I have beginner to intermediate fluency in the following languages - Spanish, Korean and Thai.
Experience
I have taught English Language and Literature for a combined 15 years at the High School and College level. As Head of the English Department at DeCarteret College, I taught the school leaving class. Each year the school had the highest percentage of passes in English Language and Literature among schools in the parish. Average of 93%. These were the External Examinations administered by the Caribbean Examinations Council. For a brief while, I lectured at the Mico College, a Teacher Training College, replacing a lecturer on sabbatical whose subject was West African Literature in English. I am currently doing further studies through Master Teacher, focusing on English as a Second Language techniques. I want to teach English to Immigrants, preferably adults, as I believe Children find it easier to learn a foreign language when immersed. Adults need a different approach, and I believe I have that approach. I also understand the frustrations that adults feel, having to go about daily life with no knowledge of either the surroundings or the language. I hope to be of some assistance in getting them familiar with the language faster.