Saudi Arabia English Speaker

Curriculum Vitae

Natasha Mashotana

*A Alton Crescent Street, Club View, Centurion

Gauteng, South Africa

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Date of Birth: August 20, 1993

Nationality: South African

Good day my name is Natasha Mashotana. I’m 29 years old and I have a bachelor’s degree in Political

Science and a BA honors degree in International politics and two TEFL certificates; one conducted face-to-face (120 hrs) and the other one online.

After receiving my bachelor’s degree I began my traveling adventures as an English teacher where I taught in South Korea, Saudi Arabia and most recently, Thailand. My experience teaching enabled me to be able to work in different cultural environments, to respect diversity. I believe that the combination of my education and hands-on teaching experience make me an ideal candidate for your school.

It’s so important to be able to communicate well with others, especially when you don’t speak the same language therefore patience and understanding were required of me when performing my tasks. I’m organized and can perform well in high pressure environments. In my jobs, I have gathered a certain level of managerial skills, negotiation and problem-solving skills as I have worked closely with government representatives in educational institutions.

Education

·January 2018- December 2020- B.A Honors in International Politics. The University of South Africa.

·June 2019: CTEFL 120 hours. Via Lingua, Florence, Italy. 4 week intensive course. 10 plus observed teaching hours including 1-1 teaching. Observation of qualified teachers. Grammar and phonology exam.

·September 2017: Online TEFL Certificate. TEFL.uk.org. 120 hours.

·January 2013- December 2016: B.A. in Political Studies. The University of Pretoria, in South Africa

Teaching Experience

·July 2023: English lecturer at the University of Hafar Al-Batin in Saudi Arabia. I teach prep year university students pre-intermediate and intermediate English. I lesson plan and invigilate exams. I created weekly grammar worksheets for my students and other teacher’s classes as well. I also successfully organized the first ever Spelling Bee competition.

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·July 2021-June 2023: Team Leader. As a team leader I have teachers under me who I supervise and have report to me. I observe teacher’s quarterly and write their performance reviews as well. I conduct interviews during hiring season. ESL teacher for a PYD program at King Faisal University in Al-Ahsa. I am teaching prep year students intermediate English.

·December 2020- July 2021: English teacher in an impoverished school called Nakhon Nayok Wittayakhom School in Thailand. I teach 13-18 year old students English as well as social studies. I’m able to work independently in course design and lesson planning and challenge myself by teaching a variety of levels and specialty classes

·September 2019-July 2020: English lecturer at the University of Hafar Al-Batin in Saudi Arabia. I taught prep year university students pre-intermediate and intermediate English. I lesson planned and invigilated exams.

·May 2018-May 2019: ESL teacher to elementary school students as well as adults, from 5-12 people in size in South Korea. I created my own lesson plans for all my classes.

·January 2016- December 2016: English and math tutor to a 12 year old girl and a 14 year old boy with Downs’ Syndrome. Part of my duties also include helping the 14 year old with his speech and occupational therapy.

Work Experience

·April 2021- August 2021. Interning remotely as an Education Policy Researcher. Empowering the government of Nepal. Working with Dipendra Kandel Iniciative Public Policy Research, based in Nepal.

·March 2017-March 2018: Au pair to 2 year old boy and 1 year old girl, both on the Autism spectrum, in California, US.

Languages

·Native English speaker

·Fluent in Swahili

·Conversational in Afrikaans.

Additional Skills

·Highly organized and tenacious.

·Excellent interpersonal skills

·First aid training

·Clean driving license.

·Working with special needs children.

·Volunteer work: volunteered at different orphanages from 2013-2016 as part of UNESCO.

·Mentor to first year University students from 2014-2016 with the organization STARS Mentorship Program.

· Model UN debater from 2013-2016.

Interests

·World travel

·Education

·Reading current affairs and political novels

·Meditating

·Cooking East African cuisine.

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