Air Force English

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Frank Kerr

Personal Details

Date of Birth: 21st August 1970 in Paisley

Nationality: British/Scottish

Marital Status: Single

Health: Excellent/ Non-smoker

Profile

Highly trained, motivated, resourceful, adaptable and responsible with good team working and excellent communication skills. Accustomed to working in a high-pressure environment necessitating the ability to rapidly assimilate information received from a variety of sources. Work record underlies the ability to:

Interact effectively throughout the work environment Create and maintain strong working relationships

Contribute to team efforts and activities

Respond positively to fresh challenges

Career Summary:

BAE Systems Saudi Development & Training (12/2015 – 12/2018) Teaching 26.5 hours per week of General English and IELTS to Royal Saudi Air Force and Royal Saudi Navy personal in order to allow the students to develop their careers and to train within the UK. Furthermore to maintain discipline in the classroom, to inspire and encourage the students, and to test them weekly, producing tests, invigilating, marking and reviewing their work. In addition to weekly and monthly reports on progress made or noted areas of concern. Qatar Aeronautical College (3/2012 – 12/2015) Teaching 16.5 hours per week, thirteen-week technical English courses to aeronautical engineering students pursuing careers in the aviation industry with Qatar Airways and the Civil Aviation Authority. Maintaining classroom discipline, preparing and grading regular homework, mini- quizzes and the invigilation of tests. Motivating and inspiring the students, guiding and counseling them when required.

Language Solutions/Construction Development Company, Doha, Qatar (11/2011 - 1/2012) teaching 25 hours per week, intense eight-week vocational English language courses to the company employees of Qatar Petroleum.

English For All, Bangkok, Thailand (9/2010 - 11/2011) teaching 30 hours per week primarily to classes of young learners and teenagers through total physical response and a variety of games and activities. Other classes do include such courses as phonics, preparing university students for the IELTS exam and academic writing. National Power Academy, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia (04/2019 – 31/08/2020) Teaching 20 hours per week to trainee technicians going into the Saudi power industries. Preparing and delivering lessons, producing, invigilating and marking quizzes and tests.

Ministry of Defence, Kuwait (11/2009 - 8/2010) teaching English 20 hours per week, to small classes of Kuwaiti military personnel using the American Defence Language Institute course from Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, United Sates of America. In addition to course planning and material development, the weekly supervision and grading of Mid-Course Tests and End of Book Quizzes. Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland (08/2009 – 10/2009) Teaching 20 hours per week, a pre-sessional academic English course to undergraduates and post graduates students from around the world who on successful completion of their academic English course, were intending to start their university courses at Strathclyde University.

ISIS Group, Jewel and Esk College, Edinburgh, Scotland (06/2009 –08/2009) English language instructor at a summer school, teaching 30 hour courses to European teenagers and being fully immersed in their afternoon, evening and week-end activity programme and excursions. The English Center, Kita Urawa, Saitama, Japan (04/2008 – 09/2008) part-time English language teacher at a language school teaching students of all ages a variety of courses, during my third year abroad MA Japanese at Jouchi/Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

NEWS (New Educational Workshop), Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan (09/2007- 09/2008) part-time English language teacher at a Tokyo Juku, teaching English to young learners, during my third year abroad MA Japanese at Jouchi/Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

i-to-i, teacher trainer, Scotland (12/2006 - 08/2007) planning, running and grading native English trainee teachers on intensive twent- hour weekend TEFL introductory courses. English language instructor - Sakai Town Board of Education, Japan (11/2003 - 07/2005) teaching at Sakai first and second Junior High Schools (full-time) and Fureainosato Kindergarten (twice a month) under contract between Interac and Sakai Town Board of Education. The European Centre/Al Rahji (09/2002 - 11/2003) teaching English 25 hours per week, to large classes of young Saudi men at Yanbu Industrial College, gearing them towards future employment in the Kingdom’s electricity and oil industries. Furthermore, organizing and running language classes including supervision, discipline, examinations and reports.

ECC Thailand (08/1999 - 02/2002) teaching 30 hours per week, a variety of English courses to a wide variety of students; general English, business English, Young Learners, IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, EAP, ESP and in company courses.

Inspection Academique (09/1998 - 07/1999) teaching 12 hours per week, at four primary schools in Blois, Loir et Cher, France, through games, songs, videos and such activities. Royal Air Force (04/1991 - 09/1998) trained in air traffic control and subsequently employed in radar control and airfield control tower environments.

Education

The University of Edinburgh (09/2005 - 06/2009) MA Honours Japanese The Open University (02/1996 - 12/1998) French Diploma RSA/CELTA (08/1998 - 09/1998) Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults Dollar Academy (09/1982 - 06/1988)

SCE Higher Grades; English, Geography, History, French. SCE Ordinary Grades; Arithmetic, Chemistry, English, French, Geography, History, Mathematics, Physics.

Interests

Second dan karate, rugby, gymnasium, swimming, running, cycling, tennis, travel and languages

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