Nathan

My dream of becoming a teacher strengthened when I met this student during my current job at Taipei Private Elementary School—her name was Kuo Pei-Yu. Kuo was a student in my remedial class. I still remember how she first came to my class, lacking confidence—I understood her situation immediately because we shared the same experience that we were both raised in a single-parent family. I thus tried to encourage her to be more confident and offered guidance on how to study in a more efficient way. Ever since then, I made up my mind to help students who are struggling for their self-esteem. One day, she came to me with joy, saying that she’s got a score of 80% on her vocabulary quiz because she had followed the study method I taught her. It was the moment that I realized how much I want to be a teacher.


Through my working experiences, I have come to realize of the importance of English. For instance, while working at Shane English School Head Office, I was required to take minutes and interpret simultaneously at meetings, translate documents, and handle the correspondence between branch managers and the head office. To me, this was quite a challenge, but it was also a wonderful opportunity for me to use both my language ability and coordination skills. I even joined Shane’s Grammar Book editing program. My working experience at Shane’s honed not only my English-speaking ability but also writing and reading skills. Working for Taipei Chingshin Elementary School now is undoubtedly my other significant experience. My duties here include teaching English, checking students’ homework, and communicating with parents regarding students’ learning progress. In my English remedial class, I have applied numerous teaching methods. For instance, I applied the Nearpod system to reading lessons, and it worked well in helping students indulge themselves in the stories and enable them to answer the questions in creative ways.