♦ Profile ♦

a little about pete….

A TESOL certified true bi-lingual and multi-cultural educator is ready to serve youngergenerations, in fully utilizing his English Skills and Business Expertise.

He offers patience, passion, wisdom of life, and serving mind and is offering "English only classes" to the students of all ages, from adults to elementary students. He feels obligated to pay back to younger generations to guide them to grow with the integrity of global standard. 

He is particularly hoping that this power of boundless online service allows me to reach the less fortunate people of small remote villages where the formal public and/or private English teaching is not nearly available. 

·          A TESOL certified, bi-lingual and multi-cultural educator has a BA degree in Economic Development Studies of 3rd World from UC Berkeley, CA. USA. 

·       He, with a BA degree in Economic Development Studies of 3rd World from UC Berkeley, teaches all levels of Spoken English to all ages of students in small group or 1:1 tutoring.

·       He is conducting a 16 weeks training program to candidates looking for overseas employment, in Business Conversation, Job Interview Preparation, Debating on Global issues, and Business Presentation.
 

·      Lecturing Spoken English for International Business and Job Interview at the university for students of Department of International Trade & Commerce. 

•  Teaching Senior Manger Banker at Chinese Branch of British Bank for daily Business English by Skype online lesson.

As a business coach, he finds a pleasure in visioning innovative and practical strategies in exploring potential markets abroad for tomorrow’s hidden champions.

·          Serve organizations for accompanying business meetings for interpretation and negotiation and creating and translating critical business documents in English.

·          At present, serving as a Freelancer Business Coach to a Start-up company in Seoul

·          Had launched two new business successfully during over 30 years of professional career in New York City, USA , and also traveled to over 20 countries for business.

·          Coached several young entrepreneurs in starting-up new enterprises in New York City. 

Personality & Professional Strength:

·          Patient, passionate, serving mind of 21C educator & business coach

·          INTJ ( Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ) - Introvert – iNtuitive – Thinking – Judging

·          Approachable and knowledgeable coach

·          Self-Starter Global Business Developer successfully launched two businesses. 

·          Out-of-box forward-thinker  

·          Exceptionally detailed hands-on cross-over all around reliable executive

·          Balanced multi-task Trouble Shooter turned around money-losing operation

Volunteer Work:

·          Taught English in a week-long stay with minority elementary school students in remote mountain top, Kunming, China, 2010.07

·          Don’t-Walk-By Homeless Outreach Campaign 2010. 01 New York City (NYC) Served as a team leader of 10 volunteers in Rescue Alliance Mission

·          Sharing Fund Committee at Riverside, NYC – reviewed 40-60 grants per year, max USD5,000 per grant, 2009 NYC

·          Professionals in Action [PIA] – volunteer consultant served in non-profit organization at Redeemer, 2009-2010 NYC

·          Hope For New York [HFNY] volunteered in World Vision, Bowery Mission,

·          DeWitt Nursing Home, 2009-2010 NYC

·          Organized Special Local Christian Business Leaders Meeting with Rev. Dave Wilkerson for Teen Challenge in Guatemala, 2005 Guatemala City

·          Prison ministry and Widows’ Meeting in Guatemala - with Dr. Van Wood, independent missionary 2003 – 2005 Guatemala City

what pete has done ........

 ♦ teaching experience ♦

Ø  Korea

·       Giving lectures at University on Practical Spoken English for International Business and Job Interview to the students of Department of International Trade & Commerce.

·       Training candidates going to overseas for employment in 16 weeks curriculum including Business English, Job Interview and Free Discussion English on Global Citizenship 

• One-on-One adult home-visit tutoring in business English 
•  Well performed English Job Interviews have been safely landing ideal jobs in Seoul and Busan for hard worked students trained in Preparation Class.
• TESOL Certificate class is training and producing English teachers for local communities.

·       English Only Debating Class for adults small group for Intermediate level is providing the comfort space to learn practical English, with many returning students

·       Private Tutoring has prepared the students to be ready to study in International Middle and High School in China.

·       Sent a student successfully to Singapore for Working Holiday Program thru 1:1 Tutoring

·       Moms of Elementary students are appreciating All English Class in teaching Reading, Grammar and Phonics by fully Bi-lingual teacher.

Ø  China

·       Taught Intermediate Business English at University in China.

·       Nurtured Local Assistant English Teachers and fed to local community

·       Prepared and sent a student to USA for MBA program through One-on-One tutoring. 

·       Organized and ran weekly English Corner for adults.

Ø  as a business coach ......

·       Serving as a Freelancer Business Coach to a Start-up company in Seoul, in developing business, writing critical emails, business proposals, contract agreements, and more.

what pete offers ….. 

E*S*C*A*P*E with Pete ( English Speakers Comfortable Area Practice English) 

to …..rescue you from an environment where English is hardly or never spoken… 
to … a space where you can practice spoken English in a casual and comfortable manner with tailor-made lesson plans that suit your individual needs. 

If you live in a remote small village, where formal English learning is limited ……   You are entitled for special rate of 30% discount. 

If you are a foreigner living in Korea, now …..

Once you take any English lesson with me, he’d like to offer Free Language Exchange with your native language and Korean. He will be interested in learning Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and more. 

how pete teaches........

·          believe in old fashion way to learn LANGUAGE – how your parent taught your mother tongue…. listen and mimic, and repeat

·          teach language as a mere tool to for communication, not as a subject to study….

·          good hearing ability is the beginning of mastering Spoken English.

·          the more mistakes, the sooner Spoken English will be improved.

·          speaking English with rhythm and melody will make it richer and handsomer.

·          grammar is just all about matching.

·          simple words are always better.

·          waking up your sleeping receptive vocabularies and deposit them into your productive vocabulary basket. 

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