I am an English Language (TESOL) and Literature tutor. I have the necessary and recognized teaching qualifications BA Honours Degree of English and TESOL (Nottingham Trent University 2008), CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) and other certificates related to my career.

I am a British Citizen. As I have been living and studying in the United Kingdom, I have had many chances to explore British culture, values, people, traditions and customs as well as its language. During my career, I have learned so many things, gained priceless knowledge and experiences and improved myself as a person as well as a teacher.

I have experience of teaching and training in English subject area and relevant up-to-date knowledge as I have been taught, studied, practised and delivered unique and student-centred teaching approaches and techniques. During my teaching career, I have successfully gained good reference and record of managing and supporting diverse groups. I have been teaching to students from a different ethnic background, age, level, profession, need and interest, etc. I have also taught to students who may have little experience of education and training. I have been giving one to one private English lesson on various needs, purposes and aims of learners such as; subject, college, university, profession exams, job interviews as well as English for business and academic purposes.

 I have been delivering general English lessons of ‘ESOL Skills for Life’ Entry1,2,3, ‘Functional Skills in English Entry1,2,3 – Level 1,2’, ‘English My Way -Beginners at the City College Nottingham and I still do so at the present.

In addition, I have been preparing private students to IELTS and English Life in the UK exams. I have recently delivered English lessons to Key Stage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 students in Nottingham. I have training and experience in receiving and delivering English Literature lessons in 13th, 18th, 19th and 21st Century Literature around essays, dissertations for academic purposes.

 I am conscious of the importance of different life experiences as teachers come from all walks of life. I believe, this aspect is the key to 'good teaching' as it endows teachers with the ability to practice the real-life episodes by considering students' needs and interests. I am a very artistic person, and I very much believe in the power of imagination in teaching. That allows me to deliver unique lessons and use/teach any language skills interestingly and effectively in a student-centred learning interaction. I like to explore and create new things when I do my lesson plans. I always aim to encourage/motivate learners and keep their interest in their learning process and progress. By observing, monitoring and eliciting I adapt to the needs and interests of a variety of learners. Therefore, I have been developed into a teacher who identifies, improves and shares innovative and creative teaching techniques, methods and resources.

My main aim is to deliver a positive, balanced and effective teaching and learning interaction where learners are developed into their creative self-expression. I believe that one of the teachers’ roles in teaching is to take students from dependent stage to the most important one; the independent stage where students can learn about themselves as well as others, can relate to others and realize their individual success among them.

I promote interaction in the English class by empowering learners and helping them develop their communication skills. I enjoy to build communication among learners and me through entertainment, the productive group works and activities such as; ice-breaking activities, role plays, tasks, group research, presentations, group discussions, mock and interviews, trip to various places such as; cinema, theatre, art galleries, museums, etc.

I structure tasks with mutual goals that require each member of the group offers a unique contribution to the joint effort. I can skilfully create independent and suitable language learning tasks to the different level of students in which I aim to develop students’ thinking skills. I keep my focus on my students at all times. I listen and monitor my students closely but almost invisible. I observe, gain feedback and take notes around their strengths, weaknesses, needs and interests. I organize a monthly one to one, face to face meeting with each student to receive and give feedback on their process and progress during their learning period. I use every previous classroom experience as guidance for the future ones in the aim of to deliver the best lesson to each student according to his/her individual needs.

As I was an ESOL student once, I can relate in confident to my students’ interests, needs and worries. I am very familiar with the problematic and stressful aspects of teaching and learning process and progress. I am aware that certain emotions can act as filters in the flow of learning. Negative feelings such as fear and embarrassment can interfere with a learner’s ability to process information. My role as a teacher is to deliver a lesson skilfully where the students experience positive feelings in which the classroom interaction are developed and improved at the most effective and successful levels at all times.

I have good IT skills and willing to develop further. I show accuracy and precision in a written presentation.

I support my own development of my craft through experience, common sense, self-evaluation and reflection.

About Me

Employment History:

September 2012-September 2013 American Cultural Association Private General English Course Ismet Pasa Caddesi 422 Sokak, Antalya/Turkey,  00 90 242 243 6868
ESOL Teacher : Teaching, planning, organizing, monitoring, motivating… I have delivered lessons to learners age of 8 to 60 years old.

November 2013-September 2014 Antalya Restaurant 31-32 Forman Street, Nottingham, NG1 4AA.

Launch Assistant: Serving customers, responsible with the till – handling money.

November- March 2014  BCM (Boots Contract Manufacturing), Thane Road,  D10 Building, Beeston, Nottingham, NG2 3AA TEL:  GI Group - 0755 779 5391

March 2014- December 2016 - The Cineworld Cinemas, The Cornerhouse,, 29 Forman St, Nottingham NG1 4AA,  [email protected]
December 2016 – February 2017 - Vernon Community College Nottingham, Vernon House, 18 Friar Ln, Nottingham, NG1 6DQ. Phone: 0115 941 4967  

March  2017– May 2017 -  Anglo Skills College Nottingham: ESOL teacher, English Tutor to Key Stage 1, 2, 3.

February 2016 –  July 2018 - City College Nottingham – Radford Venue, NG7 Venue : ESOL and Functional Skills English and Maths Lecturer: I have delivered  Functional Skills English and Maths and  ESOL ENTRY1, 2,3 Morning and Afternoon Classes and one day a week English Conversational Classes. 

Preparing and assessing ESOL learners via Formative and Summative assessments for the City & Guilds examinations.

Guiding learners during the enrolment process. Organising paper work such as; the Initial Assessment, registration application forms and other forms of an enrolment process of a college by guiding and helping learners to fill in and complete the forms successfully.

Managing effectively the ‘Safe Guarding’ and the ‘Health and Safety’ policies of a venue of a college.

Delivering the British Values within natural ways of teaching and exploring the British Culture and Life in Britain.

Forming/making lesson plans according to the ESOL Entry1,2,3 Curriculum (Scheme of Work). Using a wide variety of methods to conduct in-process evaluations of learner comprehension, learning needs and academic progress during a lesson, unit or a course by monitoring and eliciting, receiving and providing feedback via Formative Assessments. I can identify concepts that learners are struggling to understand, skills they are having difficulty acquiring, or learning standards they have not yet achieved so that adjustments can be made to my lessons, instructional techniques, and academic support.

Planning, learning and recording progress and achievement via the Individual Learning Plan (ILP) as it used in ESOL teaching. I engage learners with the process of negotiating and discussing ILPs from the perspective of the learners themselves. I plan monthly face to face sessions to receive and elicit feedback about a learner’s learning experience.

Guiding to complete and preparing learners to the Summative Assessment which will be taking place after learners have completed units of work or modules at the end of each term and/or year.

September 2018 – May 2019 -  Bilimsev College - Ovacık Mahallesi, 35430 Urla/İzmir – Native General English Grammar and Skills: Speaking and Listening, Writing and Reading Tutor – Nursery - Pre-School, Year 1, Year 2. I have delivered lessons to learners age of 4 to 8 years old.

June 2019 – September 2019- American Language Literature Foreign Language Schools, Erzene, Fevzi Çakmak Cd. No:47, 35080 Bornova, İzmir/Turkey - English Tutor – Levels: Beginners, A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 as well as Teen1, Teen2, Teen3. I have delivered lessons to learners age of 9 to 15 years old.

January 2012 – March 2020 -  One to One/Private Lessons - I have been delivering ‘one to one’ general English lessons from home to learners of different age, level, profession, ethnicity, needs and purposes. I have prepared students to IELTS, Proficiency, SAT, Life in the UK exams.

September 2019- December 2019 - City College Nottingham – Radford Venue, NG7 Venue: ESOL  Tutor and Functional Skills English Tutor and running the NG7 Venue: I have delivered ESOL ENTRY1, 2,3 which are introduced by some English with Maths exercises as Morning and Afternoon Classes. I have also delivered English Conversational Classes. 

Preparing and assessing ESOL learners via Formative and Summative assessments for the City & Guilds examinations.

Guiding learners during the enrolment process. Organising paper work such as; the Initial Assessment, registration application forms and other forms of an enrolment process of a college by guiding and helping learners to fill in and complete the forms successfully.

Managing effectively the ‘Safe Guarding’ and the ‘Health and Safety’ policies of a venue of a college.

Delivering the British Values within natural ways of teaching and exploring the British Culture and Life in Britain.

Forming/making lesson plans according to the ESOL Entry1,2,3 Curriculum (Scheme of Work). Using a wide variety of methods to conduct in-process evaluations of learner comprehension, learning needs and academic progress during a lesson, unit or a course by monitoring and eliciting, receiving and providing feedback via Formative Assessments. I can identify concepts that learners are struggling to understand, skills they are having difficulty acquiring, or learning standards they have not yet achieved so that adjustments can be made to my lessons, instructional techniques, and academic support.

Planning, learning and recording progress and achievement via the Individual Learning Plan (ILP) as it used in ESOL teaching. I engage learners with the process of negotiating and discussing ILPs from the perspective of the learners themselves. I plan monthly face to face sessions to receive and elicit feedback about a learner’s learning experience.

Guiding to complete and preparing learners to the Summative Assessment which will be taking place after learners have completed units of work or modules at the end of each term and/or year.

January 2020 – July 2020 – Nottingham College, Basford Hall Campus, Construction Faculty, Functional Skills English and Maths Lecturer.

Forming/making lesson plans according to FS 4748 English and Maths levels of Entry Level 1,2,3 -  Level 1,2 and FS Maths Entry Level 1,2,3 -  Level 1,2 Curriculum (Scheme of Work). Using a wide variety of methods to conduct in-process evaluations of learner comprehension, learning needs and academic progress during a lesson, unit or a course by monitoring and eliciting, receiving and providing feedback via Formative Assessments. I can identify concepts that learners are struggling to understand, skills they are having difficulty acquiring, or learning standards they have not yet achieved so that adjustments can be made to my lessons, instructional techniques, and academic support.

• Plan, prepare and deliver the Functional Skills English and Mats curriculum to an excellent standard.
• Deliver accessible and inspirational learning adapted to the individual needs of students within the Construction faculty.
• Ensure that student progress is tracked and monitored including the use of individual targets and interventions.
• Adhere to the IQA process for Functional Skills English.
• Ensure that Nottingham College policies are adhered to including safeguarding and equality and diversity.
• Collaborate with colleagues and on occasion other agencies to ensure that students have an excellent experience within the college.

Guiding to complete and preparing learners to the Summative Assessment which will be taking place after learners have completed units of work or modules at the end of each term and/or year.

Organizing and booking FS 4748 English and Maths Summative Assessments for all levels. Attending and guiding learners during the Entry Levels’ paper based assessments as well as marking according to FS 4748 English and Maths mark scheme.

Education:

Primary.  Hakimiyet-i Milliye Primary and Nursery, Izmir/Turkey

Secondary.  Hakimiyet-I Milliye Primary and Nursery, Izmir/Turkey

High School/College. Inonu Lisesi, Izmir/Turkey

Further Education:

1991 - Stratford-Upon-Avon Royal College – First Certificate

2004- 2005 - Southend Essex College – Access to Teaching Certificate (QAA Recognised Access to HE Programme)

2004-2005 – NOCN -Natıonal Open College Network - Access to Teaching Certificate (ACE)

April 2005 – OCR – Recognising Achievement – Certificate in Adult Literacy (Level 1)

January 2005 – English Speaking Board (International) – Oral Skills For Teachers : Level Four Certificate

2005-2008 - Nottingham Trent University – English and TESOL - BA Honours Degree

2012 NCN –New College Nottingham – 120 hours initial Teacher Training Certificate

2012 - University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations - English for Speakers of Other Languages - CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)

2016 Aquinas Education Training Course : The introductory course to working in schools and supporting schools through OFSTED in the United Kingdom.

2016 – 2019 City College Nottingham - OFSTED training

2019 City College Nottingham - Safeguarding in Schools training

Interests and hobbies:

I am interested in art, literature and philosophy. I am a keen street photographer, and I do photo-collage in my spare time. I like theatre and opera. I also enjoy researching and reading around my Masters project “The body and The Language”. I love meeting new people from different cultures and exploring their customs and traditions. I am interested in cooking and tasting different dishes around the world.
 

Services

Running a venue of ESOL Entry1,2,3 Classes. Guiding learners during the enrolment process. Organising paper work such as the Initial Assessment, registration application form and other forms of an enrolment process of a college. Managing effectively the ‘Safe Guarding’ and the ‘Health and Safety’ policies of a venue of a college.

Delivering the British Values within natural ways of teaching and exploring the British Culture and Life in Britain.

Forming/making lesson plans according to the ESOL Entry1,2,3 Curriculum (Scheme of Work). Using a wide variety of methods to conduct in-process evaluations of learner comprehension, learning needs and academic progress during a lesson, unit or a course by monitoring and eliciting, receiving and providing feedback via Formative Assessments. I can identify concepts that learners are struggling to understand, skills they are having difficulty acquiring, or learning standards they have not yet achieved so that adjustments can be made to my lessons, instructional techniques, and academic support.

Planning, learning and recording progress and achievement via the Individual Learning Plan (ILP) as it used in ESOL teaching. I engage learners with the process of negotiating and discussing ILPs from the perspective of the learners themselves. I plan monthly face to face sessions to receive and elicit feedback about a learner’s learning experience.

Guiding to complete and preparing learners to the Summative Assessment which will be taking place after learners have completed units of work or modules at the end of each term and/or year.

In conclusion, planning and delivering well organized lessons with lesson plans, creative ice-breaking activities, editing students’ projects, coaching, monitoring value of the work, providing useful feedback, positive cheerful attitude to motivate the students, motivating reading skills and active listening, developing logical system for teaching usage and grammar rules, patient and approachable, sensitive approach to identify personal needs of students by being open minded listener. Good grammar and usage, clear and effective speaker according to learner’s academic English level.