English graduate with TESOL training offering English (and literacy) lessons in Liverpool

Rhiannon's CV

EDUCATION

SEPTEMBER 2017 – MAY 2020
BA ENGLISH, THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
Since September 2017, I have been working towards a first-class undergraduate degree in English. Within this I have studied both language and literature modules. As my degree progressed, I was able to specialize further, and so completed modules that helped inform my understanding of linguistics - this was aided by my research internship. However, I was still fortunate to be able to continue studying literature modules, which is where my true love lies. In particular, my third-year modules, Women Writers and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, has proven the most valuable. The latter was essential in giving me a TEFL understanding, and developing my teaching skills both inside and outside of the classroom, to speakers of many different languages. Furthermore, this module has provided me with the ability to plan lessons for students of all ages, as well as presentation skills and co-operating as a team to create lesson materials.
I’ve also taking two 0-credit modules in Beginners 1 and 2 in Mandarin, and I’m continuing this now my studies are complete.
JUNE 2019 – JULY 2019
BEGINNER’S CHINESE LANGUAGE SUMMER SCHOOL, XI’AN JIAOTONG-LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY
In the summer of 2019, I successfully completed Beginners 1 of the Chinese Language Summer Schools program at XJTLU in Suzhou, China. Here, I learned about the foundations of Mandarin, including tones, sounds, greetings, countries, food and drink, travel, and dates and time.

SEPTEMBER 2015 – JUNE 2017
A LEVELS, SOUTH HUNSLEY SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM COLLEGE
Extended Project Qualification (A), English Literature (B), English Language (B), Government and Politics (B) AS Music (C)

SEPTEMBER 2013 – JUNE 2015
GCSES, SOUTH HUNSLEY SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM COLLEGE
English Literature (A), English Language (A), Maths (B), Biology (A), Chemistry (B), Physics (B), Religious Studies (A), History (A), French (C), Music (B), IT (Merit)

WORK EXPERIENCE

MAY 2019 – JANUARY 2020
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER / RESEARCH INTERN, THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
My main responsibilities as an undergraduate researcher included the management of linguistic data, and thus its segmentation, transcription and audio analysis. This required proficient use of several pieces of software as well as an in-depth understanding of linguistics, and acute time-management due to restrictive deadlines. Furthermore, the role also required a significant amount of inputting data into different databases and creating new and inventive ways to analyse such in the pursuit of sociolinguistic innovation.

AUGUST 2019 – SEPTEMBER 2019
INTERNATIONAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE WELCOME WEEK ASSISTANT, THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
As an advice and guidance assistant, I primarily helped the management visa applications as well as police registrations and general academic queries, such as time-tabling issues, for international students who had just arrived in Liverpool. This involved working with primarily Chinese students, and often entailed the need for pastoral or emotional support, as well as administrative, as it had often been an emotionally tiring transition to the UK and involved a degree of culture shock.

SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES

I have been involved in educational extra-curricular activities since my degree began in 2017. Firstly, as vice-president of the University of Liverpool’s Creative Writing Society, I was responsible for the general running of the society in the student’s union. Furthermore, my role involved the voluntary proof-reading of both home and international students’ work for punctuation and grammar before they submitted it to the annual anthology, which I organised in terms of structure, graphics, marketing and ordering. This role also allowed me to present and produce my own radio show, Writer’s Blocc, for a year on the Liverpool Student Radio. Furthermore, while continuing my Mandarin studies in Liverpool after my trip to China last summer, I took part in the Language Lounge remote-learning ‘coffee-shop’ scheme, which meant I was part of a student conversational exchange over Microsoft Teams with Chinese students to help improve my Mandarin and their English. I’ve also been a member of the English staff student committee, reviewing curriculum changes and taking part in review meetings with the English faculty to ensure student interests are voiced.
I am an avid reader and a keen traveller, with ambitions to one day become a teacher to speakers of other languages. I have just started learning French and Spanish alongside Mandarin, and have recently developed a passion for cooking. I am a film, art and literature enthusiast, and particularly enjoy Japanese literature.