My life as a teacher began when I moved to South Korea in October 2008, to teach English. For the majority of the nearly seven years since, I have been a teacher of elementary, middle school, high school, and adult students. I have taught them the basics of grammar, helped improve their listening skills, worked with them to improve their speaking proficiency, built up their vocabulary, and I have sought to strengthen their desire to read (in English), as well as improve their writing.

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