Corinne's Experience
- 2 years as an ESL teacher in Seattle.
- 3 years as a Junior High School ESL teacher in Tottori, Japan.
- 1 year as a Bilingual Special Education Aide in California.
- 2 months as a English Teacher and Camp Counselor in Tortona, Italy.
- 1 year as a volunteer ESL teacher in Quito, Ecuador.
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Corinne Thomsen
- Hi! I’m Corinne, and I love the art and adventure of traveling, teaching, and exploring the world. I first got into ESL teaching mainly as a means of satisfying my Wanderlust. I loved exploring new places, having new experiences, learning new languages and gaining understanding of different cultures and people. I soon found that teaching ESL abroad wasn’t only a way of paying for my travel experience, it was my experience. I found that through teaching, I was gaining unique cultural insight, forming lasting friendships and getting the true experience of living and working in a foreign country. I was both a teacher and a student.
- But, it wasn’t until I had a class of Japanese kindergarten students that I realized how much I really LOVED teaching ESL abroad. I found myself teaching animal vocabulary, running boorishly around the classroom, roaring like a lion, scratching my armpits like a monkey, and flailing my imaginary octopus arms in the air while screaming out “Lion! Monkey! Octopus!” And the students squealed with understanding and delight. Somehow, I knew then that I loved the energy and enthusiasm of inquisitive students learning a new language and, also, that it was kind of fun to act like an octopus sometimes. I can’t wait until the next time I go abroad to teach and learn! I’ll see you overseas!
- Corinne worked as an ESL teacher ALPS Language School in Seattle were she taught multicultural groups in English grammar, conversation, speech, listening, role-play courses, and TOEIC preparation.
- Prior to that she taught English conversation to Japanese children at the Hosshoji Junior High School in Tottori, Japan. She also worked as an English Teacher in Tortona, Italy.
- She volunteered to teach under-privileged, “at-risk” children in Quito, Ecuador.
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