PhD Educator & Author | ESL, Creative & Academic Writing, Psychology

Christina G.

Greetings students and parents! If you are looking for a tutor who has taught all ages, from elementary students to management at Hyundai Oilbank in Korea, then you have come to the right place! I am able to make learning enjoyable by focusing on students' interests, and offering explanations of concepts at many increasing levels of difficulty or simplicity until the student achieves full understanding of the topic.

Let me tell you a bit about my educational background and work experience. I took all honors courses in high school for English, science, and math as well as including AP Biology and AP History. After graduation, I attended Phoenix College on scholarship and graduated with an honors degree in Classical Studies. From there, I went on to earn a Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University in Psychology. While abroad, I finished my Master's degree in Organizational Psychology with a 4.0 GPA. I am currently a PhD candidate at the Lancaster University Management School in England, which was just awarded 'Business School of the Year' for 2012 from the Times Higher Education awards (similar to America's Newsweek rankings), and is consistently in the top 5 business schools in the UK.

For work experience, a few years after graduation from college I moved abroad. I began in Seoul, South Korea, teaching ESL to elementary school children. After that, I moved to Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, where I taught in their ESL program which was ranked #2 in Korea at the time. Then I moved to China, where I taught a combination of ESL and ESP (English for Specific Purposes) in Biology and Business to university students who were in a 1+3 program to study abroad in the UK or Australia (one year in China and three years abroad). I moved back to Korea once more, where I taught as an English lecturer for four years at Cheongju University. During the summer and winter breaks I also taught ESL in the children's programs offered at the university. My last year teaching abroad was in the Middle East, where I tau