English teacher – 15 years experience

Daniel John Lemmon, BA, PGC, MA

Contact information
danieljohnlemmon@gmail.com (Email)
+447342215937 (WhatsApp)
wxid_36veexu4785322 (WeChat)
danieljlemmon@gmail.com (Teams)

Personal details
Nationality – British and Irish Marital status – Single
Date of birth – 09/05/1983
Teaching credentials
15 years teaching experience
Master’s Degree English Literature
Post Graduate Certificate Applied Linguistics
Bachelor’s Degree English Literature
TEFL Certificate
TESOL Certificate

Objective
Currently employed in Nanjing, China, I’m seeking a middle/high school literature position. An ideal contract would offer 1-2 years, with a monthly net salary of 30-35k RMB (depending on the role and location). I’m available for online interviews 1000-1600, contactable via the above-mentioned details, and available for interview upon request.

Teaching experience
Throughout my fifteen years of experience, I have taught students from China, Japan, Thailand, and Turkey. I worked predominantly with primary, middle, and high school students, however, I have also taught kindergarten, university students, and adults/working professionals (including doctors, nurses, engineers, and designers).

Primarily, I have mostly been employed as a literature or ESL teacher. However, for many years, I also taught creative/essay writing, humanities, history, geography, and prepared students for various exams (see below).

Curriculum/authors/books/examination groups
Literature (primary/middle school); Roald Dahl, J.R. Tolkien, Rudyard Kipling, J.K. Rowling (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Hobbit, The Jungle Book, Harry Potter, etc).

Literature (high school); William Shakespeare, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Animal Farm, Oliver Twist, Frankenstein, etc).

ESL; Reading Explorer, Great Writing, Let’s Go, Interchange, National Geographic (Close- up), Raz Plus A-Z, Headway, Pearson, Cambridge face2face, Ted Talks (Perspectives), etc.

Examination preparation for the following bodies/groups; IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, SAT, FCE, PTE, KET, CAE, CPE.

Education
MA English Literature – Open University (Milton Keynes, UK) – 2024

PGC Applied Linguistics – Birmingham University (Birmingham, UK) – 2019

BA English Literature – Open University (Milton Keynes, UK) – 2016
TEFL Certificate – UniTEFL (Chiang Mai, Thailand) – 2012
TESOL Certificate – UniTEFL (Chiang Mai, Thailand) – 2012

Employment
September 2025 – Present
Nanjing International High School Affiliated With Nanjing University (Nanjing, China)
Teaching literature, ESL, conversation, and creative writing to high school students.

April 2023 – June 2025
Burlington English (Istanbul, Turkey)
Teaching ESL, conversation, and writing to high school students.

April 2018 – April 2023
Wise International (Hong Kong, China)
Teaching literature, conversation, and creative writing to high school students.

April 2017 – April 2018
Settsu Clinic (Osaka, Japan)
Teaching business English to doctors and nurses.

April 2014 – April 2018
Coconut English School (Osaka, Japan)
Teaching literature, conversation, and creative writing to middle/high school students.

June 2013 – January 2014
Chiang Mai Technical College (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Teaching conversation, writing, and grammar to college students.

January 2013 – January 2014
Whytecliff Group LTD (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Teaching business English to graphic designers.

January 2012 – January 2014
YMCA (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Teaching conversation and writing to primary, middle, and high school students.

April 2012 – March 2013
Sanpatongwittayakom School (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Teaching literature, conversation, and writing to high school students.

January 2011 – March 2013
Pro Language (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Teaching conversation and writing to primary, middle, and high school students.