Khandker

Khandker Mohammed (based in the UK)

Cambridge CELTA certified ESL/EFL/IELTS & Academic English teacher. Subject tutor (marketing communications /
advertising / branding / creative media). Online educator. Exam/Test marker. Teaching content developer.

Key qualifications:

- Currently pursuing doctorate research (PhD) at the University of Warwick, UK on English
Language Teaching (ELT).

- Masters Degree in Communications & Media Studies (research on advertising/branding),
Monash University, Australia. Award Winner with Higher Distinction (HD). 83.4% marks with
major research thesis.

- Cambridge CELTA (UK) teaching qualifications with Cambridge Teaching Knowledge Test
(TKT) and TEFL (UK).

- Bachelors Degree (4 years) in Business Administration (Marketing/Advertising research
focus).

- IELTS score: 9 out of 9 in Academic Writing module with overall score of 8.

Availability: I can always take sessions based on students` needs.

Willing to travel: 30 miles

Experience: Key expertise areas for teaching and researching:

As a current PhD researcher on teaching along with Cambridge CELTA/TKT certification and
MA (Award Winner), I follow the approach of Cambridge`s Content and Language Integrated
Learning (CLIL) and EMI/EAP to teach academic subjects broadly related to Marketing
Communications / Business Studies / Branding / Advertising / Digital Media. For
international and local students it is a dual-learning approach where they learn the content
and also learn the academic language involved (as per the Cambridge CLIL methods). My
ethnicity is Asia and I have taught students from all over the world. My students are
college/university students and professionals from various countries. I also teach Academic
English to higher education students. I assist students for IELTS/TOEIC exams and for
research publications. [My IELTS score - 9 out of 9 in Academic writing. Overall band: 8/9].
English is a second language for me and my accent is mostly Asian English. I have
successfully proved myself as a Cambridge qualified teacher. As an Asian-origin Australian
citizen with UK residency I can blend the Western and Eastern study approaches uniquely. I
understand the hidden needs of the students due to my own teaching exposure worldwide.
I am always involved with research to teach my students in even better ways.

Key teaching experiences:

2020 – till present: PhD researcher on teaching at the University of Warwick, UK. Research
involves teaching HE students both in traditional face-to-face classroom based teaching and
the new age online teaching. Working with renowned professors and academicians to learn
new aspects of teaching. As a practising teacher I apply the new knowledge gained in my
PhD to teach my students in even better ways.

2017 – 2020: Teaching through a global on-line education platform (iTutor) and as an
independent teacher - UK/Asia. I have been teaching college/university students and
professionals. Total teaching sessions over 5000. Average rating 9.5+ out of 10. Teaching
contents are related to various professional sectors such as marketing, sales, branding,
export-import etc. Also, teaching IELTS and TOEIC. Oxford and Cambridge teaching materials
(OUP/CUP) are incorporated. I transform general teaching contents into CLIL based contents
towards effective and creative teaching. In addition to online teaching, I do small classroom
based freelance teaching as per the students` requirements. Also, for CELTA did classroom
based teaching at the British Study Centre, UK. [Current teaching is interrupted for the
Coronavirus pandemic. Have been teaching independently when possible].

2013 - 2017: Masters study (2015) and research works at universities (Monash University
Australia and UNSW) related to communications and education. Occasional classroom based
guest lecturing on branding/marketing communications related research topics. Freelance
mentoring and assisting International Students with IELTS.