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Like our student body, our faculty comes from several countries
including Canada, U.S.A., New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Philippines. And
also like our students, they have quickly formed a warm, collegial relationship
dedicated to providing the best for our students.
All of our teachers are university graduates with degrees
in education or fields related to their specialties and an average of
8 years teaching experience. All have previous experience teaching overseas
and teaching students for whom English is a second language.
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| Name: RICHARD
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Position: Foreign Language Chairman
ESL/Language
Arts Teacher
Hometown: Ontario,
Canada
Education:
- University of Windsor; Ontario, Canada
- University of Phoenix
Mr. Gallerno (or Mr. G) is from Ontario, Canada. He has over 8 years of experience in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to students of all ages. He received an Honours B.A. in Educational Psychology, with a minor in English Literature, from the University of Windsor in Canada. He recently completed his Master's of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Phoenix. He is dedicated to inquiry-based teaching methods.
Mr. Gallerno has enjoyed teaching ESL in South Korea for about 5 years and in China for about 3 years. He loves the Asian culture and, whenever appropriate, seeks to incorporate aspects of the surrounding society into his Language Arts and ESL lessons. He will be continuing as ESL Coordinator for the International Department of XHIS for the second year.
Mr. Gallerno is also the Faculty Coordinator for the XHIS Student Council, which was first organized under his direction in the 2006-2007 school year.
Mr. Gallerno is married to a wonderful Chinese lady, Ms. Xu Xiaoqian, who recently gave birth to twins - a boy and a girl. Both children will attend XHIS in the future because Mr. Gallerno knows that this school has the very best International Department in all of Xi'an. He and his family plan to make China their permanent home.
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| Name: Megan Carey |
Position: English as an Additional Language
Megan teaches English as an Additional Language. Prior to coming to Eton House Xian, Megan spent a year working as an educational consultant in Chicago, Illinois. She also taught high school ESL for two years at a school for recently arrived immigrants in the Bronx, NY. She has worked as an ESL curriculum writer in Guatemala and NYC and recently earned her Master’s Degree in TESOL. Megan has a keen interest in languages, and is proficient in English, Spanish, and Arabic. She is very excited to be joining the Eton House Xian educational team!
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| Name: JOE LIN |
Position: Chinese Language Teacher
Hometown: Xi'an, China
Education: XianYang Normal University, China
Joe Lin Jing is from China. She loves China, its culture and language.
She is proud to be a Chinese teachers and is committed to engendering a
love of Chinese language and culture in her students.
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| Name: Zhai Xiao Ying |
Position: PYP/MYP/DP Chinese
Ms. Zhai graduated from Shaanxi Normal University with a Master’s degree in Chinese. She is an enthusiastic and energetic educator and returns to XHIS for her third year as a Chinese teacher.
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| Name: Kathy |
Position: Chinese Language Teacher
I graduated in July 1993 from the Foreign Department of Shaan'xi Normal University. I have over 13 years of experience in teaching English to college students, including English majors, at Xi'an University of Science and Technology and Xi'an Xidian University. I have also worked as a part-time English teacher for middle school students in my campus community.
I am quite interested in Chinese writing and literature. From 1997-2002, I wrote more than 60 poems in Chinese and some of them were published in magazines. From 2005-2007, I wrote a 110,000 Chinese fiction novel and published it on the Internet.
I am pleased to have the opportunity to share my love of the Chinese language with foreign students at XHIS.
Outside of school, I am kept busy caring for my 2-year olds twins.
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