Qualifications:
Na Pham has a Doctor in Philosophy (Education) at University of Western Sydney, a Master of Arts in TESOL at National University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Arts
at Vietnam National University. She is also a NAATI Accredited Translator and has Certificates in Project Management, Business Communication and Report Writing, ESL Training and Certificate IV in Assessment and Training.
Na has won several prizes and scholarships, including ASEAN Postgraduate Scholarship - National University of Singapore (1999), International Postgraduate Research Scholarship - University of Western Sydney (2001), Summer Research Award - University of Western Sydney in conjunction with Ethnic Communities Councils of NSW (2005) and Travelling Award - University of Western Sydney (2004, 2005)
Work Experience:
Na Pham has a vast experience in five major fields: translation, language teaching, language researching, language consulting, and language teaching material designs.
She has more than 12-year experience languages (both English and Vietnamese) from different ethnic, socio-cultural background and groups of ages. Her experience includes teaching English at Vietnamese National University, National University of Singapore, EF Language Travel, ABC Study Groups, Sydney Community College and MTC Training Solutions. She has been currently working as a lecturer at Australian Campus Network - La Trobe University.
She is a language consultant for many language research projects, which includes MARCS Laboratory - University of Western Sydney (studies on Vietnamese tone and Vietnamese pronunciation), Ethnic Community Councils NSW (studies about language needs of emerging communities in Sydney), Cancer Council NSW (Hepatitis B and liver cancer among Vietnamese communities in Sydney) and School of Nursing and Midwifery ( Gestational Diabetes and Health Education Resources Project ).
For more information go to "About Director" .
Cantonese Language Consultants
Annie Zhang
Annie Zhang is a native speaker of Mandarin and Cantonese. She can teach Mandarin and Cantonese of all levels. She is capable to read and write both simplified and traditional Chinese.
Annie Zhang has been teaching Cantonese from beginners to advanced level in Sydney approximately 2 years.
She also has more than 4 years experience of tutoring high school students, junior high school students and elementary school students in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Paul Lee
Qualifications:
Paul has a MBA degree from the University of Adelaide and a Bachelor's Degree of Education from China. He is a NAATI accredited translator between English and Chinese. Apart from Chinese mandarin, he also speaks Cantonese and Southwestern dialects fluently (virtually he can communicate with the majority of Chinese in their first languages). He is also passionate about history, culture and arts.
Experience:
Paul runs a business consulting service in Sydney to facilitate trading and cultural exchange between Australia and China. He has over 15 years work experience in Australia and China in the fields of sales, marketing, business development, translation service and business consultation. Overall he’s worked with State-owned, foreign-owned enterprises, smaller private companies, Not-For-Profit Organizations (NGO) and government agencies in both countries. His extensive business travels covered cities and country towns throughout China, including HK and Taiwan as well as NSW, SA, Vic and WA in Australia. His linguistic skills and business acumen helped him develop a profound understanding of cultures, personalities and business practices in these two massive and diversified countries.
Laura Peels
Qualifications:
Laura is currently studying Human Rights (Master) at the University of Sydney and she holds a Bachelor in (television) Journalism. She speaks Dutch (mother tongue), English, French, German and a little Spanish.
Experience:
Laura has been tutoring immigrants who were coming to the Netherlands for almost two years. She assisted people in finding a suitable Dutch language course and helped keeping them on track with their learning process. She has been an editor in chief for a television channel ran by young people, translated travel brochures from Dutch to English, did freelance work for Dutch newspapers and magazines and interned for the Kids News Network in Suriname. In the human rights area, she is particularly interested in linguistics, press freedom, communication& development .
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English & IELTS Language Consultants
Adriana Mucea
Qualifications:
Adriana has a Bachelor degree in Arts in Romanian and English Language and Literature from Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania. She also hold a Certificate IV in TESOL, CELTA Qualification as well as Certificate for Training and Assessment.
Teaching Experience:
Adriana is originally from Romania. She been passionate about learning and teaching languages since childhood. Over the past ten years she has been working as a teacher and translator of medical English. She worked in public schools in Romania teaching general English and in vocational schools teaching English for the tourism and hospitality industry. While in the Czech Republic she also taught exam English. In Australia she has been teaching general English and also IELTS.
Carlos Raso
Qualifications:
Carlos has a Master of Arts [TESOL] @ University of Western Sydney, a Bachelor of Arts [Languages] - Majoring in Linguistics & Spanish @ University of Western Sydney. He also has Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training @ Jobs Australia
Teaching Experience:
During my teaching career I have worked at some of Sydney’s most distinguished institutions of education. I have taught the AMEP at the University of New South Wales - Global Institute of Languages. I have also worked in the Employment Preparation Section of TAFE, as the LLNP Coordinator. While at TAFE I taught the LLNP and ESOL. Prior to this I was employed as Head Trainer at MTC Training Solutions, where my position involved managing 5 trainers and 200 students. My depth of experience across a range of ELT programs includes: Adult Migrant English Program [AMEP] at UNSW Global – Institute of Languages, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages [ESOL] at TAFE, English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students [ELICOS] at Carrick Education, Language Literacy and Numeracy Program [LLNP] at MTC Training Solutions
Danny Ruch
Danny is originally from Switzerland and moved to Australia in 2006. He completed the First Certificate in English (FCE) in 2003, followed by the IELTS in 2009 with an overall band score of 8.5. Furthermore, Danny graduated from AMP College of Business and Communication with an Advanced Diploma of Marketing as well as a Diploma in Business Management.
Teaching Experience:
Having been working in a Marketing position for the worldwide market leader in construction materials Danny also teaches IELTS Preparation Course in Sydney Language Solutions and other colleges. His enthusiasm in helping people preparing for IELTS along with his authentic experience in the IELTS Examination has helped a lot of his students in improving themselves for IELTS.
Grace Rahmat
Qualifications:
Grace has a Bachelor degree in Business from Victoria University in Melbourne and a Graduate Certificate in TESOL from University of Technology, Sydney.
Teaching Experience:
Grace has held senior administration positions for the past 8 years and has worked with some of the most distinguished organisations in Australia such as: Macquarie Group, KPMG Australia and Dimension Data. Working in Human Resources has given her understanding and knowledge about Business fundamentals and Recruitment. She is a compassionate teacher who remains sensitive to students unique needs, employs effective listening, provides individual and whole group support, and offers positive encouragement and reinforcement to keep students focused and motivated. She is a very passionate about Education and helping students to achieve success and specialising in pronunciation, conversation and also in writing resumes and interview techniques.
Luis Rodriguez
Qualifications:
Luis is a diploma in Spanish Instituto de Cervantes C2 Teaching Level in university of Deusto Bilbao, Spain.
Teaching Experience:
Luis has worked in different schools before teaching in Sydney Language Solutions. He was once English teacher in International Centre, Velvet School, St Georges English Academy, Drogheeda School in Bilbao, Spain. He is experienced in teaching both adults or children and is an expert in his area.
Nicholas John Gysi
Qualifications:
Nic is a Bachelor of Arts from University of Western Sydney majoring in History, Politics and Philosophy. He is a qualified English teacher, holding a Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) and also Certificate IV in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Teaching Experience:
Nic has worked as ESL teacher in Australian Pacific College School of English, being responsible to teach English Grammar, vocabulary, speaking, writing and listening skills to young adult students. He also worked as ESL Teacher in Bridge Business College ELICOS Department and Sydney International English College (S.I.E.C).
Sapna Kalra
Qualifications:
Sapna is a Master of Arts in English in India, she also has a Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English. She participated in the International Teacher Refresher Program, DEECD & Holmesglen, Vic, Australia.
Teaching Experience:
Sapna is an enthusiastic and goal-driven teacher with more than six years of experience of teaching in Australia, U.K. and India. She is registered as a teacher in Victoria and New South Wales. She is a versatile individual with the talent to teach learners by creating lesson plans that capture their imagination and creativity. She can effectively addresses every student's abilities and learning styles. She also has exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to foster meaningful relationships with students and staffs.
Indonesian Language Consultants
Gerardus Gerry Yuwono
Qualification:
Gerry is a native speaker of Indonesian. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Commerce - Management from University of Sydney.
Teaching Experience:
Gerry has had a lot of experience in teaching Indonesian to English-Speaker. Once before, he trained a representative of Meat and Livestock Australia who are going to be relocated to Indonesia. Many found him very enthusiastic and very good in answering student's doubt about the Indonesian language. He is a creative person who always try to make his lesson interesting as well as enriching for his students.
With his fluency in English, he can easily explain his own language from an English Speaker perspective, making it easy to understand. He can adjust his language accordingly to the people that he speaks to. Gerry also has a strong knowledge of Indonesian culture in Australia as well as in Indonesia that is established from his significant involvement in the Indonesian community in Sydney. One of his major skill is public speaking, especially in Indonesian.
Diana Rose
Qualifications:
Dian Rose has her Bachelor of Psychology from the Tarumanagara University, Indonesia.
Teaching Experience:
She has extensive experiences in teaching Indonesian for more than 5 years. She has also worked as an assistant lecturer during her studies. In addition to that, she also spent some time working as a radio broadcaster and scriptwriter at three different radio stations in Jakarta. Dian speaks four different languages, which are Indonesian, English, Mandarin, and also Hokkienese.
Chie Shattel
Qualifications:
Gaining my BAs in Business English & Teaching English as a 2 nd Language in Japan, I was able to enjoy my start in teaching prior to graduation & continued for 3 years. I am also a qualified teacher in calligraphy, tea ceremony, ikebana, kimono dressing & traditional Japanese music (Kouta).
Work Experience:
Locally, I’ve been teaching Japanese for 15 years, from year 2 to professionals needing business & travel specific language, including airline staff.
Internationally, I’d gained my Certificate as a Local & International Tour Guide & had worked for 15 years prior to that. I have coordinated placement of Japanese language teachers into Australian schools for 4 years.
I teach in Japanese schools, Community Colleges & TAFE. Returning to Japan twice yearly, I keep up to date socially, culturally & with my language.
Takayuki Shimomura
Qualifications:
TAKAYUKI SHIMOMURA has finished his Master of Education (2002) at Hyogo University of Teachers Education, Bachelor of Science in Law (1994) at Aichi University and is currently a PhD candidate at University of Sydney. He has published 7 refereed and 4 non-refereed articles and has presented in many international conferences. He is currently working as Japanese Language Coordinator and Teacher for Sydney Language Solutions.
Work Experience:
He has worked as Japanese Language Assistant for Tweed River High School and Griffith University from 2001-2002. He also worked as translator and editor for Hyogo Global Education Project (to better understanding of the United States among Japanese pre-college teachers) funded by the US- Japan Foundation from 2002-2006.
He was also a government and university Research Project Assistant at Hyogo University of Teachers Education Takayuki. Since 1994, he also has extensive experience teaching Social Studies, Japanese History, World History, Geography, Politics and Economics, Japanese and Computer at Toba Senior High School (Public School of Mie Prefecture Japan).
Toshiko Jackson
Qualifications: 
M.A. in Asian Studies that includes Advanced Studies for teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics, Graduate Diploma in Japanese Applied Linguistics, Diploma in Education and BA in Arts. (All postgraduate degrees are from Monash University.) She has a publication in “Australia Language Matters”, ANU, on teaching methods in Japanese. Her M.A. thesis (32,000 words) was on Japanese corporate management and its car manufacturers’ overseas activities. It earned H.D. at Monash University.
Work Experience:
Toshiko Jackson has been teaching Japanese language and culture in Australia for 26 years. She has taught in schools, coaching colleges, TAFEs, universities and corporate courses in Sydney and Melbourne in part time, full time and casual roles. Also, Toshiko has taught all Stages of HSC, Business Japanese for 4 Japanese multi-nationals’ training courses, the University of Sydney and RMIT. She taught for the Japanese Proficiency Tests, Levels 1 to 4. She was the Depart Coordinator of L.O.T.E. and Japanese Course Coordinator for the Certificate IV at Language Centre, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Melbourne for 7 years until the end of 2000. Additionally she was an interpreter and worked for translation in Melbourne for a few years. She migrated from Japan to Australia 31 years ago.
Ashley Jang
Qualifications: 
Ashley is doing her Master of Education (TESOL) degree at the University of Sydney. Her MEd dissertation title is “An examination of Korean migrants’ English article use and learning difficulty in Australia” which would be published soon.
Experience:
Ashley is a highly qualified teacher who possesses a secondary teacher’s license from Department of Education in Korea. Prior to migrating to Australia, she has worked as a tutor and an educational content developer at Hankook University of Foreign Studies (Oedae Language Centre) and YBM Education Korea. Moreover, she has worked as an associate instructor in business English in Seoul for many years. She taught English and business studies to employees working in bank, tele-communication companies, accounting firms and stock companies including Pricewaterhousecoopers, POSCO, Hana Bank, Kyundai-Kia motors and SK Tele-communications.
She truly loves to teach her Korean classes and has a passionate, professional and friendly manner to lead enjoyable and worthwhile classes.
Jiyoon Lee
Qualifications:
Jiyoon has a Master Degree in French Literature and a Certificate in TESOL.
Experience:
Jiyoon Lee has been teaching Korean Literature to Korean students at Korean Institute, Seoul and teaching French at Sungsim Girl’s High School. She also worked as an editor for Catholic University of South Korea. From 2009, Jiyoon Lee is the corporate trainer of Korean Language for Sydney Language Solutions
Sarah Yong
Qualifications:
Sarah Yong finished a Master of Education (TESOL) and Graduate of Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (FEFL) at the University of Sydney. She completed a bachelor of Home Economics in Korea.
Teaching Experience:
Sarah has two years’ experience as an English teacher in the IELTS School, Korea before she migrated to Australia. She has extensive experience in teaching English (IELTS) for adults and Korean for primary and high school students as a tutor. She has been currently teaching TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean) to Korean migrants high school students. She is always willing to share her teaching experience with her students and combine Korean and Korean culture in the classroom.
Somi Hwang
Qualifications:
Somi Hwang has a Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare. She is now currently doing her master in education at University of Sydney. Somi also has a TESOL certification from New Zealand Qualification Authority.
Teaching Experience:
Somi has an extensive experience as an English teacher in Sung-Mon Academy in Masan, Korea. She also attended a lot of English courses in different countries, making her familiar to different context of English. As a Korean teacher, Somi is very enthusiastic and patient. With her dedication and enthusiasm, she can fully support Korean students of Sydney Language Solutions in their learning.
Anne Ma
Qualifications:
Anne Ma has Master of Teaching degree from Griffith University, and has accredited teaching registration for teaching mainstream classes in Australian educational system. She also has Bachelor of Art degree in Business English from Fudan University, one the leading universities in mainland China. In addition, she will soon be completing another graduate teaching degree at University of New South Wales specialising in Chinese language and ESL teaching.
Work Experience :
Anne Ma has had five-year working experience with Würth, which is a German multi-national trading group that has more than 380 subsidiaries all over the world with annual sales turnover of 80 billion Euros. She worked there as a category manager, in charge of purchasing, SAP training to product management team and also PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) product know-how training to sales managers within the group. Thanks to her work, Anne travelled around, both in Asian region and Europe; therefore she gained rich experience of cooperating with people from various cultural backgrounds. She is specialised in business process and culture in China and the Asia as a whole. Moreover, Anne had teaching experience not only in Australia public school (Labrador State School), private school (The Southport School) and other learning institution (Kumon Study Centre) as well. She is passionate about her culture & language, and would like to share her knowledge and experience with all of you.
Cigi Zhong
Qualifications:
Cigi is a native speaker of Mandarin and she got her Bachelor of Education from Harbin Normal University in China . She also has Master Degree of Education from the University of Sydney. She is currently working as Mandarin Teacher for Sydney Language Solutions. She is not only a good language learner (she can speak Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese very well) but also a good language teacher. Her ability to learn and speak many language helps her to teach u the best way to learn a language.
Work Experience :
Cigi has more than five years of teaching experience. She has worked in a language school as a Mandarin teacher since 2005 in China. She can teach all levels of Mandarin courses and some of her students got very high score in the HSK (Chinese language qualifying test). She has experience of tutoring different levels of students from primary school students to university students. Her special teaching method is useful not only for encouraging students' interests but also for improving their abilities of learning. She is always energetic and enthusiastic. You will love learning Chinese with Ciqi.
Jing Hao
Qualifications: 
Current PhD candidate in Department of Linguistics, The University of Sydney.
Graduated with Merit on the Degree of Master of Letters (Research Master on Linguistics) in The University of Sydney.
Work Experience :
Jing Hao has many years of teaching experience of Mandarin to both children and adults in many private institutions in Sydney.
her research interests include educational linguistics, particularly the curriculum and course design, English for academic purpose and Language typology - the Chinese and English language comparison, especially grammar and pronunciation.
Wei Dong Liu
Qualifications: 
* Master of Business Administration, UWS (2002)
* Bachelor of Arts in English Language, Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages (1994)
Experience:
* 16-year experience in both government and enterprise operation.
* Worked in, supervised and trained departments of Human Resources, Office Administration, Public Relations, Event Management and Sales.
* Trained English for Guowei Company for 6 months in Guangzhou.
* Trained over 20 delegations from China on HR, Advertising, and Admin in Australia.
* Deputy General Manager of Kingold Media (Aust) P/L (5years)
* Assistant Director of the Administration of Kingold Group (5 years)
* International Relations Coordinator, Foreign Affairs Office, Guangdong Province, China (6 years)
Persian Language Consultants
Kian has a lot of experience in teaching Farsi Dari. He was also an English teacher in Iran. Teaching is Kian's passion. With a broad understanding of student's perspective, Kian will give you the best learning experience
Maryam Karimizadeh
Qualification:
Maryam is native speaker of Persian, she got bachelor of Mathematics and Statistics and completed her Masters of Ancient Iranian Cultures and Linguistics in Iran. She was a tour leader in Iran for more than eight years.
Teaching Experience:
Her background is guiding tours, teaching mathematics, statistics and Persian. In her 8 years tour leading she understands cultures, and for that, she is able to communicate effectively and possesses high degree of energy and enthusiasm.
She taught reading and writing Persian addition to ancient Iranian languages for more than five years in Kuwait.
Luis Rodriguez
Qualifications:
Luis is a diploma in Spanish Instituto de Cervantes C2 Teaching Level in university of Deusto Bilbao, Spain.
Teaching Experience:
Luis has worked in different schools before teaching in Sydney Language Solutions. He was once English teacher in International Centre, Velvet School, St Georges English Academy, Drogheeda School in Bilbao, Spain. He is experienced in teaching both adults or children and is an expert in his area.
Renee Morabito
Qualification:
I have got a degree as a French and Spanish interpreter from University of Interpreters and Translators, Genoa, Italy. I also have DALF Diplomas (professional diploma for French teaching) and DELE Diploma (professional diploma for Spanish teaching) I lived one year in Spain, where I attend a Spanish course at Universidad Pontificia, Salamanca, one of the most popular universities in Spain.
Teaching Experience:
After my graduation, I worked as a finance advisor for Generali Insurance – Acqui Terme in Italy. Then, I worked as interpreter for 3 years as a conference interpreter in social areas for Tourism Office – Genova, Italy. I also got experience as a translator, working as Touristic Prospectus Translator in the Tourist Office, Acqui Terme, Italy from 2000-2003. I worked for as a training officer, in Disneyland, Paris. I working as a French Italian teacher in a adult language school in Sydney. I can speak and teach 4 languages: Italian, French, Spanish and English.
Kung Onvadee 
Qualification:
Kung is from Thailand. She graduated with Bachelor Degree in Humanity majoring in Thai Communication from UTCC (University of Thai Chamber of Commerce). She also completed Certificate IV for Training and Assessment from Sydney.
Teaching Experience:
Kung has a broad understanding in the difference between Australian culture and Thai culture from my nine years of her study abroad. She teaches her Thai class in casual style, always updated and always share her culture experiences with her Thai class. She loves to transfer her knowledge in Thai language to everyone who is passionate about Thai.
Shaye PM
Qualification:
Shaye is a native speaker, originally from Bangkok - the heart of Thailand. 
She graduated in Communication Designs in Sydney and currently studying in Master of Creative Enterprise.
Teaching Experience:
She has done many one-to-one tutor for foreigners to be able to speak a proper Thai, whether it's casual Thai, Business usage or an Appropriate Thai - in any occasions.
She is capable to teach reading and writing, addition to that, Shaye used to be a Blogger for a famous Thai Blog that talked about how does it feels like to live overseas since High School and was acknowledged by several Thai Agency - both in Thailand and Australia.
In 7 years of studying aboard, Shaye has developed her understanding in cultures, and for that, she is able to explain the differences or answer the questions with an excellent communication skills.
Vietnamese Language Consultants
Brandon Bang Pham
Qualifications: 
Graduated from the University of Queensland and University of Western Sydney, he holds double degrees in Language teaching and Translation. Brandon is a NAATI-accredited professional translator and a member of AUSIT and FIT (International Federation of Translators). As a person dedicated to professional development and business networking, Brandon has always shown clients that he only delivers the best.
Experience:
Brandon is a literacy and numeracy trainer at a Sydney-based training centre, teaching adults from different countries. Clients have found him very enthusiastic, and his classes are generally exciting. With nine years of teaching in the past, Brandon shows that methodology and flexibility are important in assisting learners to gain skills and deal with numerous obstacles in their studies no matter what levels they are at.
Dai Thanh Tran
Qualifications: 
Dai has a Master’s Degree of Computer Engineering (2007) from Kyung Hee University, Korea , CCNA Certification from iPMAC Networking Academy, Bachelor Degree in Data Communications and Computer Networks (2005). He is currently a PhD student at University of Technology, Sydney. Dai worked as tutor in the Vietnamese Language at SLS and in charge of editing translation for document about information technology. Dai can speak English, Korean and French
Experience:
Dai has worked intensively as research assistant in two major projects: MIC (2005-2007) and ITRC (2005-2007). He also worked as collaborator for FIS company in 2005 and as a research staff at networking LAB, South Korea. Dai has published 8 articles in international journals and have attended 8 different international and national conferences. He has won several awards which include UTS Faculty of Engineering Postgraduate Research Scholarship for the Doctoral Program (2008), Kyung-Hee University President’s Special Prize for the Excellent Foreign Student (2007), The Korean Government IT Scholarship Program for International Graduate Students (2007), Kyung Hee University and Networking Lab. Scholarship for the Master Course in Kyung-Hee University (2005)
Le Quan Ly (Jenny)
Qualifications: 
Jenny is a Vietnamese native speaker. She is doing her Bachelor of Science in Medical Science degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. She also speaks Cantonese and Mandarin fluently which allows her to communicate with people from different countries. She is currently working as Vietnamese Teacher for Sydney Language Solutions.
Experience:
Jenny is experienced in teaching Vietnamese to students from different background with her strong passion to help and communicate with people. Additionally, she has also worked as a tutor and a Vietnamese-English-Chinese translator for more than 3 years. With her devotion and enthusiasm, she can certainly support Vietnamese students in their learning.
Julie Lam
Qualifications: 
Julie Lam is a Vietnamese native speaker. She graduated from Vietnam University of Social Sciences and Humanities with a Bachelor Degree in English Linguistics and Literature.
Experience:
Julie has a lot of experience in teaching Vietnamese and English to students from different age groups. She has a particular interest in communicating with people from different backgrounds and cultures. She has also worked as a Vietnamese - English translator and interpreter. Julie has a great passion in teaching and translating. She is proud to be able to help Vietnamese students in improving their pronunciation and their knowledge in Vietnamese culture.
Tony Vu
Qualifications:
Tony is a Vietnamese native speaker. He was born in Vietnam and did his Bachelor in Vietnam. He also did the Master of Information technology at the University of technology Sydney. He is currently working as a web designer at StyleTread and also a Vietnamese teacher at Sydney Language Solutions.
Experience:
Tony has strong passion and enthusiasm to teach Vietnamese. He has ability to interact with people and implements new teaching methodologies depending on the background of students. He also can deal with students who have problems in spoken Vietnamese with different strategies. Furthermore, he designs balanced, innovative programs that encourage students to make a positive impact on class.
OET Preparation Course Trainers
Jaime Baquiran 
Qualifications:
Jaime is a graduate of the University of Sydney, where he obtained a Bachelor of Medical Science with First Class Honours in physiology. He has worked as a research assistant at the Children's Hospital at Westmead within the Children's Cancer Research Unit. Jaime is currently undertaking extra curricular training in teaching principles of nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices to adolescents.
Teaching Experience:
With a background in both laboratory science and his current clinical training at the University of Sydney, Jaime brings to his teaching an integration of learning Australian English with understanding features of the Australian health care system, and it's cultural approach to clinical care. All of these aspects are vital skills required to perform well in the Occupation English Test (OET).
Megan Lee
Qualifications:
Megan is a Medical Science graduate with Honours in microbiology at Sydney University. She also has TESOL certification from International TEFEL teachers training college. Megan has worked previously teaching ESL English to university students at Chungang University and at major learning insitutes in Korea such as YBM, CDI and SDA. In Sydney she has taught in James An college, SMART college and Samsung corporate training at Sydney Language Solutions.
Teaching Experience:
Megan's enjoys teaching immensely. With her wide range of teaching experiences as well as medical knowledge, she is able to offer her students sufficient guide through both the language and health-specific aspects of the OET exam.
Talata Sawadogo-Lewis
Qualifications:
Talata holds a Bachelor’s Degree from McGill University in Chemistry and Nutrition. She has a very strong background in medical science and medical terminology. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the University of Sydney in International Public Health. Having lived in the United States and Canada for much of her life, English is her native tongue. She also speaks French and Spanish fluently which allows her to understand difficulties that can be encountered when learning –or perfecting– a new language.
Teaching Experience:
Talata has worked as a translator between French and English for the not-for-profit organization Africare in Burkina Faso. She has also worked tutoring high school students in mathematics and English. She has academic research experience and has worked for the government of Canada in food safety.