Maurice Engel

Employed through Airport Staff, Cologne as a Sales Assistant at Pro-Idee. Currently going through Sales Training with a focus on providing service in English and Mandarin.

Research of prospective Chinese student mentality and interests. As well as using the Baidu Editor (Chinese equivalent of Google Adwords), translation, adcopy and research.

Freelance translation of legal documents.

Trained young adults in preparation for applying for work on cruise ships, including Costa Cruises. Lessons involved active dialogues for providing customer service as well improving improvisational skills.

Preparing students for the IELTS and TEFL oral examinations. Carried out many focused discussion studying abroad, including vocabulary, entry requirements and differences in culture.

Translation from German and Chinese into English, including contracts and legal documents as well a parts of a book on Buddhism.

Teaching different groups of children ranged from ages 6 to 15. Greater focus on self expression and creativity, as well as vocabulary building and literary analysis for older students.

Provided customer service for inbound calls. Tasks included completing orders and providing advice over the phone, as well as providing e-mail support in English, French, German and Chinese.

Telephoned Chinese and Nigerian students who had applied to the University to confirm their choice, and to answer questions on the remaining application process. Also provided extra information on life in Manchester, housing, food and their degrees.

Translation of technical documents from German into English as well as providing English language courses.

Preparing students for the IELTS and TEFL exams.

Received intensive one month training and shadowed more experienced teachers, before being shadowed for a month and then being allowed to continue with creating my own lesson plans and teaching children between the ages of 4 and 6.

Carried out tours of the University facilities, group presentations and Q&A. Also partook in a two day open day where I explained study requirements, module contents and the Manchester Experience.

Worked as an English trainer over three different one month periods.

Received a Full Scholarship from the Confucius Institute and studied in Kunming, Yunnan province, in order to improve my Mandarin skills. 中国孔子学院给了我一年的奖学金。我去过昆明提高我的中文知识。

Year abroad in Nanjing. Attended Intermediate Mandarin lessons and passed HSK 4. 一年在南京提高我的中文知识。参加终极的汉语课，也考了汉语水平考试，受到4。

History, politics, business, language and culture.