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James T was employed as an English teacher of adults and children by this institution between February and May 2010. I also know James as a trainee on a CELTA course, on which I was a tutor. It was due to the positive impression he made on the course that I subsequently decided to offer him employment at our school.

At Target Language Services, James taught general English to groups of kids and adults, and he prepared students for the IELTS Exam. The adult students he taught included business people, doctors and engineers. James has a friendly and caring manner, which made him popular with colleagues and students of all ages.

James is a conscientous and organised professional, whi blends into a working environment very well. His teaching is student-centred and dynamic, and he has creative ideas for clarifying and practising language.

i have no reservations in recommending James as a teacher and professional. I thank him for his contributions to our school and wish him all the best of luck in his future career.

James was employed by Bellerbys College from 15th September - 17th December 2010. (Prior to this, he worked over the summer for Embassy CES Study Group's language school). Bellerbys College is part of Study Group and is an International 6th Form College providing pre-university education to students of all nationalities. James was employed as an EFL teacher and took on the responsibilities of delivering English language preparation to students at an elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate level. In his duties he ocvered not only the teaching of grammer for these levels but also EAP, university study skills and business language classes.

James was thorough in his approach to his work and showed an appreciation of the cultural as well as the educational needs of his students. James was reliable and punctual.

I was privileged to be one of James Tijou’s tutor at the full time CELTA course, which
was run by UP Language Consultants in January, 2010. I was responsible for giving input sessions on teaching English as a foreign language, and observing and assessing James in teaching practice. I followed his progress more closely in the second half of the course.

James proved to be a committed, highly motivated and serious professional with a very good level of maturity. He was always very willing to improve and welcomed critique and suggestions, making a clear effort to adapt his teaching style to meet the course standards even more successfully. In his classes, he showed the quality of his teaching by consistently
displaying good rapport with students and using effective classroom management techniques and coherent staging. He was always very creative and planned his classes in detail.

Regarding his personal attributes, James is organized, confident and responsible. He developed good rapport with fellow trainees and trainer, and was always a positive presence
in the course.

During the six-week session of the TASIS England Summer Program, James was instrumental in the success of teaching the International Business class with a Mathematics basis. James is highly professional and very knowledgeable in his field. His dedication and enthusiasm complemented by his care and interest in his students added to the great success of his class. James fulfilled his pastoral duties in the student dorms and during excursions with equal success.

His commitment, pleasant personality and positive outlook along with his above qualities resulted in two very interesting, fun and productive charity oriented activities that he lead and guided his students through as part of the course.

I had the opportunity of working alongside James at the TASIS Summer School in Surrey, where he taught an introduction to International Business course to students (15 to 18). His coursework was wide ranging covering Maths, English, communication, product development, branding, public relations, and advertising. All these subjects were taught through the prism of creating a charity food and activity festival, with all the proceeds going to a children's charity.

I helped James and his students in crafting and creating the commercials that were used school wide to publicise the festival and their products. Working closely with James, I witnessed firsthand James' meticulous preparation, his passion and care towards his students, and his attitude of going way above and beyond the proverbial "extra mile."

He imparted real-world knowledge backed by tested theory in pushing his students to create their products and the festival within three weeks (the length of the course). He not only collaborated with me but also with multiple other teachers in helping his students create products that looked near professional.

While working with his students in creating the commercials, I asked how they found James' course. They shared that the course was demanding but also an amazing and invaluable experience, in which they truly learned something about how to start a business.

The course ended up being so successful that the enrolment for the second session doubled. I guess this came from the word of mouth from students, which is a testament to James' care, professionalism, and desire to impart useful knowledge to his students.