EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND · MA in Linguistics, with special Concentration in Teaching Chinese/English as a second Language. California State University, Long Beach. · Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language. California State University, Long Beach. TEACHING EXPERIENCE · Chinese Language Instructor. Instruct students to learn Chinese as a foreign language at Golden West Community College. Present · Chinese Language Instrcutor. Instruct studetns to learn Chinese as a foreign language at Soka University of America. Present · ESL Instructor. Instruct students to learn English as a second language at Long Beach City College. Present · Teaching Assistant. Provided assistance and administrative help for professors in the Linguistics Department and Asian& Asian American Studies Department at California State University, Long Beach. · ESL Specialist. Tutored and assisted students in speaking and writing at the Learning Assistance Center of California State University, Long Beach. · Elementary School Teacher. Instructed students in Chinese, English, and Mathematics