I started my teaching career as a Senior Physical Science and Life Sciences teacher in South Africa. It was here that I volunteered to assist students with English as their second language who found the curriculum extremely difficult. My interest in teaching English as an additional language was sparked by this experience so I attended many courses to help me assist these students with their English speaking, reading and writing skills. I found early on in my teaching career that I had an enthusiasm and desire to assist students who were struggling and who wished to better their academic qualifications but were unable to due to circumstances beyond their control. For the past 38 years I have been involved in teaching and developing strategies to teach English to non-English speaking students in South Africa. In 1991 I founded an NGO, SMILE, to assist teachers with the teaching of English as an additional language. I have written numerous Learning and Teaching Support Materials for English Additional Language for grades 4 - 12. I have also been involved in a number of teacher development projects. For the past year I have been working full time at Inanda Seminary as part English First Additional Language Teacher and a facilitator for their community programmes. At present I am editing and writing the teacher guides for textbooks for English Home Language students from grade 7 - 12. Over the past 35 years I have worked in many roles in the education sector but my first love has always been working in the classroom with students. As I reach retirement I believe that my experience and love for teaching will stand me in good stead to tutor small groups of students to help them reach their academic potential.

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