misteralex

Alex Guenther

I am an experienced teacher, travel writer, editor and translator currently teaching Middle and High School ESL and English Literature at The American School of Bangkok. I previously taught part-time at the International School Bangkok for one year and at Mont’ Kiara International School (M’KIS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for two years. My main areas of interest are English Literature and English as a Second Language. I have Virginia State Teaching Certification in ESL (PK-12) and in English, and completed my Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction in the summer of 2007.

Before becoming a teacher, I worked as a professional editor and writer. These years of experience – including time as an in-house trainer and head copy editor for a travel guide publishing company in Germany, and as a project manager for a translation firm in the United States – are combined with an intense desire to share my enthusiasm and knowledge with students, in order to create a welcoming, fun and stimulating environment that fosters student learning. I am not only passionate about languages, literature and linguistics, but I am also creative, good-humored, patient, excellent with children and very flexible, all of which helps make me a motivated and inspiring ESL and English teacher.

To find out a little more about my past experiences and my philosophy of education, please click on the résumé and philosophy links above.