Teacher Profile
Steve John Stephen Knodell
Education
1988‐1990 John Abbott College
DEC in Business Administration
1990‐1993 Concordia University
BA in English Literature and Chinese History
2007‐ Concordia University
TESL Certificate (80% complete)
Employment
2001-Now Steve's English School
Establishing and running the institute for International students in Montreal (80% Korean students)
Preparing textbooks, Testing, Enrolling, and Teaching students of all levels
2000‐2001 MLS Language Institute, Montreal
Performed duties of an English language instructor
1997‐2000 Kimpo College, South Korea
Taught and prepared Business English classes as a professor in the English department.
1996‐1997 Jung Chul Institute, Kangnam, Seoul
Taught all levels of college and elementary students.
Interests and Experiences
- have written 22 ESL text books
- have just finished my first children’s book titled “The Magic Coin”
- captain of school volleyball, rugby and soccer teams
- traveling around the world
- can speak 3 languages (English, French, Korean), currently studying Japanese
I have been a language instructor for over 17 years. I am only 38 years young, but I have had many experiences in my life, for example, living abroad for 6 years,running my own ESL school, traveling whenever I can, and always trying to understand how I can improve as a person, and a teacher. I always try to do my best to help my students improve their lives by teaching English well to them.
