About the Teacher, Steve - Steve's English School

Steve John Stephen Knodell

Education

1989‐1991 John Abbott College

DEC in Business Administration

1991‐1995 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

1996‐2000 Kimpo College, South Korea

Taught and prepared Business English classes as a professor in the English department.

1995‐1996 Jung Chul Institute, Kangnam, Seoul

Taught all levels of college and elementary students.

Interests and Experiences

• have written over 30 ESL text books for Steve's English School
• have written a 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 20 years. I am only 40 years young, but I have had many experiences in my life, for example, living abroad for almost 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.