Yongmei Li (李咏梅)

Born in Mainland China, I was brought up in a family overwhelmed with encouragement and loves. My father used to be a secondary school principal and my mother an elementary school teacher before their retirement. They devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the education for more than 30 years. I am proud of my parents and always consider my parents my fine examples to follow.

I started my teaching career in 1989 as an English teacher in Mainland China. Throughout the years of my teaching, I consistently demonstrated my strong capabilities on understanding my students, holding them to high standards and keeping my class fun and engaging. I initiated and conducted a series of workshops together with my fellow teachers on improving our instructional techniques and strategies so as to promote the students progress towards the established standards. Some workshops such as ‘ Gimmicks on designing English classroom activities’ ‘ Design student workshops of English writing’ etc. were highly commended by the school.

In 1992, I participated the Spoken English Evaluation for College Entrance in Shanghai Test Area as one of the chief examiners. In 1993, I coordinated and participated on producing a one-month conversational English TV program sponsored by Shanghai City Bureau of Education, ‘100 practical sentences for East Asian Games’, which was broadcast by major Shanghai TV stations.

I received my B.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from Shanghai International Studies University and my M.S. in Information Systems in U.S.

I envision myself as an accomplished teacher throughout the rest of my life. In order to achieve this goal, within the following years, I plan to obtain more qualifications in teaching both private and public schools.