Parkorn Wongsiri

E-mail: pw2381@tc.columbia.edu
EDUCATION
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, United States
M.A. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Candidate
August 2014 - Present
Administered CLP speaking test for new students
Rated the CLP writing test of new students for placement purposes
Volunteered as a staff for a whole-day speaking test session
Teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL) course for the Community Language Program
(CLP) - Level: Advanced 3 (A-3), with 17 students and Intermediate 2 (I-2), with 10 students
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
M.Ed. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
May 2012 - March 2014
Authored a chapter on discursive writing in an English language manual for Chulalongkorn students
Researched the use of film to develop L2 acquisition, of 50 volunteers
Researched the relationship between grammar knowledge and verbal fluency, stored in the
university library
Wrote and published English Phonetics and Pragmatics for Hotel Staff a handbook used by over
100 hotels
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
B.A. Communication Arts, Communication Management
Jun 2006 May 2010
Faculty of Communication Arts, International Program (Second-class Honors)
Sole Winner, out of 300 entrants of the AIG International Scholarship, paying for all tuition
and living expenses
Led a team of over 100 to launch a campaign to attract students to Chulalongkorn University from
underprivileged backgrounds, leading to a 10% increase in first generation university graduates
Led a committee of 5 to publicize 6 plays for the Student Drama Association, increasing
attendance by 30%
Lead script writer for Chulalongkorn University TV and Radio English News Hour
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
st
Triam Udom Suksa School, (1 ranked public school in Thailand)
Bangkok, Thailand
Full-time English teacher and Curriculum Designer
Sep 2012 - March 2014
Upper Secondary level, English department
Revised Triam Udom Suksa Schools English Departments curriculum for grades 10, 11 and 12, to
reflect new guidelines from the National Curriculum.
Led a team of 3 teacher to create a CLT approach to language acquisition as part of the language
departments review into improving communicative ability
Co-developed content and language integrated learning (CLIL) to dovetail the English and
history syllabus
Bangkok Institute of Theology - BIT
Bangkok, Thailand
(a private university, with over 200 students); Volunteer Lecturer
Oct 2012 - August 2014
Designed the curriculum for Independent Study Course to prepare over 50 students for
academic English
OIC English School, (private language institute, with 20 teachers)
Bangkok, Thailand
English Instructor
Jun 2011 Mar 2012
Taught over 30 students to improve their TOEFL scores by more than 10 points
Redesigned OICs Communicative Ability Test to increase accuracy of students level-checks by 16%
Developed the Critical Thinking Skills Course, the first non-TEFL course at OIC
Launched a corporate training program for more than 40 corporate clients increasing revenue by 9%
Verve Public Relations, Jay Walter Thompson - J.W.T. (Intern)
Jun Aug 2009
Managed
English
press
releases
and
news
articles
for
household
brands
including
Smirnoff
and

Heineken
ADDITIONAL
Founder and President of the Siam Lit and Phil Club, a monthly book club with over 30 members
Organized a team of over 20 volunteers to donate over 2,000 books for charities in connection with
the Read Bangkok Book Project
Led a team of 20 to redevelop classrooms at a government school in north east Thailand
Interests: Travel, singing, playing the piano, English crosswords, tennis, swimming, reading English
literature