Rhobie UnderwoodFort Worth, TXA Ph.D. student, postcolonial scholar, college instructor, and a lover of languages!
My teaching experiences could be divided into three different types. The first type would be the part-time jobs in the Philippines as an English college instructor for a computer school, a face-to-face tutor for Koreans, and an English online teacher for Chinese and Taiwanese. The second type is full-time teaching which happened mostly in Thailand, which gave me an opportunity to teach not just one but at different levels. I had experience teaching from Kinder to Grade 11 (Thai, Brazilian, Malaysian), as well as Thai teachers, and university and immigration staff. I teach the teachers how to speak English and how to teach English in a classroom. I teach the university and immigration staff basic conversations as well as advanced English so they can have better opportunities in their job as well as help them gain confidence when talking to English speakers. The third type of teaching experience would be the teaching assistantship that was granted to me here in the USA. I teach English 180 and I also work as a writing center consultant at the University Writing Center. I help students to become curious, purpose-driven, passionate, and credible writers, readers, and researchers. Moving to Texas and starting my job last Fall 2022 here in UNT, I have nothing but commitment, optimism, and excitement everytime I enter the classroom. One of my English 1310 students wrote this in the reflective essay: “Ms.Underwood made this class feel like such a safe space for all her students, she made the learning experience, for at least me, a very fun one. Some of the favorite things that Ms.Underwood did to make this class a better environment would be making class activities fun. One that stood out was raising a toast and each speaking about something from the class and something we learned. Being able to an activity made it interesting, it is also that helped in writing this essay."
