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Shendon Ireland
Associate Tutor
Office: 216Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, No.111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou , Jiangsu, China 215123
Education:
- BA (Hons) English (University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
- Cambridge CELTA (St. Giles’ College, Brighton, UK)
Biography:
Start date at XJTLU: October 2009
Shendon Ireland was born in London and has spent most of his life on the South Coast of England. He initially pursued a career in the corporate world and worked for several Blue-Chip companies in the fields of Finance and Marketing. However, an enduring interest in language led him back to University where he majored in English. After graduating he became a writer for a Member of the UK’s Parliament and subsequently moved into English Language Teaching.
Since acquiring his teaching qualification, he has taught in the UK, Europe, the Middle-East and Asia, predominantly in English for Academic Purposes and Business Communication. Shendon first came to China in 2006 where he taught at Suzhou University. He now considers China to be his adopted home.
Shendon is employed in the English Language Centre and works with first year students in their transition from high school to the academic environment. He is currently pursuing an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL with the University of Portsmouth.
