Richard Foster MBA

Senior Language Lecturer

I come from Charlotte, North Carolina in the southeast United States. It's a fairly large city with professional American Football, (the Carolina Panthers), and basketball (the Charlotte Hornets). Michael Jordan is the owner of the basketball team, and I went to the same university as he did, The University of North Carolina.Prior to joining XJTLU in September 2013, I taught 6 years in Poland and 2 in Ukraine, where I was also the Director of Studies of a language school. I particularly like teaching at university because the students are "nearly" adults and are largely motivated. In my spare time, I like listening to music (mostly classic and alternative rock), watching movies, and reading. I am also quite interested in the environment and all things to do with nature :-) For exercise, I love bicycling.


  • Foundational CLIL Methodology Certificate, 2023
  • Futher Certificate in Business English - Cheltenham, UK
  • DELTA - IH -Wroclaw, Poland, 2007
  • CELTA - Cheltenham, UK
  • MA TESOl module 2 - Current Language Theory and Practice - Sheffield-Hallum, 2018
  • MBA - Webster University, St. Louis, 2001
  • BS: Biology Univ of North Carolina, 1990


  • Last year, I taught at Dalian Polytechnic University. Prior to that, I was the Director of Studies for 2 years at a language school in Ukraine. Before that, I taught general and business English for 6 years in Poland
Richard Foster