Teacher with 25 years experience teaching ESL, reading comprehension and writing skills

I have known Anthony for 40 years. We are from the same home town. I remember when he first started teaching. He had found his passion. Anthony is a serious teacher. He loves teaching and he cares about his students. Anthony is always prepared with interesting and engaged lesson plans. He is earnest and dedicated.

I have known Anthony as a colleague at a major university in Korea. He has won two best teacher awards which is a great achievement at our school. He has extensive experience at teaching and is a very creative and intuitive teacher. He generally loves his students and knows how to improve their skills for studying. His classes are not only enjoyable but very well structured and gratifying!

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Anthony and I have been colleagues at Ewha Womans University for over a decade. I can provide both a professional and character recommendation. In terms of teaching, advising, and required duties in our department – which includes both mandatory freshmen courses of integrated English composition, presentation, reading skills, and upper-level subject-matter electives – I can attest to Anthony’s professionalism and dedication to teaching. Over the past 14 years, I have had the opportunity to work closely with Anthony on curriculum design, exam development, textbook selection, and other departmental tasks. During this time, Anthony has proven to be a valuable member of our faculty, as well as a respected and effective leader when given leadership roles.

I was particularly impressed with his management of our Advanced English courses in which as the longest serving chair, he revamped the curriculum from a general content-based approach that relied heavily on memorization and rote learning to an integrated reading, writing, and speaking skills approach with an emphasis on the application of critical thinking skills. Although he faced a lot of resistance to implement this change, it is now the standard in our freshmen level-based courses.

In terms of character, I have found Anthony to be a well-liked colleague and a team player among our group of foreign and Korean faculty. Anthony is also an outspoken advocate for ethical and professional behavior and has led by example in this regard. I have personally sought him out as a sounding board on several occasions as have other colleagues, who view him as standfast, practical, and honest. I believe that Anthony Davis would be an asset to your department and will be sorely missed in ours.

I recommend Anthony Davis to you without reservations. Should you require any further information, feel free to contact me at the email or by phone number listed below.