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Junming Han

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Objective: Seeking a responsible and challenging position where my background and experience may apply.

Synopsis: A highly motivated self-starter with over 10 years working experience and strong financial background as well as teaching experience.

Grew up in China and lived more than 20 years in the United States; enjoys work as a bridge between American and Chinese culture.

Professional Experience: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL: Chinese language Instructor for Chinese I, Chinese II (2019–current); Chinese language Instructor for Chinese II (2018–2019); Chinese language Instructor for Chinese I (2017–2018); Chinese language Instructor for Chinese I and Chinese II (2014–2016). Chinese School/Heartland Community College, Normal, IL (2013–2014), Worked as Sunday school teacher, teaching Chinese for various level of Chinese learners and students of various ages from seven years old to adult. Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, lead software developer (2019–current): led software development on key home loan trading plat form SUMMIT; provided guidance to team members and recommendations to higher management for technical solutions and third party software integrations. Charles Schwab, senior consultant (2018–2019): helped migrate market data adapter processes from Windows environments to Linux environment; developed new interface for financial market data; helped streamline development process.

Personal Statement

As an experienced Chinese instructor, I am excited to help students who are interested in learning Chinese and Chinese culture.

I want to leverage the current technology to the class––making learning more efficient and fun––and try to broaden the view of my students with the Chinese culture.

I also believe language learning should be interactive and will have a discussion session in each of the class.

Courses

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Description

Chinese I is designed for beginners who take Chinese as a foreign language. Students who speak Chinese as their native language are not allowed to attend this course. Students who have taken Chinese study in the past are required to take the evaluation test and gain approval of the instructor to enroll.

Students will study the Chinese Mandarin sound system PIN YIN, the basic strokes from the Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese numbers, common Chinese Radicals and Lessons 1-5 of <> (Level 1 Part 1). Students can speak and write systematically more than 150 essential vocabulary words, master the key grammatical structures, build the real-life communicative skills. They will also write and tell a story about themselves and their interests on Chinese paper utilizing 150 characters.

Class Number

1669

Credits

3

Description

Chinese II is designed for students who take Chinese as a foreign language and have passed the Chinese I course. For the students who have not taken the Chinese I course at SAIC, an evaluation test is required and students must gain the instructor's approval in writing to enroll in this course. Students who speak Chinese as their native language are not allowed to attend this course.

Students will continue to learn the Lessons 6-10 of <> (Level 1 Part 1) to expand vocabulary words and key grammatical structures. The course will aim to expose students to more Chinese culture, help them with Chinese oral presentations and writing about school life, study, shopping, and transportation.

Class Number

1497

Credits

3