Eugene David Knudsen
518 Tenth Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 U.S.A.
Email: knudsendave@yahoo.com Telephone: 1-310-433-5158
Personal
Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., November 25, 1966
Citizenship: American
Mother tongue: English
Marital Status: Single
Health: Good
Education
2009: TESOL Certification, Oxford Seminars, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
2002: District Intern Program, Los Angeles Unified School District, Received Multiple Subject
teaching credential.
1989: Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, Graduated Cum Laude with B.A. in English,
Spent semester at Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in the fall of 1988.
Experience
2009-2010 Currently teaching English at Al-Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia.
1998-2008: Taught elementary school at 52nd Street School in Los Angeles, CA, largely to a
population that was learning English as a second language.
1994: Taught English to adult English language learners at Tru Lingua Language Systems,
Irvine, CA.
Skill Areas
Over ten years experience teaching English as a second language with a variety of age and
proficiency levels; enormous life and travel experience; excellent communication skills;
genuine curiosity for other people and cultures; prolific writer and musician; travel
photographer; patient and able to simplify abstract ideas; good sense of humor.
Overseas Residencies and Travel
Residencies:
2009: Bay Islands, Honduras. Earned PADI Scuba Divemaster certificate.
1988: Oxford, England. Studied English literature at Centre for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies.
Travel: Over 60 countries on six continents.
References and Transcripts Available upon request