Guided IELTS Head Teacher

Tim Cornwall PhD (Adult Education) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (2006) was a faculty member with Sasin Business English, Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Chulalongkorn University for five years until the unit closed. In this position, he was responsible for developing and offering language and communication courses for academic and corporate clients.

Tim started his own company Speech Work Consultancy in 2006 and since then has offered English courses, seminars and editing services to a wide variety of corporate and government agencies in the Bangkok area.

He earned a Business Diploma, Algonquin College (1974) along with a BA in English (1978) and a Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (1979) at Carleton University before leaving Ottawa, Canada.

From 1979 to 1982, Dr Tim taught at Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages (KIFL) a leading vocational English language institute in Tokyo, followed by three years teaching in Temple University Japan’s (TUJ) Academic English Program where he earned his Master in Education, (1984), graduating with distinction.

From 1985 to 1987, Tim was Guest Professor, Business Administration Department, Klagenfurt University, Austria. During his time in Europe, Dr Tim learned both French and German.

From 1988 to 1996 he taught a variety of courses at the university level in Japan, including three years as Assistant Professor, English Language Department, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

He has also taught at many other universities in the Tokyo area including: Chuo, Keio, Meiji, Jikei, Kyorin, Tamagawa Junior College, Taka Chiho, Kogakuin and Asia Universities. He also taught at Yokohama and Kawasaki Academies and a wide variety of corporate classes including: Toshiba, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Siemens.

He also established and ran a successful financial planning business while in Japan. Dr Tim was initially employed and later involved as a partner in Japan’s oldest and leading expatriate financial planning firm. He was accountable for sales, national marketing campaigns and client services

Dr Tim has published two textbooks, Speaking First and Take Off with MacMillan Press and numerous articles on a variety of topics. The Managing Editor, Guide of Bangkok, from November 1998 to February 2000, he has lived in Thailand since May 1997. He also contributed a weekly or semi-weekly article to the Education, Bangkok Post for just over three years.

During the Bangkok Asian Games (1998), Dr Tim was the Director of BAGOC’s International Public Relations Center. He also contributed to the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s website for over a year and has provided content for eThailand.com.

Dr Tim won the Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce – Best Professional Services of the Year Award 2006 for his efforts in providing professional services in Thailand.

Tim is a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) and Past Division Governor for Toastmasters in Thailand.

A member in the Rotary Club of Bangkok South, he was editor of the club’s weekly magazine South Wind for seven years and has been on the club’s Board of Directors five times as Club Administration Director, Communications Director (twice) and Fund Raising Director (twice).

During the 2018/19 Rotary Year, Tim will be President Elect and then President during the 2019/20 Rotary Year.