{"id":107,"date":"2014-08-02T21:53:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T21:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2021-04-01T19:13:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:13:37","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/?page_id=107","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script><br \/>\r\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){<br \/>\r\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),<br \/>\r\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)<br \/>\r\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');<\/p>\r\n<p>  ga('create', 'UA-55428758-1', 'auto');<br \/>\r\n  ga('send', 'pageview');<\/p>\r\n<p><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1298-e1612341514185.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1298-e1612341514185-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1298-e1612341514185-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1298-e1612341514185-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1298-e1612341514185-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1298-e1612341514185.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4><strong>Ken Kwok: My little teaching story&#8230;<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<p>Once upon a time, when I was still a little boy, I used to sit my teddy bears and Lego men around a table in front of their teacher &#8211; <em>me<\/em> for the days, weeks, years ahead&#8230;<\/p>\r\n<p>Fast-forward to a couple of decades later. (Who would have guessed??) I took up part-time jobs tutoring students from 5 years old to &#8216;A&#8217;-level teenagers at tutorial centres in Hong Kong &#8211; whilst I was working hard on completing my full-time counselling psychology training at university.<\/p>\r\n<p>Upon qualified as a counsellor in 2004, I joined a language centre in Hong Kong pursuing a career in teaching and re-trained to become a Cantonese Chinese tutor. I haven&#8217;t looked back since.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here I am, offering face-to-face and online Cantonese Chinese lessons (and maths lessons using Hong Kong&#8217;s syllabus) &#8211; to students from 2 to 80 years old &#8211; for the last 17 years in London, Europe and rest of the world.<\/p>\r\n<p>Life is an interesting journey, eh?<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-9057-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-9057-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<h4><strong>What I use in my teaching&#8230;<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am a strong believer of lifelong learning and amalgamating knowledge from different disciplines into my work.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My teaching is grounded mainly in humanistic counselling psychology, educational psychology and cognitive psychology. Other disciplines, including social theories\u00a0 and Jungian Analytic psychology add substances to my practice.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing from my psychological counselling background, I focus on cultivating my pupils&#8217; confidence in speaking Cantonese, and I regard being empathic and reflective as very important in my teaching practice.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In addition to my MA in counselling (2009), I am expanding my knowledge (again? You like learning so much&#8230;) through working towards a PhD in Social Work.<\/p>\r\n<p>I simply enjoy learning and teaching.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Okay, so why Ken Kwok then?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Because I love teaching. When you have passion about something, you simply invest your time and efforts (sprinkle a bit of love too) on perfecting it &#8211; and you do it WELL! As simple as that!<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Learn-Cantonese.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF file<\/a>\u00a0gives you some ideas about my class, teaching styles and myself in a nut shell.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not getting enough? <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/?page_id=18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact me<\/a>\u00a0or visit my <a title=\"Ken's LinkedIn\" href=\"uk.linkedin.com\/pub\/ken-kwok\/68\/a1a\/801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn profile<\/a>\u00a0for more info and testimonials.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don&#8217;t forget to look at <a title=\"Textbooks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.can4every1.com\/?page_id=111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">samples of the Textbooks<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Updated on 1 April 2021.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Kwok: My little teaching story&#8230; Once upon a time, when I was still a little boy, I used to sit my teddy bears and Lego men around a table in front of their teacher &#8211; me for the days, weeks, years ahead&#8230; Fast-forward to a couple of decades later. (Who would have guessed??) 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