Wayne Cabradilla

嗨!我是Wayne老師。我在麻省波士頓外圍的小城鎮長大。我童年時熱愛冰上曲棍球、露營，當我是個童子軍時，也喜歡登山。高中畢業後，我進入Swarthmore學院，主修經濟學、副修中文。之後，在南京的Hopkins-Nanjing Center進修一年的時間。進修完成後，於2003年因緣際會下來到台灣，一直到今天。我的興趣是騎自行車在台灣美麗的山間穿梭著以及拍攝風景照。但我目前大部分的時間是照顧我兩個活潑好動的孩子，Andrew和Allison。在ACES教書的時光中，最讓我欣喜的是能看到我的學生在七期裡的時間逐漸成熟以及扎實地提升英語能力。希望你也會是其中一位!

Hi, my name’s Wayne Cabradilla. I grew up in a small suburb just outside Boston, Massachusetts. As a kid, I enjoyed playing hockey and camping and hiking as a Boy Scout. After graduating high school, I attended Swarthmore College, where I majored in economics and minored in Chinese language and then I studied for another year at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in Nanjing, China. After finishing that program, I visited Taiwan on a whim in 2003 and have lived here ever since. My hobbies include bicycling through the beautiful hills of Taiwan and taking landscape photography, but most of my time now is taken up by taking care of my two rambunctious kids, Andrew and Allison. One of the pleasures I get from teaching at ACES is being able to watch my students mature and make concrete progress over the course of seven semesters. I hope that you can be one of those students!

Casey

大家好！我是 Casey McAdams，來自美國俄亥俄州哥倫布市。我最初就讀於哥倫 布州立社區學院，獲得了理學副學士學位。之後，我進入俄亥俄州立 學，主修 中文，輔修數學，獲得了藝術學士學位。大學畢業後，我修了一門英語教師培訓課程，並獲得了「外語英語教學證書」（TEFL）。自2023年以來，我一直在台灣教英語。我很幸運能成為 ACES 英語學校的一員。我認為這所學校為學生提供的學習資源遠超同類學校。孩子們不僅能學習美式英語發音，還能在語法方面得到強化訓練，並建立良好的翻譯基礎。作為一名熱忱的教師，我特別喜歡這套課程，因為它範圍廣泛，能為語言發展提供絕佳的機會。
我的興趣包括學習中文、下棋、武術，以及在有機會時旅行。年輕時，我曾參加過西洋棋比賽，是高中棋隊的頭號選手，現在有空時仍喜歡下棋。我最初對中國文化的興趣源於對武術的熱愛，尤其是功夫。我曾學習「鐵虎功夫」約十年，最終獲得黑帶資格，並參加過一些比賽。此外，我還曾在非洲居住了大約五個月，分別生活在肯尼亞和坦尚尼亞，並非常享受體驗截然不同的文化，也結識了許多當地朋友。
現在，我的生活重心在我的家庭。我有一位來自菲律賓的美麗妻子，我們育有一個兒子和一個女兒，分別是Frank和Aria。在台灣生活十分有趣，不僅能體驗當地文化，還能感受菲律賓文化，並同時分享自己的文化。我想向大家說聲感謝，也希望能在課堂上與大家見面！

Hello! My name is Casey McAdams. I’m from Columbus, Ohio, USA. I first went to college at Columbus State Community College to earn my Associate of Science degree. Later I attended The Ohio State University where I earned a Bachelor’s of Art which I majored in Chinese and minored in Mathematics.
After college, I took a course for English teachers and earned a Teach English as a Foreign Language certificate. I’ve been teaching English in Taiwan since I feel very lucky to be apart of ACES English school. I feel this school simply offers more for the students than any other school like it. The kids are trained in American English pronunciation, a strong focus on grammar, and also a good foundation in translation. As a dedicated teacher I love that the curriculum is so vast and provides a great opportunity for language development.

My interests include studying Chinese, playing chess, martial arts, and traveling whenever I have the opportunity. When I was younger I used to compete in chess tournaments and became the top player on my high school chess team and I still like to play when I have free time. My first interest in Chinese culture came from my love of martial arts, specifically Kung Fu. I studied Iron Tiger Kung Fu for about 10 years eventually earning a black belt and I also competed in a few tournaments. I have also spent about five months in Africa living both in Kenya and Tanzania and loved experiencing a vastly different culture and getting to know the people.

Nowadays, I’m quite busy with my own family. I have a lovely wife from the Philippines and we have a son and daughter named Frank and Aria. It’s an interesting life living in Taiwan and experiencing the culture here, while also experiencing Filipino culture, and getting to share my own culture as well. I just want to say thank you for your time and I hope to see you in class!