Steve Shih

Hi！我是Steve老師，我在美國的維吉尼亞州長大，在當地由小學讀到高中畢業，之後全家人就遷移至加拿大居住，並在安大略省就讀大學。畢業後沒多久後我就來到台灣教英語，曾經在其它幼兒學校教書，至今已經在台居住十幾年且很喜歡這裡的生活，我已婚並有一位漂亮的寶貝女兒，我在2002年時加入了ACES的陣營。

　　Hello. This is Steve. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I have been living in Taiwan for more than ten years and I started working here at ACES in 2002. I have been teaching English since I got here. Before starting work at ACES, I had worked at another English school and at a kindergarten teaching young children. I’m married with one child. I grew up in Virginia in the United States. I also went to elementary school, middle school, and high school in Virginia. After high school, my family moved to Canada, and I went to university in Ontario. Soon after graduating from university, I came to Taiwan and have enjoyed living here since then.

Devlin Cotter

大家好我是Devlin老師。我來自美國，在紐約出生以及完成我的學業。我畢業於紐約州立大學。語言學習一向是我的愛好，我學習過西班牙文、法文、泰文、和現在在學習的中文。除了學習語文之外，我也喜歡演奏樂器及花時間陪伴我的家人。

　　畢業之後，我就一直從事教學工作。我曾任職於紐約公立學校、後來也在泰國教授英文。結束了泰國的工作，我又到了東京電機大學繼續教書。在2006年，我搬到了台灣，也在去年迎接我小女兒的到來。現在，我很享受和家人在台灣的生活！

　　Hello! My name’s Devlin. I was born and raised in New York. I graduated from The State University of New York in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science. I’ve always been fascinated with languages and have studied Spanish, French, Thai and now Chinese. In addition to studying languages, I love to play music and spend time with my family.　I have been a teacher since graduating college. I worked in the New York public school system before moving to Thailand to teach English there. After Thailand, I taught at Tokyo Denki University in Japan. In 2006, I moved to Taiwan and have been here since. I recently welcomed a new daughter and my little family continues to love our lives here in Taiwan.

Jeff Kuhel

我有超過40年教英文為第二語言的經驗，教學對象有各年齡層，從初期學習到近似於英文為母語的程度都有。我從1990年就在台灣居住，在2005至2009年期間我在敦煌書局工作。在眾多主題之中，我撰寫了一套受歡迎的教導全民英檢測驗核心元素的系列叢書。而在過去的15年，我在ACES的工作是協助設計及教學進階精修課程，也因此我非常熟悉有關本地一般說中文的人在學習英文這個外語的常見錯誤。近幾年我關注於台灣高中的入學考試(會考)、TOEFL(托福)、母語是英文的高中英文AP入班測驗、以及讓高中生請求到美國大學就讀的SAT(美國大學入學測驗)。我很高興和一位美麗的台灣大學腫瘤學研究科學家結婚，並有了一個16歲非常酷又讓我開心的女兒，台灣是我的家。

　　I have over 40 years of experience teaching English as a second language to all ages from true beginners to near native speakers on four continents. I have lived in Taiwan since 1990. From 2005 to 2009, I worked at Caves Books Publishing. Among dozens of titles, I authored a popular series of books teaching the core elements of the GEPT test. For the last 15 years, I have been working at ACES helping to design and teach the Advanced Program. As a result, I am well acquainted with the common mistakes associated with native Mandarin speakers learning English as a foreign language. More recently, I have focused on Taiwan’s High School Entrance Exam, TOEFL as well as both the English Advanced Placement Test and SAT Exams for high school students seeking to study at American universities. I am cheerfully married to a beautiful oncology research scientist at National Taiwan University and have a 16-year-old daughter who is pretty cool and makes me laugh. Taiwan is my home.

Chris Gorski

大家好，我是Chris老師。我在美國紐約的布法羅長大。我從2005年開始就當老師了。我於2012年在紐約州立大學水牛城分校完成了我的教育碩士學位，在那裡我獲得了Arthur A. Schomburg獎學金。畢業後，我在完全中學教高中社會學科。我非常想念我暑假時期在尼亞加拉大瀑布當國際導遊的日子。

在台灣，我是常春藤的“生活英語雜誌”和“解析英語雜誌”的主持人。在練習聆聽和增加字彙量的同時，收聽大量有趣的事實和瑣事！在2008年我與我可愛的妻子結婚了。我們沒有孩子，但我們有十隻領養的流浪貓，我們非常愛牠們！我們在台灣的動物救援組織非常活躍。快來跟我分享你們貓咪的照片吧！

我一直很喜歡教學。我認為自己很幸運能夠完成童年的夢想。希望你喜歡和我們一起學習，課堂上見。

Hey everybody, my name’s Chris Gorski. I grew up in Buffalo, New York in the United States. I have been a teacher since 2005.I completed my Master’s of Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2012 where I was recipient of the Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship. After graduating, I taught middle school and high school social studies. I spent my summers as an international tour guide in Niagara Falls which I miss very much.

In Taiwan, I am the host of Ivy League’s Enjoy English magazine and Analytical English magazine. Tune in to hear lots of fun facts and trivia while practicing your listening and growing your vocabulary!In 2008, I married my lovely wife. We don’t have any human babies, but we do have 10 adopted stray cats whom we love so much! We’re very active with animal rescue groups in Taiwan. Come show me pictures of your cats!

I have always loved teaching. I consider myself blessed to follow through with my childhood dreams. I hope you love learning with us just as much. See you soon.

Robert Schultz

大家好，我的名字是Robert，我在華盛頓州西雅圖市外的一個小鎮出生，並且在那裏長大。大部分我的自由時間都花費在爬山、滑雪和打棒球上面。我在西雅圖上大學並取得了著重亞洲歷史的歷史學位。大學畢業後，在我回到西雅圖設計並著手一個青少年領袖教育方案之前，我花費了數年時間在不同的幾個國家工作和居住。因為教育和語言一向是我所熱愛，所以我決定搬到台灣以便繼續往這條路上走。

在2020年移居到台灣之後，台灣很快就變成我的家。在搬到台北開始我在ACES的職業生涯之前，我住在中壢並在我擔任外籍經理的美語機構教英文。除了教學，我還是所有戶外活動的忠實愛好者。在台灣生活和教學，給予了我能夠探索我全部熱情和興趣的機會，我也很開心的把台灣看作是我的家。期待能在教室或即使不在課堂上，也許在棒球場的內外野見到你們喔！

Hello everyone, my name is Robert. I was born and raised on a horse farm in a small town just outside of Seattle, Washington. I spent most of my free time climbing mountains, skiing, and playing baseball. I attended college in Seattle where I received a degree in history with a focus on the history of Asia. After college, I spent several years working and living in multiple countries before returning to Seattle where I designed and started a leadership education program for kids and young adults. Education and language have always been my passions, so I decided to move to Taiwan to continue down this path.

After moving to Taiwan in 2020, Taiwan quickly became my home. Before moving to Taipei to start my career at ACES, I lived and taught English in Zhongli where I was the foreign manager and trainer at my branch. Aside from teaching, I am a huge fan of all outdoor activities. Living and teaching in Taiwan has afforded me the opportunity to be able to explore all of my passions and interests and I am very happy to call Taiwan my home. I am looking forward to seeing you in the classroom, and if not in class, then perhaps on the baseball diamond or out in the backcountry!

Theodore Adams Leshnick

哈囉 大家好!我是Ted老師，我來自陽光普照的加州，在我人生裡的前二十三年，我大部分的時間都居住在加州的洛杉磯。在我於洛杉磯加利福尼亞大學拿到歷史學位後，我兒時的好朋友邀請我搬到台灣。這個舉動聽起來非常的的戲劇化，但我的朋友向我保證台灣人都非常的有善，蔬食也很豐富，一年四季天氣都非常的舒適。果然如他所說的，尤其是天氣，很熱且有點潮濕，對於我每天的瑜珈練習幫助很大。過去的幾年我很開心在台灣當英文老師，特別是在一個外國語言如此備受重視的地方。經過我在東南亞以及印度的旅行，我看到台灣如何努力的領先，並在短短的幾個世代中，積極的英文教育已經讓台灣能夠打破邊界，將英文當成與世界接軌的工具。此外，網際網路為第二語言學習者開拓了更豐富的英文及文化資訊。我相信學習一個語言需要長時間及持續不斷的努力，母語也不例外。在我閒暇的時間裡，我喜歡閱讀及寫作虛擬故事，讓我能繼續充實表達我的英文。有著我的熱情及精力，我非常期待能夠在全台最高標準的兒童語言學習機構教授英文。我們課堂上見!

My name’s Ted from the sunny state of California. I called LA my home for the bulk of my first 23 years on Earth. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in history, my childhood friend invited me to Taiwan. The move to Asia sounded dramatic, but my friend also ensured me that the people here were nice, the vegetarian food was abundant and the weather was pleasant year round. Everything turned out to be true, even the weather, which is hot and humid and great help while doing my daily yoga practice. It’s been great working for the past several years as an English teacher in a place where learning a foreign language is so highly valued.

Through my travels in South East Asia and India, I’ve seen how Taiwan has pulled ahead in this endeavor. In just a few generations of serious English education, Taiwan has been able to use language as a tool to connect with people beyond its own borders. Moreover, the Internet opens up ESL learners to a wealth of anglophone information and culture.

I believe that learning a language is a constant endeavor, even if it’s your mother tongue. In my free time, I also enjoy reading and writing fiction to keep enriching and expressing my own scope of English. With much enthusiasm and energy, I’m excited to provide ESL teaching at the highest standard a language institute in Taiwan can offer.

See you in class!