Yikun Hao

331 N 40th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, U.S.

610-938-7306 丨 yikunhao@upenn.edu
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, U.S.
Master of Science in Education 08/2021- 05/2023
 Course: GPA 3.88/4.0
 Awards: $5000 in Merit Scholarship in 2021
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Berkeley, U.S.
Exchange program 01/2020-05/2020
 Honors and Awards: Study Abroad Scholarship and Grants for excellent short-term exchange undergraduates
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE London, U.K.
Summer School 07/2019-08/2019
FUZHOU UNIVERSITY Fuzhou, China
Bachelor of Art in English 09/2017-06/2021
 Honors and Awards: FZU Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (Top 8%) in 2015; Merit Student Scholarship (Top 15%) for
two consecutive years; FZU Domino Scholarship

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Practical English for Daily Living (PEDAL) at Penn English Co-Teacher 09/2022 – 11/2022
 Co-taught 90 minutes classes twice a week
 Helped adult learners improve communicative competence and navigate daily life in and around Philadelphia
 Developed lesson plans and materials that were based on real-world sources for weekly classes
 Attended bi-weekly PEDAL Team Meetings for check-in and professional development
News Center of Haiwainet, People’s Daily Intern in News Center 01/2021 – 02/2021
 Collected news from mainstream media websites, targeted at cultural and social perspectives, and generalized ideas into one
sentence for each piece of news, then sent to WeChat work group and waited for approval on topic selection
 Translated English news into Chinese, edited draft to appropriate lengths, and customized news to cater to Chinese readers’
reading habits
 Assisted editors to proofread and modify other interns’ article
 Selected photos for news, published more than 13 articles and were reprinted by other Chinese well-known media platforms such
as Global Times, CCTV.COM, Tencent news, Sohu news, China Youth Daily
New Oriental Education IELTS Teaching Assistant 07/2020 – 08/2020
 Cooperated with different course teacher to conduct daily teaching work, check assignments
 Communicated with students regularly to check their learning progress and offer study advice
 Recorded classes randomly to collect data for my academic research paper
EXTRACURRIRULAR ACTIVITIES
Teaching For China Upenn Student Organization (TFCP) 08/2021-05/2022
 Managed official WeChat Account of TFCP and increased the number of followers
 Constructively edited and reviewed the writing of promotional articles
 Documented forms and organized minutes as the reference for the final review
Voluntary Teaching at Nepal 02/2019-03/2019
 Served as an English teacher for primary school students at Skylark Bilingual School
 Applied games to cultivate students’ interest in English and improve their class performance
English Broadcaster of the University Radio Station 02/2019-03/2019
 Won outstanding broadcaster title for 2017-2018 Academic Year
 Prepared for English script to record two programs weekly with 3 other members and upload them to official online public radio
platform
 Trained new team on interviewing techniques and recording practices, conducting workshops and coaching sessions that
contributed to better broadcasting performance
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Language Level: Fluent in English; IELTS: 7.5 (9 in Listening, 7.5 in Speaking); TEM-8
Publication: Conversation Analysis of the Repair Strategies and Use of Turn-taking Practices in an IELTS Preparation Class,
accepted by the 2nd International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries (ICEIPI 2021)