OBJECTIVE:

To teach English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL).

ACADEMIC PREPARATION:

M.A. in the Teaching of Languages, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, graduated December 2003

Concentration: Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language

Advisor: Dr. William Powell

B.A. in English, English Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 2000

Concentrations: Creative Writing: Nonfiction and Poetry

Advisor: Judith Hemeschemeyer

LANGUAGES:

- Fluent in English

- Some proficiency in Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

English Teacher, March 2004 to June 2004

Hess Language School, Taipei, Taiwan

-Teaching English as a Foreign Language to students ranging from age eight to fifteen.

Graduate Assistant and Teaching Assistant, January 2003 to December 2003

Honors College, University Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

-Creating, grading, managing, and maintaining an online Honors course of 350+ students

-Researching grant opportunities for the Honors College

Private English Tutor, November 2003 to present

Custom tailor lessons and curricula for ESL and EFL students from various educational and cultural backgrounds. 

Substitute Teacher, spring, 2003 to present

English Language Institute, University Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

- Substitute teacher for adult English classes of various levels and subjects

Practicum Observation, August 2003 to December 2003

Oak Grove Elementary School

Observing kindergarten and first grade ESL classrooms taught by Judy Wren

Tutor, spring, 2003

Petal School District, Hattiesburg

-Tutored ESL students from first through tenth grades

Conversation Tutor, summer and fall 2002

English Language Institute, University Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

- Conversation tutor for adult learners

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

Content-Based and Task-based Language Teaching (CBLT)

Corpora Linguistics

COURSES

Applied Linguistics

Cuban Studies TEFL education

Methods in the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Multimedia in Instructional Technology

Options in the Teaching of Grammar

Practicum

Second Language Acquisition

Sociolinguistics

Storytelling

Vocabulary in Language Teaching

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:

Co-founder of Students for a Free Tibet Orlando Chapter 1998

HONORS AND AWARDS:

President's List, University of Central Florida, 2000

Dean's List, University of Central Florida, 1999

National Spanish Honors Society, Clear Creek High School, 1995

COMPUTER SKILLS:

WebCT Online Learning

Hyperstudio Multimedia Authoring Program

Microsoft Word, Works, Excel, and Powerpoint