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Georgia
State University (GSU)
Atlanta-GA
Expected Graduation: May 2002 |
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Masters of Arts in Applied Linguistics and Teaching English
as a Second Language. Courses include Intercultural Communication, General
Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Approaches to Teaching Second/Foreign Languages,
Practicum, Second Language Evaluation and Assessment, Classroom Practices,
Sound System of English, English Grammar for ESL/EFL Teachers (a Web-based
course), Second Language Acquisition, Materials Design and Development,
Issues in Second Language Writing. |
Dom Bosco Catholic
University
Campo Grande, MS-Brazil
January 1993-December 1996 |
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Bachelor of Arts in English and Portuguese. |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor
English
for Internationals
Fall 2001-present |
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Teaching Grammar, Conversation, Writing, and Reading to intermediate
students. Responsible for lesson plans and students' assessment. |
TOEFL Preparation Instructor
English
for Internationals
Summer 2001 |
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Taught strategies to students preparing for
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). Responsible for teaching
Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, and Writing. |
ESL Instructor
English
for Internationals
Spring 2001 |
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Taught ESL to Brazilian students in bilingual classes.
Responsible for syllabus design, material development, lesson plans
and student assessment. |
ESL Instructor
Literacy
Volunteers of America
Fall 2000 |
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Taught conversation skills to immigrants and
refugees. Responsible for lesson plans and materials development. |
Private ESL Tutor
Summer and Fall 1999 |
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Tutored Brazilians who live in Atlanta in English conversation
skills. |
Private Portuguese Tutor
The Vineyard
Christian Fellowship
Summer and Fall 1999 |
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Tutored Americans who were preparing for a mission
trip to Brazil in Portuguese conversation skills. |
English as a Foreign Language Instructor
Stratford Language Center (Brazil)
December 1996-June 1998 |
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Taught EFL to beginner, intermediate and advanced groups of kids,
teenagers, and adults. Also, taught English (reading comprehension)
to graduate students in Education. |
EFL instructor
Cultura Inglesa (Brazil)
December 1995-December 1996 |
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Taught EFL to kids from 7 to 9 years old. |
English teacher
Baptist Middle and High School (Brazil)
December 1994-December 1995 |
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Taught English (reading comprehension, grammar, and writing skills)
to Middle School and High School students. |
| OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE |
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Pharmacy Technician and Assistant
Wender & Roberts Drugs
October 1998-present. |
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Assist pharmacists, answer telephone calls,
check merchandise, assist customers, organize and update files in
the computer. |
Graduate Research Assistant
Department
of Applied Linguistics and ESL, GSU
Spring and Summer 2001 |
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Assisted Dr. Patricia Carrell on her research project investigating
reading span or working memory capacity in first and second language (English/Spanish
and vice-versa). Responsible for scheduling volunteer participants, administering
the test individually to participants in both English and Spanish via a
power-point computer program, scoring the data and preparing preliminary
data files of the raw scores. |
Graduate Research Assistant
Department
of Applied Linguistics and ESL, GSU
Spring 2001 |
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Assisted Dr. Pat Byrd in updating current and past graduate students’
files. Responsible for contacting students, collecting information, and
revising files using Access 2000. |
Data entry and proofreader
Folha de Sao
Paulo (Brazil)
June 1986-March 1991 |
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Assisted journalists typing editorials using Microsoft Word for
Windows, and proofreading materials for publication. |
| VOLUNTEER WORK |
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Translator-Interpreter
Heal Our Land Ministries
May 1999-present |
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Translate and/or interpret services
from Portuguese to English. |
| PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION |
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Georgia TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) |
| LANGUAGES |
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Brazilian-Portuguese native-speaker.
Proficient in English reading, writing, and conversation.
Basic communication in Spanish. |
| COMPUTER SKILLS |
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Experienced with Microsoft Word, Power Point, Netscape Composer,
and Internet.
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