Amposta, 28th February 2000

 To the Personnel Manager of EFL Schools and/or EFL ESL Publishers.

Kindly allow me a few minutes of your valuable time to introduce myself. My name is Juan Manuel Díez Clivillé. I have been a teacher for 16 years at various secondary schools in Spain. I quite like my job, and I am always looking for new and exciting ways to motivate my students. Let me add that I love experimenting with new topics, activities and techniques all the time.

I have devised a good number of teaching ideas and lesson plans, which have been published in several teachers´ magazines and journals in Spain and abroad, as well as at different sites over the www. To this day, I have won 4 awards for my work, and I am constantly working on new –and hopefully, better- educational materials.

Now and again, I have been involved with teacher training activities, such as lectures, presentations, workshops and personal counselling. Obviously, I do my best to stay informed of current events and developments in the TEFL field.

I would be most interested in working with a panel of authors/editors producing EFL ESL materials, books or whatever, at home (via email, NetMeeting & ICQ) or anywhere in Europe or the USA. I will also consider job openings in other countries, as well as teaching positions.

I can deal with most general interest topics at any level to suit the needs of our pupils these days. I have some ideas for the Internet and/or educational CD-ROMs as well. I am particularly fond of short monographic courses (30-35 hours), such as required by the current Spanish educational system and have developed a number of projects to that end.

I am not sending any specific project proposals for the time being, but I would be delighted to hear about your present interests and needs and I am ready to discuss the issue at length with you, with a view to produce exactly what you have in mind.

If you are looking for someone with the drive and creative powers required to produce fresh and effective out-of-the-beaten-track teaching materials and/or an easy-going educator/consultant/speaker with a teaching style of his own, I really look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thanks for your time and attention!

Yours sincerely,

Juan Manuel Díez Clivillé

Amposta, Tarragona (SPAIN)

Phone: +34 977 70 37 29

           +34 666 08 92 55

Fax:   +34 977 70 38 97

Email address: joandiez@hotmail.com

I hope you will find a moment to check my web site

AGORA EFL http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Thebes/5383/

PS See my CV (résumé) below, as well as some information on my teaching activities and the magazines/web sites where they have appeared. Do not hesitate to request any further information and/or more materials to see.

 Juan Manuel Díez Clivillé

English Teacher, Teacher Trainer and Materials Writer

Résumé

Age: 37 (b. 10^th April 1962)

Gender: Male

Marital status: Single. No kids.

Birthplace: Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)

Nationality: Spanish (EU citizen with full rights.)

DNI (Identity Card Number): 39.864.157-M

Mother tongue: Spanish

Other languages: Fluent English and Catalan. Good knowledge of French. Basic Italian.

Snail mail address: C/ Estrella 33 Atico A, 43870 Amposta, Tarragona, Spain.

Telephone numbers: +34 977 70 37 29 / + 34 666 08 92 55

Fax number: +34 977 70 38 97

Educational background: A Degree in English (Filología Inglesa, 5 years) by the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain (1985); TEFL Diploma (Curso de Aptitud Pedagógica, aka C.A.P.) also by the Universitat de Barcelona.

Teaching Experience: 16 years at various junior high schools in Spain. The list includes:

Private Schools:

Academia CECOM (L´Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona)

Escola Pia Balmes (Barcelona)

State-run Schools:

IES Bisbe Sivilla (Calella, Barcelona)

IES Arnau Cadell (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona)

IES Falset (Falset, Tarragona)

IPFP (Reus, Tarragona)

IES Antoni Martí Franquès (Tarragona)

IES Ramon Berenguer IV (Amposta, Tarragona)

I have been Head of the English Department on several occasions, my tasks including course planning, attending meetings of various kinds and exam preparation.

Teacher Training Activities: Several, in Amposta, Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona.

Other Skills: I can handle most secretarial and office duties. I would not mind giving a hand in your Human Resources and/or Customer Support departments when needed. I am no computer expert, but I manage Microsoft Word files well enough. I am most interested in the Internet and web site development, but I have had no specific training so far. I currently use Microsoft Frontpage for that.

Availability: Immediate, although my present employer will appreciate one month’s notice. If relocation were necessary, I would be grateful for assistance with settling-in matters. I can easily obtain an EU citizen passport in a few days. To the best of my knowledge, no visa is required within the European Union.

* IH Award (Awarded by International House, Barcelona) for An American in Spain (1989)

* Premi APAC (Awarded by Associació de Professors d´Anglès de Catalunya) for The Pharaoh and His Queen (Mr & Mrs Pharaoh) (1992) Developed with the assistance of Dolors Granados (History teacher) and Teresa Sabrià (English teacher) Artwork by Francesc Accensi.

* Premi APAC (Awarded by Associació de Professors d´Anglès de Catalunya) for Starwords (1996) Artwork by Ivan Soler.

*Winner of the It’s For Teachers Internet Project Competition (It’s Magazines, Barcelona) for Girls (1998) Developed with the assistance of a number of students.

The list includes:

APAC of News (APAC, Barcelona)

BETEA Magazine (Basque Country English Teachers Association, Guipúzcoa)

Comunidad Escolar (Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Madrid)

Crònica d´Ensenyament (Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d´Ensenyament, Barcelona)

El Magisterio Español (El Magisterio Español Ed., Madrid)

English Teaching Professional (ETP, London)

Escuela Española (Ed. Praxis, Madrid)

Guidance and Counselling (Canada)

Intervention (The USA)

It’s For Teachers (It’s Magazines, Barcelona)

Nou Diari (Reus, Tarragona)

Oxford News (OUP, Madrid)

Perspectiva Escolar (AAMM Rosa Sensat, Barcelona)

Practical English Teaching (Mary Glasgow Publications, London)

Primera Clase (Heinemann, Madrid)

Revista Guix (Serveis Pedagògics S.A., Barcelona)

Revista Recapte (MRP Baix Ebre, Tortosa, Tarragona)

Revista Educare (MRP Lleida)

TESOL Newsletter (TESOL Spain, Madrid)

The Calendar (IH Language Services, Barcelona)

The Reporter (Italy)

The Richmond Newsletter (Richmond Publishing, Madrid)

CLA (Collaborative Lessons Archive) Web Site http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA

Comunidad Escolar online http://comunidad-escolar.pntic.mec.es/

Dave’s ESL Cafe on the Web http://eslcafe.com/

I-TESL-J The Internet TESL Journal http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/

Its-online Web Site http://its-online.com/

Quia! Web Site http://www.quia.com/index.html

Teachers Helping Teachers Web Site http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/

Teachers and Education in the World http://www.samtel.ru/iid/index.html

Teaching Ideas and Resources http://www.oocities.org/aviganola/

TEFL Peru Web Site http://www.maxpages.com/teflperu

The Country School Web Site http://www.countryschool.com/excursion.htm This activity is dedicated to the loving memory of Mrs. Molly A. Warren, "Granny" , who unfortunately passed away last year. You can see her picture on the site.

Ágora EFL http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Thebes/5383/ (includes links to my other sites: I´m a Catalan! and Webhelp)

Some of my activities will soon be available at:

The ESL Teacher http://u1.lvcm.com/m.her/index.html

The Lesson Plans Page http://www.lessonplanspage.com/

About my works:

Please note that my teaching activities vary a lot in content, length and style. The following selection should give you an idea of the sort of things I have done so far. See how you like them…

But…Where Are YOU? How about making a picture dictionary…or even an encyclopaedia?

Christmas Shopping Turn your classroom into a Department Store within minutes!

Crime and Punishment Crimes, misdemeanours and other stories. A project on the goodies and the baddies.

Girls (first version) The basis for the Girls Internet Project, it consists of some very colourful Word files.

of the project) Here you will find a few suggestions on how to exploit the project in class and a list of questions intended to encourage conversation on various topics.

Happy School Year! The stds. get a strange letter from the teachers in their school’s English Department.

Market Day Why not have a lesson at your local market?

Me and Mr Platt An interesting character visits your school. Most fun! You may wish to check an article in Spanish about this project (I know you’ll love the pics!)

On Duty! Several people (a burglar included) want to get into Buckingham Palace for different reasons…

Oudoutra, King of the Naiss Something unexpected happens when your stds. are stranded…in the heart of Africa.

Project: The EEC Make a pack of cards and have the European Union at your fingertips!

Sherlock Holmes and the Mad Word Collectors An activity for vocabulary revision on multiple semantic fields.

Starwords Your attention, please…The NASA needs an astronaut TODAY!

Thank You for the Music! A project on classical music and the opera.

The Boat Race Who’ll win this year? Cambridge? Oxford? Make your bets!

The Pharaoh and His Queen (Mr & Mrs Pharaoh) Test your stds.´ knowledge of Ancient Egypt while they get inside a pyramid and explore its funeral chamber.

Tom, Bob and Christine Too Following some instructions, the stds. eventually produce a most peculiar comic strip…with a moral to it.

Verbs Curse Oh, those irregular verbs! Here’s a final solution to solve the problem.

What a Story! Story writing made easy.

These have just been submitted to different EFL teachers´ competitions and are not available for evaluation at this time.

Dope? Nope!!! A project on Rock Music, Drug Abuse and Other Related Issues.

The development of interactive materials for the Internet and CD-ROMs.

A project on health, well being, common illnesses and general medical issues.

A project on Ancient Greece (Cultural Aspects)

A project on Philosophy and Religion explained to teenagers.

A resource book with plenty of games and quizzes for beginners and stds. at elementary level.

Oh, and I definitely have to produce something on cars and football. I will, sometime.

Of course, I am open to any proposals from you!

Desired salary range: This may vary a lot according to the circumstances e.g. the type of work to be done and the place where it is to be done…working from home, assignment on demand, working abroad etc. It is, of course, negotiable, but for a full-time job in Barcelona or Madrid, for instance, I expect to make between 350.000-400.000 PTAs. a month, after taxes.

Once again, many thanks for your time and consideration.

Juan Manuel Díez Clivillé

Amposta, Tarragona (SPAIN)

joandiez@hotmail.com