Address:
e-mail: dxosen@yahoo.com
EDUCATION:
School: University of Georgia; Athens, GA.
Program: Linguistics
(Specializing in Second Language Acquisition and Discourse Analysis)
Dates: September 1988 - May 1991
Degree: Master of Arts
School: University of Georgia; Athens, GA.
Program: Journalism
(Specializing in Magazine Writing)
Dates: January 1985 - May 1987
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
School: Emory University; Atlanta, GA.
Program: English
Dates: July 1980 - May 1984
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Nevada-California International Consortium of Universities and Colleges (NIC)
Address: 5-9-16 Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Dates: April 1999 - April 2007
Title: EAP (English for Academic Purposes) Instructor
Duties: Taught academic English courses in reading, writing, and listening/speaking.
Assisted with new student testing and orientation.
Conducted the TOEFL test and taught TOEFL skills
Organized cultural activities.
Fukushima Gakuho High School
Address: Shinobu Yama Cho 9-1, Fukushima-shi, Japan 960
Dates: April 1998 - March 1999
Title: English Instructor
Duties: Taught English conversation courses and a TOEIC preparation course.
Wrote and edited international correspondence for the school.
Acted as assistant homeroom teacher for second year students.
Assisted with new student orientation.
Tohoku Foreign Language College (Tohoku Gaigokugo Senmon Gakkou)
Address: Ichibancho 1-13, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JAPAN 980
Dates: April 1996 - March 1998
Title: Assistant Head Teacher
Duties: Taught conversational English, business English, video, and high school courses.
Evaluated prospective teaching materials and developed the curriculum for the English conversation program.
Designed the teacher's manual.
Trained new teachers.
ALS (American Language School)
Address: Inoue Bldg. 3Fl., 1414 Tomioka, Tomioka-shi, Gunma-ken,
JAPAN 370-23
Dates: April 1995 - March 1996
Title: English Instructor
Duties: Taught conversational English courses for adults and children.
Taught business English course for Nihon Kohden Corp.
Conducted all aspects of new student testing.
ELS Language Center at Eckerd College
Address: 4200 54th Ave. South, St. Petersburg, FL., USA 33701
Dates: June 1994 - January 1995
Title: Associate Instructor
Duties: Taught grammar, conversation, writing, multi-media
lab, American culture (including music), and reading courses.
Taught in special intensive English programs (one-to-one and group instruction),
including developing curricular and test materials.
Conducted all aspects of new student testing.
ELS Language Center; Atlanta, Georgia
Dates: June 1990 - September 1991
Title: English Language Teacher
Duties: Taught grammar, conversation, writing, multi-media
lab, and reading courses.
Taught in special intensive English programs (one-to-one and group instruction),
including developing curricular and test materials.
Conducted all aspects of new student testing.
Institute for International Studies and Training (I.I.S.T.)
Kamiide (Shizuoka Prefecture), Japan
Dates: January 1988 - April 1988
Title: Teaching Associate
Duties: Taught grammar, conversation, business English, and language lab courses to company students.
Lived in dormitory with my students.
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Dates: April 1985 - March 1986
Title: Teaching Assistant
Duties: Assisted with research projects and wrote articles for publication.
Assisted with class preparation (preparing class teaching materials)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
*Textbook writer (six chapters) with Professor Setsuko Watanabe et al: Web Watching the World (1999: Nan'undo Press): an academic reading textbook that encourages students to use the internet to learn more about places in the world.
*Textbook writer (three chapters) with Professor Setsuko Watanabe et al: Who's Who on the Web: Web Watching the World II (2002: Nan'undo Press): an academic reading textbook that encourages students to use the internet to learn more about famous people in world history (e.g., Martin Luther King, Bob Marley). I also recorded all of my chapters for the textbooks' listening tapes.
*Textbook writer (three chapters) with Professor Setsuko Watanabe et al: The Wonderful World of Food (2007: Asahi Press): an academic reading textbook that encourages students to use the internet to learn more about many types of food from around the world (e.g., Chinese, Mexican).
*Textbook writer (ten chapters) with Professor Setsuko Watanabe and Diane Lamb: A World of Change on the Web (2008: Nan'undo Press): an academic reading textbook/workbook that encourages students to use the internet to learn more about interesting global changes (e.g., global warming, endangered species, overpopulation, modern art).
*Presentation: "Motivating Japanese Students with Web-Watching the World," October 28, 2000, Tokyo, "The Second Internet English Education Seminars."
*Member of JALT (Japan Association of Language Teachers).
*Freelance Writer: Articles published in Athens Observer newspaper, Option magazine, Rebel News (professional magazine for photojournalists), and Tokyo Noticeboard magazine.
*Staff Writer for the Emory Wheel and Red and Black, two university newspapers.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES.:
As a result of my graduate studies in linguistics, I have a good background in English grammar, phonetics, discourse analysis, and second language acquisition theory. I have had a wide variety of teaching experience, and I have taught all ages of students. I also have had valuable experience in designing, developing and implementing curriculum, including co-writing and helping to edit the academic reading textbooks Web Watching the World and Who's Who on the Web. I also worked as a teacher trainer at Tohoku Foreign Language College. I am hard-working, flexible, creative, and professional. I have been an active member of JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching) for four years. As a member of JALT, I have been introduced to numerous teaching ideas which I have been able to successfully implement in my classroom. I regularly use IBM and Apple computers to develop my own teaching materials. I fully understand the need for teachers to motivate their students. In addition to teaching, I am also interested in working as a writer and editor. One of my undergraduate degrees is in journalism. My major field of study in journalism was magazine writing. I have published a variety of articles in American newspapers, journals, and magazines.
REFERENCES: Available Upon Request.
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