MERIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO.
TEL: (52) (99) 58 82 45
[email protected]
NATIONALITY:ENGLISH
ACADEMIC HISTORY
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL YUCATAN, MERIDA, MEXICO. 1997-8
British Council Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1985-9
BA Honours Degree in Latin American Studies.
One Year Placement in Mexico at the Anthropology Faculty of the Universidad Autonoma del Yucatan.
Majors:History and Politics Literature Sociology Spanish Language and Translation
COMPUTER SKILLS
UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAYAB, MERIDA, MEXICO. 1999.
HTML, Front Page
Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw
Introduction to Computer Skills: Word for Windows, Excel, Power Point.
Advanced Computer Skills: Word for Windows, Excel, Norton Virus, Microsoft Office, Internet.
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Completely bilingual in Spanish and English; have been living, working and studying in Mexico for the past six years.
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, MERIDA, MEXICO. 1996/7
Diploma in Advanced French (including Business French)
Lived in France as a child and later studies reinforced my command of the language.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAYAB, MERIDA, MEXICO. 1996 to date. - EFL TEACHER
A professional challenging post which has given me tremendous personal satisfaction.
- Teaching the four skills to young adults.
- Course planning, co-ordination and development.
- Designing, setting and giving exams.
- Incorporating a wide range of resources: adapted readers, video, self-designed activities and internet research.
- Creating an industrious and friendly rapport both in and out of the classroom.
CONQUEST SUMMER SCHOOL, BATH, ENGLAND. SUMMERS 1994/5/6 - EFL TEACHER AND SUPERVISOR
A highly responsible and rewarding post.- Taught the four skills to adolescents from Europe, Russia and Arabian countries.
- Supervisor both on site and during field trips.
- Resolved student problems and conflicts, liased with parents, host families and team leaders.
CENTRO DE IDIOMAS DEL SURESTE, MERIDA, MEXICO. 1993 to date - EFL TEACHER
- Developing the four skills of bilingual children through a variety of dynamic theme projects including a student made video.
- TOEFL preparation.
- Advanced Business English to executives in international Mexican corporations.
- Translated specialised documents encompassing a variety of fields.
WORKSAFE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. 1992-3 -ADMINISTRATION OFFICER
- Co-ordinated, organised and arranged: team members, project bids, conferences and meetings.
- Staff supervision.
- Produced computer graphics for presentations and meetings.
- Liased with other government departments and computer companies.
TEMPORARY PA ASSIGNEMENTS, LONDON, ENGLAND. 1989-91 - PERSONAL ASSISTANT
(British Telecom, Cable and Wireless, Unilever and Morgan Stanley)
- Use of Spanish and French for correspondence and telephone.
- Co-ordinated, organised and arranged schedules, travel, meetings and conferences.
- General secretarial duties.
TRAVEL
Both independently and with friends around, Europe, North Africa, Asia and Central America.
SUMMARY
The wide and unique experience both professionally and personally in these rich and diverse environments of the countries where I have lived and travelled has cultivated and refined my many abilities as a quick thinking, resourceful team worker and a highly reliable, hardworking, friendly employee.
REFERENCES
Available on request.
