University-Level Courses

Instructor of Record (Teaching Assistant)

• Teach independent section of undergraduate course for ELIP Academic & Global Communication Program ENG D160 (Pre-freshman composition for ESL undergraduate students) and design materials facilitating individual and collaborative writing

• Monitor students’ progress and provide written feedback during different phases of their writing process including brainstorming, searching and citing credible sources, developing and organizing ideas, composing drafts, revising, proofreading and editing

• Instruct students on best writing practices including searching, summarizing, and synthesizing skills to ensure transferability to future coursework

• Empower students to formulate individual writing styles in regard to organization, word choice, and grammar, with a focus on how these aspects impact the message they are communicating to a specific audience

Teaching Assistant & Online Course Instructor

• Revise course materials for the Language Learning and Language Teaching Practicum courses to ensure maximum learning effectiveness

• Assist the professor in organizing learning modules including ordering and sequencing contents to facilitate discussion and increase classroom engagement

• Give constructive feedback on lesson plans to L2 community English teachers

• Provide responses to discussion board posts to resolve the ambiguity and grade assignments submitted to course management system based on the designed rubrics

• Facilitate and assess the completion of the written assignments and reflections

Teaching Assistant & Group Supervisor

• Taught an English conversation practice course employing techniques and methods aimed at forming critical and creative skills while developing students’ communicative competence

• Conducted a pedagogical experiment testing the model of students’ critical thinking skills formation at tertiary institutions designed in the MA thesis Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills in College-Level English Conversation Practice Classes 

• Directly supervised 60+ sophomores including discussing study abroad opportunities, preparing large projects and deliverables, and conducting and documenting any disciplinary issues 

Corporate Teaching

English Teacher & Tutor

• Taught English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to 20+ teenage learners for their entire educational program

• Instructed 30+ adult learners English annually, on a rolling basis

• Trained novice teachers on lesson planning, delivery of materials, classroom control, and conflict management 

• Introduced teachers to the principles of classroom technology, facilitating the learning process among students and fellow teachers

• Successfully prepared students for standardized English tests (e.g., IELTS, FCE, SSAT) comprised of writing, reading, speaking, and listening sections

• Organized extracurricular events and parties devoted to various celebrations and festivals for students and their families

English Teacher

• Taught company personnel (managers, IT specialists, medical experts) Business English

• Developed the communicative competence of company staff in the industry of medical equipment

• Established strategies to create, manage, and maintain relationships with non-native and native speakers coming from an English-speaking environment

• Utilized multiple pedagogical practices and methods including task-based learning teaching and project-based learning