Flavia Cruz Lin
English as a Seciond Language Teacher
Campbell,CA
Summary
Multilingual English language instructor skilled at developing creative lessons to facilitate students' learning in the four domains of language development. Experienced in teaching English for children and adults, from beginner to advanced levels in a foreign language country. Willing to work hard and keep developing teaching skills, this time, in classroom environments in a country where English is the dominant language spoken.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Portuguese Teacher
Colegio Estadual Professor Paulo Freire
Praia De Leste - Pontal Do Parana, Parana-Brazil
03.2013 - 12.2014
- Developed individual, and in group activities to practice reading comprehension strategies such as highlighting unknown words, prediction, and annotations.
- Planed and developed readings and literary analyzes aiming to enhance students critical thinking within Portuguese language arts.
- Worked with diverse writing genres aiming to contribute to students' understandings of structure, and text development.
- Developed and applied diverse composition activities aiming to prepare students for academic environment.
- Managed classrooms with 30-35 students
- Prepared students to participate in Poetry events to show their understandings of woks of recognized poets from Brazilian Literature such as Vinícius de Moraes, and Paulo Leminsky.
English Language Teacher
Colegio Estadual Professor Paulo Freire
Praia De Leste - Pontal O Parana, Parana - Brazil
03.2012 - 12.2014
- Developed and adapted lesson plans to standard curriculum aiming to fulfill students needs.
- Worked with other faculty members on developing interdisciplinary lessons to enhance students performance within target language as well as their understandings in other disciplines of curriculum.
- Worked with integrated socio-cognitive learning aligned to diverse teaching methodologies such as Direct method, Total Physical Response (TPR), Content-based and Communicative approaches, to facilitate foreign language learning.
- Established positive classroom management boundaries where students developed sense of belonging and could feel comfortable to express themselves and communicate.
- Contributed to developing students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
- Developed tests and quizzes to assess students' learning comprehension.
- Tutored and assisted students to help with English language comprehension and mastery.
- Prepared students for Poetry events to show their understandings of recognized authors from American Literature such as Edgar Allan Poe.
English Instructor
Top Way English School
Paranagua, Parana-Brazil
01.2014 - 05.2014
- Conducted Intensive English language instruction following school's standard curriculum.
- Taught English language for adult students in foreign setting using the target language as the language of instruction.
- Worked on thematic field trips and events to improve students knowledge about English language.
- Interacted with adults who were learning a second language for job, traveling or academic purpose.
- Evaluated students' abilities and grasp of English language, keeping appropriate records for language reports.
- Assessed students learning following school standard tests.
- By the end of each level, the majority of the students had shown improvement and advance in their abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing in English language.
Education
Master of Arts - TESOL
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA05.2023
Associate Teacher - Early Childhood Education
Las Positas College
Livermore, CA05.2020
Certificate of 96 of Intensive Course Completion - Language Education
Taiwan Mandarin Institute
Taipei-Taiwan11.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics And Language Development
State College of Philosophy, Science And Arts
Parananagua-Parana (Brazil)03.2012
Skills
- Strong communication
- Portuguese
- English
- Spanish
- Mandarin Low-beginner
- Learning facilitator
- English Grammar & vocabulary
- Writing genres
- Text structure
- Composition
- Performance evaluation
- Constructive feedback
Timeline
English Instructor
Top Way English School
01.2014 - 05.2014
Portuguese Teacher
Colegio Estadual Professor Paulo Freire
03.2013 - 12.2014
English Language Teacher
Colegio Estadual Professor Paulo Freire
03.2012 - 12.2014
Master of Arts - TESOL
San Jose State University
Associate Teacher - Early Childhood Education
Las Positas College
Certificate of 96 of Intensive Course Completion - Language Education
Taiwan Mandarin Institute
Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics And Language Development
State College of Philosophy, Science And Arts
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