Carol Elk Email & Phone Number

Princeton, Nj

My primary responsibilities are writing, editing, and assembling the TOEIC Listening measure and the TOEFL Reading measure. I work on tests for administration and also for test-preparation materials published by ETS and our business partners in Japan, Korea, and China.

Princeton, Nj

I teach a combined-skills class of intermediate-level adults in a 10-week course for 2 hours per week.

Princeton, Nj

I began Assessment Specialist work for ETS as a temp, contracted through ISS.For 1 year, I trained on item and test form development on the TOEIC Listening measure as a temp before being hired as a full-time employee by ETS.

Through a third-party vendor, I wrote summative tests for a series of EFL textbooks for the United Arab Emirates market.

Princeton, Nj

Performed various functions related to the writing and assembly of the TOEFL Reading measure.

Lawrence, Kansas

Teacher of ESL to international students who were preparing to enter mainstream classes at the University of Kansas. I taught all skills at all levels as the enrollment each semester demanded during the 4 years that I was there.

Wrote and edited items for an academic English proficiency exam.

Wrote items for CEFR B2, C1, C2 levels of the OOPT Listening section

New York, Ny

Taught integrated skills classes using the Communicative Language Teaching approach, working within the scope and sequence guide framed in the school's required textbooks.I evaluated students for placement at the appropriate level in the CEP.For an advanced class of visiting Columbia professors, I designed curriculum for 10 week course including midterm and final exams and essay assignments around the Historical Atlas of New York City.

Greater New York City Area

Conference and Special Request Coordinator (did some Hotel Marketing my final year at the job)Facilitated cultural exchanges, secured business appointments, educational programs, seminars, and other special requests for groups from Japan traveling in the United States east of the Mississippi River.Arranged meeting space, catering, and all other requests of the presenters and the clients.Briefed the tour guides and interpreters of the entire itinerary before the group's arrival.Processed their invoices and reimbursements after the tour and collect their tour summaries.Arranged site inspection visits for JTB sales office representatives from Japan so they can better understand the sorts of visits that we can market to our Japanese clients. Negotiated hotel contracts for groups and individuals. Processed hotel payments and followed-up on customer service issues with hotel management.Consulted with the New Yorker magazine for a Talk of the Town piece about Japanese Tourists in New York, and with various other regional publications throughout the country that wanted to report on our client's business activities in their town.

Akita, Japan

Taught English classes at public junior high, high schools, and special education schoolsWorked with the Board of Education to design workshops for public school teachers that encourage English communication and multi-cultural awarenessOrganized weekly English conversation and American culture classes for local residents and city employeesWorked with the Continuing and Pre-education divisions of the Board of Education to design and teach weekend and holiday English classes and activities for elementary school studentsWorked with the Council of Local Authorities on International Relations as a renewing-JET’s conference assistant. Conducted and moderated sessions on coping with life in Japan and professional skills for teaching in JapanAs a member of the JET Alumni Association in New York, I interview prospective JETs and submit my recommendations to the Consulate General. I lead seminars at pre-departure orientations for JETs who are bound for Japan, and welcome-back seminars for returning JETs who are adjusting to life back in the US and looking for jobs

Tokyo, Japan

Taught small EFL classes and tutored individuals in EFL for busines, educational, and recreational purposes.

Ma, Tesol

MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages MA Thesis topic: "Willingness to Communicate in the L2 - Application of the Heuristic.

Certificate, European Studies

Activities and Societies: Intensive program in European Studies

Ba, East Asian Languages And Cultures; Japanese Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: 50th Annual Japan-America Student Conference Golden Key National Honor Society

Certificate, Comparative Culture

I was at Sophia when the Faculty of Comparative Culture (比較文化学部) was in Ichigaya, separated from the main campus in Yotsuya. I sang.

Intensive Program, Japanese Studies

Education record

Activities and Societies: Debate Team, Repertory Theater