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United Arab Emirates

Maliyaada, Sri Lanka

Gaia Soul is a family run guesthouse in Maliyaada, a fishing village on the Southern Coast of Sri Lanka. Being off the beaten path (but close enough to bustling Dikwella to make it accessible), our cozy guesthouse offers visitors a more laid back, authentic experience with ample opportunities to relax, reconnect or focus, as need be.

Czechia

I help a wide range of students from around the world reach their academic goals. From IELTS preparation and fluency building to personal statement refinement and editing, to Business & General English, variety reigns supreme. Rated as a 'Super Tutor' i.e., highly popular and reliable.

International

From the practical - handy Arabic phrases for travelers and what NOT to wear in the Middle East, to the supernatural - a true story of genie possession and exorcism in Bahla, Oman - I’ve run the gamut for Matador.

Prague, Czechia

I taught Academic English I & II (writing composition, rhetoric and critical thinking) in the Language Center in the Faculty of Social Sciences. I also teach English for Specific Purposes (ESP) to professors in the Faculty of Political Science.

I taught corporate students online and in face-to-face situations Business English whilehelping them to develop their communicative competence.

Al Ain

Facilitated EAP (English for Academic Purposes) courses & taught foundation level integrated skills acquisition that empowered students for academic success. Rated overall 3.47 out of 4 on student evaluations. Coordinated the writing strand of a prep course for a high-stakes exam, the EmSAT (Emirates Standardized Test). Reverse engineered curricula to prepare students for the EmSAT exam that was widely used in the UC (University College).Reinvigorated the Reading Center with an Arabic promotional video, a series of academic workshops and the addition of graphic novels that increased individual users and traffic significantly. Developed an innovative, video-based pedagogical approach to teaching vocabulary used extensively in all four levels of the University Foundation Program and featured prominently on UAEU-X, the university’s open, online courses created in partnership with edX.Presented original pedagogical applications based on a Vygotskian approach at International Teaching Conferences on 6 different occasions.

I created a concise, inspirational travel guide to Dubai and subsequent update syndicated to the travel rewards website of CHASE (with most of the content also being published on the AFAR website). I likewise did the same for the Westin Bahrain with an experiential travel guide to Manama.

Providing travel expertise (tips, reviews and advice) on a social networking website geared towards globetrotters and digital nomads looking for boots on the ground travel intel was my bread and butter on Trip (the website formerly known as Gogobot).

Birkat Al Mouz, Sultanate Of Oman

Bridged the learning gap for foundation level students through an Integrated English (IE) course. Trained cohorts in EAP on how to do research, annotate sources and create a reference list, APA style.Conducted research on the similarities & differences between Oman and Texan English which I presented at an ELT Conference at Sultan Qaboos University and was subsequently published. Omani and Texan English - Common Threads

Oman

Taught English for Academic Purposes (EAP) & English as a Foreign Language classes (EFL) in a foundation year program. Filmed & edited a recruitment video for CfBT about life in Ibri, Oman as an ESL teacher that has received 96K views on YouTube. Teaching English in Ibri, OmanCompleted 200 hours of Arabic Language training and passed through all four levels with a final exam score of 87%. Wrote a story about how teaching in Oman taught me the shades of Islam that was published on Matador. Muslim Fear: How Teaching in Oman Taught me the Shades of Islam

Cairo, Egypt

Instructional Specialist working in conjunction with AUC’s English Department, the Center for Adult Education and the Writing Center to deliver customized English courses for undergrads, graduates, business and government.

From producing a video about the Monsoon rains in Arabia to a podcast on the Islamic call to prayer and a travel story on the best spots to skateboard in Cairo, I cut my teeth at Lonely Planet and the now defunct Lonely Planet TV.

Bangalore, India

Initiated & sustained personalized Support Engineer accent neutralization programs, cross-cultural education and sensitivity training to second language learners in Bangalore, India.Presented TXT Messaging 101, one of the first forays into how to use mobile learning technology in the classroom at ThaiTESOL in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Sacramento, California

Served a diverse student population of first generation immigrants by prepping them for both the written and oral section of the U.S. Citizenship Test/Interview. Assisted in facilitating SLA (Second Language Acquisition) via error correction for second language learners aiming to improve their English proficiency through a Distance Learning Program.

Sacramento, California

Delivered a year long, custom designed course on Spanish grammar, vocabulary and conversation to three different groups of young learners (6th, 7th and 8th graders) at a non-profit learning institution.

Lugansk National Agrarian University, Ukraine

Recruited and trained by the US Peace Corps to act as a cultural and linguistic liaison to professors and grad students on issues of intercultural communication, and Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Modeled communicative methodology and approaches to promote critical thinking and problem solving skills. Developed my counterparts' capacity to continue similar work after my departure.

Valladolid Area, Spain

Centro de Idiomas (Language Center) - Facilitated a year-long course on English grammar, conversation and writing to intermediate learners in an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) setting.

Master Of Arts, Applied Linguistics

Studied the application of linguistics for purposes of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TEFL).

Advanced Studies Certificate In Tesol, Tesol

Activities and Societies: A year-long certificate course in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) which included classes.

Ba, International Studies

Graduated with the distinction Magna Cum Laude.