Eric Major Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

Teach a mixed Grade 10/11/12 accelerated ESL class to international students with an emphasis on helping them receive Ontario High School credit courses.

Toronto, Canada Area

Teaching a course that emphasizes the development of literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills necessary for success in academic and daily life. Students will analyze challenging literary texts from various periods, countries, and cultures, as well as a range of informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on using language with precision and clarity and incorporating stylistic devices appropriately and effectively. The course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 12 university or college preparation course.

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Administer practice diagnostics for the LSAT test to students who want to prepare for their LSAT exam.

Toronto, Canada Area

Administer the TOEIC Listening and Reading tests on a monthly basis both privately (students who attend PGIC) and publically (General public). Read out the test guidelines, hand out pencils and other necessary test-taking items, maintain the academic integrity of the examination. Make sure that students properly spaced out and not looking at others' exams. Monitor the room to ensure that students are not using cheat cheats or copying from others. Note any erratic or strange behavior. Collect the tests and any other materials administered during the examination when the test is done.Read more : http://www.ehow.com/info_8245066_duties-proctor.htmlRead more : http://www.ehow.com/info_8245066_duties-proctor.html Perform the necessary paperwork.

Teaching students in the business sector on-site for a pre-determined contract period with an emphasis on communication, vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic expressions.

Markham, Ontario, Canada

Teach ENG3U and ENG4U.

Toronto, Canada Area

Taught various classes (Business English, General English, and Communictions) to International students. Assisted in intake of new students, interviewing them and placing them in the various levels.Asked to run the Communications Club.

Toronto, Canada Area

In charge of 30 volunteers to put on a festival of Brazilian cinema, arranged for co-presenters for individual films, organize hotel reservations for guests, oversaw the printing of festival booklets and posters including proofreading all materials, organize an opening night party and a closing night concert. Represented the festival at the Toronto Film Festival Association.

I taught the Intermediate level at Alexander Mackenzie High School on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and at Vaughan Secondary School on Friday evenings.Taught an intermediate class with an emphasis on grammar and conversation through writing, speaking, listening, as well as Canadian cultureSubstituted for other teachers in various classes.Registerd students as well as assess them on the first day of classes with on-going intake.

Taught various courses to International students with an emphasis on communication and conversation for Academic Purposes.Substitute for other teachers in such topics as English Through Photography, Street Talk (Idioms), English Through Film, and PresentationsLead students on various after-school field trips.

Organize events, get discounts for our members at various places around the GTA

I was in charge of most of the events, planning them, sending out invites and the actual execution of the event. I liaised with other groups and businesses to get discounts for our members.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for soliciting advertisements for a blog for Brazilians living in Toronto. Attended various city-wide events as a photographer, such as Much Music Video Awards, Canadian Music Week, various arts and musical premieres (AGO, ROM, Jersey Boys, Miss Saigon, South Pacific).

Taught English course to international students with an emphasis on preparing them for university in Canada.Implemented self-made curriculum to work on all the areas of language learning – speaking, writing, listening, grammar, and reading while following government guidelines. Took students on fieldtrips around the Greater Toronto Area to make them aware of Canadian life. Ie. Queen’s Park, Kensington Market, St. Lawrence Market, various locations of the Toronto Public Library, Riverdale Farms, etc.

I taught several sections of ESL934, which is the ESL Writing class right below College English. The course focuses on refining the essay by developing awareness of audience and the use of appropriate registers. In addition, this course was designed to develop students' expression of critical thinking and the ability to write objectively. This course also introduced the students to the research essay.

Taught an intermediate level ESL class to students from French speaking countries with a focus on improving their oral and written communication. Taught a college level English course with particular emphasis on the development of speaking, listening, reading, writing, researching and thinking skills.

Taught several sections of two college-level course (ENGL 160 and ENGL 170) designed for ESL students and introduces the students to the standards of college level English with a focus on reading and speaking skills vocabulary development, grammar rules, sentence variety and paragraph development

Bachelor Of Education, Specializing In Teaching English As A Second Language

Bachelor Of Arts, English Literature, Minor In Education

Dec, Social Sciences