George Smith Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Plan and deliver English lessons on professional communication to UN staff and mission delegates at UNLF Levels II and III. Contribute to the design and standardization of curricula for multiple courses.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

User Experience Researcher: Conducted qualitative and quantitative research methods, including user interviews, surveys, usability testing, and data analysis, to inform design decisions and enhance user satisfaction for digital products.Curriculum Design:Collaborated cross-functionally to manage the end-to-end curriculum development process. Ensures alignment between Mango's curricular assets and K-12 world language education standards.Product Design Consultant:Directly informed the development of language learning products via extensive literature review and R&D activities. Content Creator:Created podcasts, videos, and blogs on various topics in linguistics and SLA. Optimize content for SEO for product marketing campaigns.

Coordinator and chief proofreader at Smith Proofreading, a private proofreading and copy writing firm. We provide consultation and editing services for our clients pertaining to their documents, which range from Dissertations to Personal Statements for Graduate School applications.Clients are mostly from academia with some Business Professionals as well.Highlights ability to creatively design material for websites/documents/cover letters which captivate the reader. Highlights astute attention to detail.

Carry out corpus-based vocabulary research projects using Python-based NLP tools.Manually annotate speech transcripts and texts to create ground truths for model evaluation.Perform data manipulation in pandas and create data visualizations using matplotlib and seaborn.Sample projects include:Smith, G. (2021). Do you know Brian-ese? Applying NLP and text analysis to one year of the Brian Lehrer show. Available at https://gfredriksmith.com/do-you-know-brianese/Smith, G. (2012). Heroes vs. Villians: Two more cases studies. Available at https://gfredriksmith.com/heroes-vs-villains-two-more-case-studies/Smith, G. (2021). Heroes vs. Villains: An NLP case study of lexical sophistication in Aladdin. Available at https://gfredriksmith.com/heroes-vs-villains-a-case-study-of-lexical-sophistication-in-aladdin/Smith, G. (2021). Scraping the web: The MIT OpenCourseware corpus of academic spoken English. Available at https://gfredriksmith.com/scraping-the-web-the-mit-opencourseware-corpus-of-academic-spoken-english/

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Part of dynamic team of PhDs and language experts responsible for developing the course “English for speakers of Japanese”. Aligned learning content with CEFR A2 proficiency benchmarks and standards.Wrote Python-based scripts to automatically annotate linguistic content, construct rule-based grammars, and query language corpora with the goal of creating and evaluating language learning materials.

Honolulu, Hi, Us

Specialized in corpus linguistics, English for academic purposes, and task-based language teaching. Completed advanced seminars in Natural Language Processing, quantitative/qualitative research, and learner corpus research. Dissertation focused on exploring the relationships among vocabulary knowledge, individual differences, and metacognition in second language listening comprehension.

Honolulu, Hi, Us

Lecturer for SLS 302 (Second Language Learning). Introduced students to basic theories and concepts in the field of Second Language Acquisition.Teaching assistant for SLS 480P (Pedagogical Grammar). Covered theories and pedagogical techniques underlying the teaching and acquisition of second language grammar.Guest lecturer for SLS 303 (Second Language Teaching). Designed and led workshops on pedagogical techniques for teaching second language vocabulary.

Honolulu, Hi, Us

Managed small teams of curriculum area teachers to ensure alignment with curriculum goals and classroom practices. Also responsible for onboarding new teachers and encouraging/monitoring their professional development.Carried out ongoing curriculum development activities, including needs analysis, objective writing, materials development, assessment development, and program evaluation.Encouraged the development of international students’ academic listening, speaking, and writing skills using a research-based approach (grounded in corpus linguistics and task-based language teaching).

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Project - Evaluating text-to-speech synthesizers: Under the supervision of Dr. Walcir Cardoso, led a team of researchers for a project aimed at objectively evaluating the quality of state-of-the-art text-to-speech synthesizers. Coordinated efforts related to participant recruitment, data collection, data analysis, and report writing.Project - Lexical correlates of L2 pronunciation: In collaboration with Dr. Kazuya Saito (University College London), implemented a series of research projects aimed at examining the lexical correlates of proficient L2 speech. Responsible for participant recruitment, data collection, and report writing.Project - Structural priming and task-based interaction: Under the supervision of Kim McDonough, carried out a project aimed at examining the relationship between structural priming and cognitive individual differences. Coordinated efforts related to participant recruitment, data collection, data analysis, and report writing.

Contributor to the monthly English phonetic magazine for Japanese learners of English "1000 HOUR HEARING MARATHON" (１０００時間ヒーリングマラソン)Duties include creation of original skits and dialogues using various phonetic targets to be used as the English language examples in the magazine. Emphasizes creative, copy writing ability, adherence to deadlines, and the ability to relate cross-culturally to learners of English.

Aided / Lead the instruction of Junior High school students in regards to the English language and cultural aspects of North America.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Second Language Studies

Master'S Degree, Applied Linguistics

Bachelor Of Commerce, General Management

International Baccalaureate