Michael Ward Email & Phone Number

Hualien County, Taiwan

- Instructed 500+ 3rd to 6th grade students per week in collaboration with local Taiwanese English teachers­- Designed semester-long assessments and teaching materials, leveraging limited resources - Created monthly school-wide cultural activities­- Drafted bi-weekly lesson plans and evaluative reports- ­Attended 200+ hours of workshops on intercultural communication and effective teaching strategies

Michigan Speech Production Lab

-Worked directly with Principal Investigator to ensure expeditious completion of linguistic research projects-Trained first- and second-year students to use the Praat speech analysis software, and oversaw their research related to language acquisition-Reviewed the work of all other lab members to ensure uniformity in data management and accuracy in statistical analysis-Coded C++ programs to assist with data computation and webpage design, and wrote Excel functions to calculate statistical data and increase overall work productivity-Managed Principal Investigator's personal webpage using HTML and CSS: umich.edu/~nhenriks

Brussels Area, Belgium

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Translated software from English into French on topics related to IT computer managementWorked in collaboration with other translators, and with members of the software development teamReviewed the grammatical, lexical, and pragmatic accuracy of translations made by other team members

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Master Of Arts - Ma, Bilingual Education, 4.0

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Romance Languages And Linguistics With Highest Honors And High Distinction, Minors In Computer Science, Chinese Language, And Translation Studies

Activities and Societies: Residential College (French Immersion Track), Violinist and violist in the Michigan Pops Orchestra, Michigan.

French Immersion In Brussels, Belgium

Coursework: Urban and Socio-Economic Development of Brussels - A+ (18.5/20) History and Politics of Belgium - A+ (18.5/20) Belgian Art.

Critical Language Scholarship

Participated in 160 hours of advanced (4th year) Chinese instruction in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening over 8 weeks.

Intensive Spanish Language

Studied Spanish in the highest group out of a possible 7 levels as a summer student at Cursos Internacionales. Coursework: Translation.

Intensive French Language

Activities and Societies: Chess Club, Photography Club Studied French in the highest of 4 levels at the Middlebury College Summer.

High School Dual Enrollment, Advanced Japanese Language

Pursued advanced coursework in Japanese at Oakland University as a Junior and Senior in high school. Coursework: Business Japanese.