Tom Holmes Email & Phone Number

Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal

- Taught over 10,000 hours of classes in Portugal (to date).- Adapted and digitised materials for multi-media delivery via Zoom, including online testing.- Managed content delivery in the school’s own VLE.- Gained experience both in online teaching and in delivering blended learning, owing to regional & national COVID requirements.- Curated materials suited to process writing online, looking to simulate scaffolded learning in breakout rooms.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

- Invigilated AS- and A-Level National examinations after completing JCQ training.- Completed Level 1 Safeguarding training.- Completed HM Government's Prevent Training to identify signs of radicalisation in students.- Subscribed to an Enhanced DBS Criminal Background Check on the renewal service.- Worked as a freelance academic writing skills tutor.

Lisbon, Portugal

- Taught English as a Foreign Language to Portuguese students ranging from young learners to adults, focussing on everything from absolute beginners to Cambridge exam classes (FCE, CAE, CPE).- Focussed primarily on oral fluency using the direct method, our lessons typically ranged from 50 minutes to 3 hours long, with groups of up to 16 students.- Contributed materials to the school’s Online platform ‘Cambridge School Online’, in addition to annually helping create end of year tests and materials for colleagues.- Delivered one-to-one private lessons teaching English for Specific Purpose (ESP).

Master Of Arts (Ma), Applied Linguistics And English Language Teaching, Distinction

Dissertation Area: Linking Adverbial Use & Cohesion in Academic Writing Modules: Descriptive Linguistic Analysis Syllabus Design &.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Literature, First Class Honours