I have been teaching ESL classes for 11 years. The first school where I taught English was located in Brazil (Escola Americana). In Cincinnati, I taught individual classes at Berlitz Language School. My most recent teaching job was at ELS at the University of Cincinnati. The types of students that I have had are executives, students with plans to study in the U.S., family members who recently moved to the U.S. In Brazil, all the students were Brazilians and mostly beginners. At Berlitz I taught different levels, and mostly executives and their families. At ELS, their were 12 levels of classes and it was an academic program. My schedule was from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Many of my students were Saudi Arabians and Chinese, who planned to study in the U.S. At ELS, I taught classes which concentrated on reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Reading classes concentrated on reading comprehension. In writing classes, students were expected to write up to 5 paragraph essays. Listening classes included various ways of practicing listening and understanding. Speaking classes involved students practicing speaking while using correct grammar; often the students had to make speaking presentations in classes. I have also taught classes of common idioms, music practice with English lyrics, intonation, vocabulary, and pronunciation. I speak French, Spanish, and some Portuguese. My French was learned from my mother, who was French Canadian. I had to learn Spanish when I got married to a Colombian. When we lived in Brazil, I had to learn some Portuguese. It has always been enjoyable teaching ESL because as I teach students, I am always learning many details from my students about so many different cultures. Traveling to other parts of the world has always motivated me to continue working with people from other parts of the world. Besides teaching ESL, other positions I have had involved working with Hispanic population here in Cincinnati in social service agencies. I look forward to tutoring students who need help in perfecting the English language.

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