Martha S. Held

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Bloomington, IN 47404

812-***-****

ab6x9t@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martha-held/48/799/98a

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- Bridges both cultural and generational gaps through language and

listening

- Develops cross-cultural insights that result in a creative approach to

problem solving

- Targets an individual's needs for a customized path to the right

resources and opportunities

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Cross Cultural Communications/Translation/Interpretation:

French/Pashto/Dari/Arabic

- Studying Advanced Dari at Indiana University

- Led English as a Second Language class for native Thai, Dari and

Fulani speakers: teaching a self-designed course tailored to the

students' present levels and requisite goals

- Interpreted Spanish and English for host-client families during

Habitat for Humanity effort

- Nominated by the Brown University Dean of Students to the prestigious

Building Understanding Across Differences program as an internal

ambassador to promote and spark inter-cultural interaction and

understanding within the Brown community

- Engaged in Indiana University's SWSEEL intensive Dari language

program

Teaching: Curriculum Development/Delivery

- Designed and delivered customized ESL curriculum for Bahasa Indonesian

student

- Developed and delivered phonetics-oriented French course for business

travelers

- Created custom SAT curriculum that not only provided content learning

but also addressed test-taking anxiety and challenges of ADD. Used a

holistic curricular approach to put student's efforts in the context

of longer-term educational and career goals.

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Program Development: Content/Writing/Marketing

- Proposed and successfully launched first University Kurmanji Kurdish

language course in North America. In promoting course enrollment to

prospective students, linked employment possibilities to language

studies.

- Coordinated program marketing and admissions advising process for

University department, resulting in largest incoming graduate class to

date.

- Developed marketing concept and copy for new French language course

that increased language class enrollment.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

VITAL ESL Program, Monroe County Public Library 01/2011-

English as a Second Language Tutor 06/2013

Habitat for Humanity

07/2012-

08/2012

Spanish and English Interpreter

Martha Held Language and Tutoring

SAT Prep Tutor, ESL Tutoring, Translation 02/2010-present

City of Bloomington Dept. of Parks and Recreation

French Language Instructor 01/2011-03/2011

Indiana University Department of Near Eastern Languages and 09/2005-

Cultures 05/2006

Graduate Assistant in charge of overseeing the international

and domestic

application process to NELC

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Providence, RI

Spanish/English Interpreter 05/2004-08/2004

Brown University Building Understanding Across Differences

Program 2003-2004

Internal Student Ambassador

EDUCATION

Indiana University

December 2009

M.A., Arabic Language and Linguistics

G.P.A. 3.8/4.0

Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Courses: Advanced Arabic, Advanced Pashto, Intermediate Intensive Dari,

Iraqi Arabic, Kurmanji Kurdish, Persian Farsi, Azerbaijani

Brown University

May 2005

A.B., French Language

G.P.A. 3.7/4.0

Courses: Spanish for Social Service, Advanced French, Arabic, Immunology

AWARDS AND HONORS

More than $270,000 in academic scholarships received, including the

following:

- U.S. Department of State Title VIII Fellowship to study the Dari

Language

- U.S. Dept. of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship

Awards

Four scholarships received for Kurdish, Arabic and Azerbaijani

Language Studies

- Indiana University, Graduate Assistantship Awarded in exchange for

full tuition

- Brown University, Alan J. and Doris C. Freedman Merit Scholarships

Full tuition, merit-based scholarship received for studies at Brown

University

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Languages: English, Spanish, Pashto, Dari, Arabic (MSA and Iraqi), and

French; Persian Farsi, Azerbaijani, and Kurdish. Speak, read, write and

transcribe the languages listed.

Pashto DLPT V (October 2012) 2; Pashto Oral Proficiency Inventory score

(March, 2013) : 3

Dari DLPT V (April, 2013: Validation Version) 2; Dari Oral Proficiency

Inventory score: 2+

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