English Teacher Engineering

Kawther Hadj Amor

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Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1988

Address: Sousse, Tunisia

Email: *******.******@*****.***

Master Degree in British and American Literature

Middle and High school Certified Teacher

English teacher for the Ministry of Education

Career objectives: As an experienced and motivated English lecturer, I am willing to delve in a new international experience. I strongly believe in active learning; therefore, my lessons are student-focused. I am keen on using my background English knowledge and my classroom management techniques in order to create a great learning atmosphere which will make the learning process a pleasure. These features make me able to provide a good quality and effective learning.

WORK EXPERIENCE

English teacher at The National Engineering School of Sousse – Tunisia (ranked second best engineering school in Tunisia)

November 2016 – till now

Teaching the English language, technical English and English for communication to Master’s Degree students under the program PROJET TEMPUS.

Teaching the English language to second and third year engineering students. Subjects taught: General English, Business English, Technical English, elective IELTS preparation, elective British and American literature.

Teaching scientific English to Master’s students (MASTECH + HiT4Med).

Teaching scientific English and academic writing to PhD students.

Ensuring that all students have deep knowledge of the terminology and jargon they are supposed to master.

Preparing students for their technical careers by equipping them with the needed language tools among these: describing processes, writing manuals, organizing equipment and tools, describing health and safety requirements, troubleshooting conversations, giving instructions…

Developing the students communication skills by teaching them the specialized language and vocabulary required for the engineering field and boosting their presentation skills.

Enhancing students writing by teaching them how to write persuasively, write abstracts, engineering reports, procedures and precautions.

Providing the students with deep knowledge about types of business, operating business and marketing.

Teaching business topics such as stock market, accounting, economic crises and business ethics.

Equipping the students with the needed knowledge that makes them mature and active members of the business world.

Teaching IELTS including spoken English to the students and preparing the needed resources for that.

Maintaining healthy and motivational educational environment.

Keeping records of grades, grade papers, and performing other administrative duties as needed.

Supervising projects of end of studies and master’s theses written in English (language and diction assessment).

Proofreading scientific articles published under the name of the university.

English teacher at Blidet High School

September 2014 – November 2016

Corrected with fellow chosen teachers the exams of the National baccalaureate examination.

Taught the English language, literature and TOEFL to high school students (grades 10, 11 and 12).

Prepared creative lesson plans and sharing them among grade level teachers.

Raised the students’ standard skills to the competency level of first language usage.

Developed and established analytical and inferential skills

Used different strategies to promote critical thinking.

Tracked students’ progress in internal and external assessments.

Promoted interactive, student-centered learning.

Created beneficial learning environment and encouraging students to learn.

Taught debate and public speaking: held discussion groups and debate sessions to which all students positively contributed by developing and supporting their opinion.

Taught creative writing by assisting students with their literary abilities, created an inspiring writing atmosphere and taught writing techniques that helped students genuinely write poetry, fiction, non-fiction and plays.

Collaborated with other teachers and admin staff to maintain discipline.

Effectively communicated with other team members.

Enhanced professional skills by attending training and professional development sessions.

Provided guidance and advice to students in order to boost their self-confidence.

Actively participated and initiated extra-curricular activities such as clubs, trips and charity actions.

Catered for the specific needs of students by providing enrichment and support sessions.

Substitute English teacher at The National Engineering School of School

September 2012 – June 2014

Effectively devised and delivered lessons which fulfilled the needs of engineering students.

Developed and implemented stimulating learning strategies for mixed ability classes.

Led and facilitated classroom discussions around proscribed topics and set / graded class presentations.

Monitored student reading, guided their research and graded papers and examinations.

Partnered with staff and fellow teachers to identify students' educational needs and develop a quality improvement plan for implementation in different engineering schools.

Started the ENISO English Language Club

Online English teacher at SUPADOM School - Teaching English to French young learners

2010 – 2014

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

2016-2017: 1st year PhD student at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Sousse

Thesis topic: Toward a Narrative Psychology of Meaning in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair, Fielding’s Tom Jones and Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice

2014: Master’s Degree in British and American literature

Thesis topic: Psycho-narration in James Joyce’ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

2010: Bachelor of Arts

Skills

Languages: English, Arabic and French

Computer Skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Padlet, Socrative, Nomad, Kahoot, Edmodo

Pedagogical Skills: Ability to inspire and communicate with students from different learning environments and cultural backgrounds.

CERTIFICATES AND TRAININGS

Certificates

November 2017

IELTS Academic: Band Score (7.5)

June 2014

CAPES: Middle and High-School Teaching Certificate

Training

August 2014: Participant in a pedagogical training with The Ministry of Education

Summer 2010: Participant in a training on inter-personal relationships and emotions management

Summer 2009: Participant in an English Language Village

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