Russian Language Instructor

SVETLANA MOSER

****A Watson Place, NW #*B • Washington, DC 20016 • 202-***-**** (h) • 202-***-**** (m) ********.*****@*****.***

EDUCATION

MA, Television Journalism, Literary Editing

Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation CERTIFICATIONS

Basic Supervision Course, Editing II, Thomas Pivowar, EEI

Trained and certified in the Berlitz teaching method

Currently attending the advanced Russian grammar and Russian Literature courses in Georgetown University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Russian language teacher 1984–2016

Summary of Qualifications:

Native speaker of Russian educated in Russian through high school and university

Knowledgeable about cultural norms and current usage of Russian

Conversant in teaching Russian to adult speakers of other languages

Knowledgeable and articulate about the grammatical features of Russian with proven ability to explain complex syntactic structures of Russian

Experienced in teaching Russian grammar, writing, speaking and listening skills

Familiar with current language-learning technology and assessment

Well versed in planning, developing, conducting, and evaluating curriculum for Russian language training, having designed, produced, and instructed Russian language material

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with people of diverse cultures and language groups

High level of spoken and written English, and English comprehension

Edited numerous student documents for proper grammar, logic, format, and style

Worked with Georgetown University students to successfully prepare them for the oral proficiency portion of the Foreign Service Exam

IMF (International Monetary Fund), Washington, DC 1994–2016 Translation Editorial Officer

Edited, proofread, and performed technical editing of a wide range of translated major IMF publications and time-sensitive documents.

Edited such highly visible publications as: World Economic Outlook, Regional Economic Outlook for Europe, External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users, Annual Report, Compilation Guide on Financial Soundness Indicators, Manual of Fiscal Transparency, Finance and Development, Balance of Payments Statistics Newsletter, Resource Revenue Transparency, Consumer Price Index, Producers Price Index, Civil Society Newsletter.

Edited a huge volume of high-profile correspondence, press releases, fact sheets press- points, public information notices, for Russian-speaking countries.

Actively participated in launching the IMF’s multilingual website; prepared many important articles for Web-publishing in Russian, including highly sensitive materials, such as executive interviews, IMF Survey Online, statements, bios, and speeches.

Established new procedures for streamlining production practices.

Ensured consistently high quality of IMF publications.

Initiated and implemented a coaching program for lower level proofreaders, editors and desktop publishers.

Facilitated communication with the External Relations Department.

Oversaw and coordinated projects, managed the editorial unit, monitored the successive stages of the publication process, and assigned jobs. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Desktop Publishing (Mac and PC), Adobe Photoshop CSIII, InDesign (Mac), Microsoft Office LANGUAGES

Native Fluency: Russian, English

Intermediate Level: French

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