Spanish Teacher Lecturer

Charles Francis Drake

Oropesa del Mar, Spain, ***94

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Personal Details:

nationality: dual nationality, Irish & British • civil status: Single Tri-lingual communicator with fluency in English, French, and Spanish. Dedicated and focused Senior Lecturer with extensive experience in teaching English, French, and Spanish language courses. Proficient in developing English, Spanish, and French lesson plans to enhance learning opportuniCes. Able to develop instrucConal and behavioural modificaCon strategies to improve students’ mastery of coursework. Innate ability in creaCng sCmulaCng learning environment to emphasise mutual respect. Capability to deliver competency-based instrucCons and lead classroom discussions to improve learning outcomes.

Education and Credentials

Cambridge/RSA Cert TEFL, Marble Arch Teacher Training, London Post Graduate Cer:ficate in Educa:on, Queen s University of Belfast Diploma de Estudios Antropológicos, Universidad Católica, Lima, Perú M.A. in French (Maitrise de LeFres Modernes), Université Stendhal of Grenoble, France B.A. Honours in French and Spanish, Queen's University of Belfast Professional Experience

INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATION, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Lecturer of English as a Foreign Language, Sept 2019 to Oct 2020 Taught English as a foreign language to adults. Planned, prepared, and delivered lessons, and helped students improve their listening, speaking, reading and wriCng skills via individual and group sessions. Prepared and set tests, examinaCon papers and exercises and provided appropriate feedback on oral and wri\en work. Devised and produced new materials, including mulC-media resources. Managed and moCvated difficult learners, as well as sCmulated disaffected learners and controlled minimum number of pupil loss per class. I a\ained 100% a\endance from September to June.

• Prepared and provided effecCve training material to students, which resulted in 100% pass rate of government trainees in end-of-term English tesCng. KING SAUD UNIVERSITY, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Lecturer of English as a Foreign Language, Jan 2019 to May 2019 Classes taught were to students of medicine whose level was CEFR C1. I conducted examinaCons and recorded all data electronically. I successfully undertook in-house observaCon. All students completed their course correctly thanks to a range of materials, apps and teacher-lead iniCaCves. INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATION, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Lecturer of English as a Foreign Language, Sept 2017 to June 2018 Classes were to adults and teens seeking placements in government insCtuCons. I devised exams, corrected both wri\en and oral tests and produced materials to bolster the InsCtute’s in-house documents. All data was recorded electronically. Again my a\endance at work was 100% over a longer contract term of one year. AGORA LLEDO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Castellon, Spain Teacher, Oct 2016 to June 2017

Tracked student progress and presented it to parents, created tests as well as reinforced classroom rules, and co- ordinated with school administraCon to prepare students for standardised external Cambridge ESL tests.

• Taught Cambridge (FCE) classes resulCng in 100% exam pass rate. Also created Saturday fun classes for children and teens without any curriculum.

LAUDE BRITISH SCHOOL OF VILA-REAL, Spain

ESL Department Head Teacher, Mar 1999 to Summer 2016 Led and managed English as a second language department, implementaCon of curriculum, monitoring achievement of students and effecCveness of teaching, dealing with all operaConal and record keeping requirements. Provided strong academic leadership, as well as developed the department to ensure it achieved the highest possible standards of excellence in all its acCviCes. Annual pass rates in external examinaCons were over 95% with 50%+ B to A*. I was also teaching As level Spanish coupled with IGCSE French and Spanish as an auxiliary member of the MFL dept. We had pupils who were complete beginners, omen staff children who all got top Edexcel IGCSE grades. Addi$onal experience as the Owner-Manager at Ok College, Vila-real, French and Spanish Teacher to A level at Saint Patrick's High School, Worth School, St. Bees School and Methodist College, all in the UK, 1984 to 1999. Charles Francis Drake – Winal page.

Community Service

Volunteer, Praxis (Mental Health Charity), Belfast Mentored a man with socio-adapCve disorder who needed to overcome problems to fully integrate into mainstream society. With my leadership and friendship, Gordon was eventually able to reach a higher degree of independence.

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