Clara Bendahan Masliah

ESL teacher

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I am not currently in Canada. However, I am LMIA exempt I am covered under NAFTA/

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Over 10 years of experience in teaching English as a Second Language.

Strong background in improving the language acquisition among students through different methods for grammar and communication.

Proven skills in the teaching industry.

Demonstrated ability to make students participate in different oral practice to improve pronunciation and fluency.

Professional communication skills include fluency in English and Spanish.

B.Sc. in English language and MSc. ICT in education.

Computer skills include: MS Office, internet and email.

Working on several platforms: Zoom, Google meet, skype, Microsoft teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ESL teacher 2020 - current

Academia Europea, Nicaragua.

Helped advanced students to improve their fluency through different conversations based on different topics already selected.

Worked with big sessions of students of a variety of levels with an average of 18 students per session.

Taught with a grammar book contextualized with social situations to allow students to participate in class by asking questions, sharing examples, interacting in role-plays, etc.

Stimulated intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced students to perform oral presentations from different TED Talk videos; so that, they can support their ideas.

Clarified any kind of doubts that students have and complementing the answers with videos related to the subject or extra websites for grammar exercises.

ESL teacher 2017 - 2020

Linglobo, Argentina.

Taught ESL to youngsters and adults from different levels (public in general) to stimulate and develop all the language skills.

Worked with communicative-based books according to the students’ levels.

Combined interactive websites for ESL learners with the printed material stimulates students to participate in their progress consciously.

Applied a communicative approach through simulations that occur in everyday life such as performing an interview on the radio, being a broadcaster, requesting, offering help, and others.

ESL teacher 2016 - 2020

Pensaris ltd, Argentina.

Taught ESL to chiefs, supervisors, and directors from mining enterprises and construction companies.

Worked with specialized books like marketing, business, customer services, and negotiations based on different departments’ needs.

Opened classes with hypothetical cases from different areas so that students can analyze or recommend possible solutions through debates or simple conversations.

Worked with beginners from the elementary level till pre-intermediate with general English materials.

Junior and Semi senior English teacher 2005 - 2016

UBV, Venezuela.

Taught English to different faculties. Worked with designed materials to develop listening and reading comprehension for academic purposes.

Implemented technological resources to teach reading comprehension through digital academic materials.

Worked online with beginners to identify main and secondary ideas and identify implicit and explicit information.

Taught General English to beginners, who were from some other faculties using English for communication purposes

Tutored beginners to improve the target language through grammar explanations and exercises.

Lead The Language Coordination to create a language center to students and teachers that they can interact among them through theatre plays and different events.

Selected language teachers to be hired by the university to work with different faculties during 2008-2009.

Cooperated with National Language Coordination from other provinces to organize events related to communication through different activities.

EDUCATION

Instituto Pedagogico de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela Oct 1998 – Jul 2005

B. Sc. in English Teacher Dec 2005

Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela Sep 2006 – May 2010

MSc. in ICT for education Dec 2010

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