Résumé

Name: A. Lassissi Odjo

Address: ***-** ********** *******, *******, M1G 3T9, Canada

Telephone: 416-***-****

Email: adyysk@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in English May,2004

Department of English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Master of Arts in English 1981-1983

Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo

Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English (completed in nine months) 1976-1977 Université de Niamey, Niamey, Niger

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics and English Language Teaching 1980 Moray House College of Education (now Herriot Watt University), Edinburgh, Scotland

Graduate Certificate in English and Education 1975 School of Education of Education, University of Leicester, England

“French 505: Problems in the Teaching of Foreign Languages” 1986-1987 Department of French and Italian, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Ontario Teacher’s Certificate (English, ESL, French) 1993 Ontario College of Teachers, Toronto, Ontario

EMPLOYMENT

Instructor

Laurentian University, Barrie, Ontario 2011

Responsible for teaching English 1706 (Introduction to Literature, Critical Reading, Effective Writing-About-Literature). Instructor 2009

Division of English Skills, Seneca College

Teaching Assistant, then Instructor

Department of English, UBC, Vancouver, B.C. 1997-2002 Teaching Assistant

Responsible for teaching Backgrounds to English Literature, Effective Writing, The Short Story, Department of English, University of Toronto 1991-1995

Instructor

Responsible for teaching First-Year French, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 1991 Instructor

Responsible for teaching Adult ESL, English for Special Purposes, French for Graduate Students, Department of Modern Languages, Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA

Instructor 1975-1985

Teaching ESL in Togo and Niger in Secondary Schools RELATED EXPERIENCE

Volunteer Instructor, Scarborough Centre for Heathy Community, Markham Road, Scarborough Helped the Graduate Advisor in the Department of French at U.B.C. (Dr. André Lamontagne) evaluate the credentials of Francophone African students seeking admission. Student Advisor/International-Student Advisor/Counsellor Speaker, “L’Afrique et la Francophonie: le Cas du Togo,” Division of French, Continuing Studies, UBC (July 21, 1998)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

I am a native-speaker of French (Togo), and have taught it in American colleges and universities Multi-Lingual (German, native-speaker of French)

Translator

Interpreter

Co-ordinator of English Language Teaching (English to Speakers of Other Languages, Ministry of National Education, Togo) 1980-1985 Translator and Interpreter

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