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EDWARD STAIGER

Current address:

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Farmingville, NY 11738

E-mail: **********@*****.***

Cell phone: 718-***-****

EDUCATION

Master of Arts, English, 1988

University of Minnesota Graduate School

Minneapolis

Bachelor of Arts, 1978

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis

EMPLOYMENT

Author//Journalist:

Milan Walks and Guides

A complete cultural guidebook (including the photographs) written about Milan, Italy. Published by Destinworld Publishing, Ltd. in August 2010

City Pages; Minnesota Daily; The Circle. Minneapolis, MN, USA May 1982 to January 1992. Wrote weekly column of film reviews. Wrote film-related articles, book reviews, conducted interviews with noted film directors and actors. Teacher of English as a Second Language:

ZONI LANGUAGE CENTERS, Brooklyn Campus

May 2019 - February 2020

Taught multiple levels of English: Beginner to Advanced. ALCC 229 West 36th Street

New York, NY 10018 Autumn 2015 - April 2019

Taught all levels of ESL classes including grammar, beginners to Advanced Learners, Intermediate level Writing, First Level Literature, and first level Communication classes. PREDOMINATELY SELF-EMPLOYED Milan, Italy January 2014 to July 2015 Clients included Calvin Klein (Italy); Rolex/Pisa Orologeria; Gameloft; Fiditalia; numerous individual lawyers/professionals and/or students preparing for examinations (including the TOEFL). Predominately clients seeking new level of fluency regarding business communication, written English skills, intensive vocabulary work regarding phrasal verbs and idioms (both American and British English standards). Emphasis on complex grammar structures (e.g. Present Perfect, Conditionals, Reported Speech, Verbs + infinitive/gerund). Darby School of Languages, San Donato, Milan, Italy February 2010 to June 2014 Teaching Corporate/Business English at the ENI corporation headquarters to both management- level individual clients and various groups and/or individual employees. MTT Language Center; Milan, Italy January 2007 to July 2015 Teaching professionals and students with objectives towards fluency and/or exam preparation

(including the TOEFL).

Language & Communication; Munich, Germany

Knowledge Point; Munich, Germany May 2004 to December 2006 Worked entirely with Business clients. With Knowledge Point, almost exclusively working in the major insurance companies, Allianz and Swiss Re. Focused on Business English, requiring intense grammar work. Also taught various seminars: grammar overviews plus an intense week- long seminar on Legal English at a Scientific Institute. At Language & Communication, many clients with ENEL, the major German electric utility company. As with the insurance companies, they required high level Business English standards. Among many other clients, I also had a two- year course at Merck Pharmaceuticals, where I taught general Business English, plus special topic-oriented afternoon-long seminars: Email writing, The Language of Presentations, The Language of Business Meetings and Negotiations.

MTT Language Center; Milan, Italy November 1992 to June 1997; February 1999 to December 2003

Taught general Business and/or conversation-centered English courses to all levels. Taught numerous students preparing for exams.

Additional Skills **Excellent knowledge and conversation skills in the Italian language

**TOEFL examination preparation**Fiction, theater and poetry writing **Extensive European travel skills**Extensive travel/study of Italian/European art with an emphasis on the Renaissance and Baroque **Counseling skills based on previous employment as Mental Health/Chemical Health counselor

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