PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

- Casa Thomas Jefferson

  Teacher, Teacher Trainer, Online Teacher, Educational Technolgy Team

  since January/2002

 

- CNA - Instituto Cultural Norte-Americano

  Teacher

  August/2000 - December/2001

 

- Instituto Cultural America

  Teacher

  March/2000 - August/2000

 

 

EDUCATION

  • PhD in Linguistics – UnB - Universidade de Brasília – in progress
  • MA in Applied Linguistics – UnB - Universidade de Brasília – December/2008
  • BA in English Language and American and British Literatures – UnB - Universidade de Brasília – December/2006
  • Teaching Lisence in English Language and American and British Literatures – UnB - Universidade de Brasília – December/2006 


COURSES ATTENDED

  • 6th CTJ TEFL Seminar - Brasília, July/2008 
  • Braz-TESOL One-Day Seminar – Brasília, May/2008
  •  42nd TESOL Convention - New York City, April/2008
  • TESOL Electronic Village Online – online, January/2008 – “Becoming a Webhead”
  • TESOL Electronic Village Online – online, January/2008 – “Music Bridges”
  • VIII CBLA – Congresso Brasileiro de Lingüística Aplicada (Brazilian Congress of Applied Linguistics) - Brasília, July/2007
  • 5th CTJ TEFL Seminar – Brasília, July/2007
  • CONNECT - Webheads Convergence – online, May/2007
  • Braz-TESOL One-Day Seminar – Brasília, March/2007
  • TESOL Electronic Village Online – online, January/2007 – “Becoming a Webhead”
  • 10th Braz-TESOL National Convention – Brasília, July/2006
  • 4th CTJ TEFL Seminar – Brasília, July/2005
  • 9th Braz-TESOL National Convention – Belo Horizonte, July/2004
  • 3rd CTJ TEFL Seminar – Brasília, July/2004
  • TDC (Teacher Development Course) - Casa Thomas Jefferson – Brasília, August 2001 - June/2004
  • 25th Regional One-Day Seminar of Braz-Tesol – Brasília, November/2003
  • 2nd CTJ TEFL Seminar – Brasília, July/2003
  • 8th Braz-Tesol National Convention – Florianópolis, July/2002
  • 1st CTJ TEFL Seminar – Brasília, July/2002
  • 4th Southern Cone Tesol Convention - Curitiba, July/2001
  • 20th Regional One-Day Seminar of Braz-Tesol - Goiânia, May/2001


WORKSHOP/SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

  • Learning With Computers e-group - "Designing Online Quizzes and Activities" - online, October/2008
  • 3rd FAJESU Spring Festival - "English a a User-Generated Language" - Brasília, Spetember/2008
  • 6th CTJ TEFL Seminar - "Blogging the Writing Process with Teens" - Brasília, July/2008
  • 6th CTJ TEFL Seminar - "English as a User-Generated Language" - Brasília, July/2008
  • Braz-TESOL One-Day Seminar – "English as a User-Generated Language" - Brasília, May/2008
  • 42nd TESOL Convention EV Fair - "Blogging the Writing Process" - New York City, April/2008
  • Public School Teachers Immersion Program - "IT Resources for Teachers" - Recife, December/2007
  • VIII CBLA – Congresso Brasileiro de Lingüística Aplicada (Brazilian Congress of Applied Linguistics) – “A Internet como Poderosa Ferramenta de Interação na Sala de Aula de Língua Estrangeira” (The Internet as a Powerful Tool of Interaction in the Language Classroom) - Brasília, July/2007
  • 5th CTJ TEFL Seminar – “The Machine is (Using) Us” - Brasília, July/2007
  • CONNECT - Webheads Convergence – “Blogging with Students: Ideas to Enhance Communication” - online, May/2007
  • Braz-TESOL One-Day Seminar – “Audacious? Try Audacity” - Brasília, March/2007
  • 10thBraz-TESOL National Convention – “The All-Method Method” - Brasília, July/2006
  • 4th CTJ TEFL Seminar – “The All-Method Method” - Brasília, July/2005
  • 4th CTJ TEFL Seminar – “Enrich your Classes Using Digital Cameras and Camcorders” -  Brasília, July/2005
  • 9thBraz-TESOL National Convention – “Making Errors Work For the Students, not Against them” - Belo Horizonte, July/2004
  • 3rd CTJ TEFL Seminar – “Making Errors Work For the Students, not Against them” - Brasília, July/2004
  • Free-lance presentation for public school teachers – “Making Errors Work For the Students, not Against them” - Brasília, July/2004
  • 2nd CTJ TEFL Seminar – “Listening Without the CD Player” - Brasília, July/2003
  • Casa Thomas Jefferson’s In-Service – “Listening Without the CD Player” - Brasília, January/2003
  • 8thBraz-TESOL National Convention – “Better Assess your Students’ Writing Creating your Own Rubrics” - Florianópolis, July/2002


PUBLICATIONS

  •  Member of the editorial committee of the journal Revista Desempenho (ISSN 1667-9797) since 2007. 

  • “Out of the Reflective Box” - Essential Teacher, coming December/2008 - volume 5, number 4 -  ISSN 1545-6501
  •  “Helping Brazilian Speakers Refine their Pronunciation of American English” – New Routes, September/2004, number 24 – ISSN 1516-3601
  • “Vocabulary Teaching in an EFL/ESL Environment” - CTJ Journal, April/2004, volume 42 - ISSN 1678-9431
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