Edward Thornton
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Experience
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المجموعة السعودية لمدراء المشاريع
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Saudi Arabia
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Community Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Freelance translator (Indonesian-English) and editor/proofreader
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1997 - Present
Clients have included a wide range of NGOs, companies and private individuals. Clients have included a wide range of NGOs, companies and private individuals.
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Deloitte Touche Solutions
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Jakarta
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Language Consultant
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Feb 2006 - Feb 2019
Duties included editing documents written in English and consultation on them with the writers; translation of documents (Indonesian into English and English into Indonesian); and planning, preparing materials for, and teaching English language training programs including Business Writing Skills, Business Communication Skills, Oral Presentation Skills and General English Upgrading. Duties included editing documents written in English and consultation on them with the writers; translation of documents (Indonesian into English and English into Indonesian); and planning, preparing materials for, and teaching English language training programs including Business Writing Skills, Business Communication Skills, Oral Presentation Skills and General English Upgrading.
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Language Consultant
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Apr 2002 - Dec 2005
Duties included editing documents produced in English and consultation on them with the writers; translation of documents (mostly from Indonesian into English); and planning, preparing materials for, and teaching English language training programs including Business/Technical Writing Skills, Business Communication Skills and General English Upgrading. Duties included editing documents produced in English and consultation on them with the writers; translation of documents (mostly from Indonesian into English); and planning, preparing materials for, and teaching English language training programs including Business/Technical Writing Skills, Business Communication Skills and General English Upgrading.
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Executive English Programs
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Jakarta, Indonesia
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Director of Studies
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1983 - 2002
April 1990 – April 2002: Director of Studies Responsible for managing teaching staff, academic aspects, and administration of in-company training programs, out-of-town intensive programs, and public classes in EEP’s Wijaya Language Center. Developed specialized training materials for company classes. Taught TOEFL Preparation, GMAT Preparation, and in-company classes (mostly Business Writing Skills and Business Communication Skills). October 1983 - March 1990: Senior English Language Instructor/Materials Developer, later Assistant Director of Studies Developed and taught specialized materials for numerous full-time residential training programs for personnel in oil and gas related industries. Coordinated, developed materials and taught on a 16-week intensive TOEFL Preparation program for Indonesian Family Planning officials preparing for study in the US. Seconded full-time to Marathon Petroleum Indonesia Ltd. for 15 months; designed, developed and taught a 900-hour pre-employment training program. Taught Business Writing, Business English, English conversation and tailor-made programs to companies. Prepared materials for and taught public classes including TOEFL Preparation, English for Overseas Study, Business English, and Business Writing. Show less
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Education
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San Francisco State University
M.A., English (TEFL/TESL) -
University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Linguistics -
International House, Bangkok
Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults