Experience

American University of the Middle East (AUM)

• Kuwait
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• ESL Senior Instructor

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Teaching intensive writing courses in the English Preparatory Program, School of Engineering. Teaching intensive writing courses in the English Preparatory Program, School of Engineering.



Chatham University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• ESL Instructor

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2016

  In Summer 2016, I was teaching Intermediate Grammar and Intermediate Listening & Speaking to non-degree students from India and Saudi Arabia. In Spring 2016, I was teaching Advanced Composition to exchange students from Japan as well as Basic Writing and Intermediate Grammar to non-degree students from Saudi Arabia and Brazil. In Fall 2015, I taught Intermediate Grammar to international non-degree students and Academic Writing Workshops to a group of international graduate students from China. Apart from that, I worked as a tutor for graduate students. Particularly, I assisted students with their written and oral assignments, including but not limited to, critique papers, literature reviews, and oral presentations. Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  Assisting with a mix-method longitudinal study on language learning experiences and language development of Chinese Nurses studying in a graduate program at an American university. Major responsibilities - data collection, coding, and administrative work.

• Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  In summer of 2015, I was doing my internship in the English Language Program at Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. As an intern, I assisted ESL instructors in designing and implementing lesson plans as well as evaluating students' academic performance. Precisely, I worked in the following classes: Reading (low intermediate level), Grammar (intermediate level), Research Papers (advanced level). Apart from classes, I worked extensively with English language learners/users in various ways outside the classroom, including tutoring, TOEFL and IELTS preparation, informal conversations, counseling, planning and participation in extracurricular activities, etc. Show less



Universitetsky Lyceum

• Petrozavodsk, Russia

• English Language Teacher

  • Aug 2012 - Apr 2013

  I conducted English lessons in elementary, middle, and high school. Precisely, I taught English in 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades*. All the lessons were designed and implemented in accordance with the national curriculum standards for foreign language learning and teaching in Russian general educational institutions as well as students' needs and academic progress. I focused a lot on communicative aspects of the target language. *In many cases in Russian public general educational institutions, a foreign language teacher teachers at all school levels simultaneously. Show less