Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California (December, 1997)
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature & Teaching Credential in English
Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan (March, 1996)
Completion of 110 hours of course work in teaching Japanese
Arc Academy, Osaka, Japan
Advanced speaker of English; beginning level learner of Chinese;
native speaker of Japanese.
College EFL Instructor - Senzoku Gakuen Junior College(September 1999 to Present)
Design and teach various EFL classes to Japanese college students. The classes include freshman and sophomore English composition, TOEFL preparation, listening, and speaking. The classes are conducted exclusively in English.
College
Level ESL Teacher - Senzoku Gakuen Junior College Summer Intensive
Program; Senzoku Gakuen Junior College Bridge Program, Educational Consulting
International, Aptos, California (ECI) (August 1998; March to June 1999)
Designed a preparation course on North American academic culture and language for the college students who will attend American universities. The class utilized authentic materials such as application forms, sample essays and college course syllabus. http://members.aol.com/Maihata/Syllabus.html
ESL Teacher - Academic Advantage Summer Intensive Program, ECI (June
1998 to August 1998; June 1999 to Present)
Co-designed curriculum and taught English grammar, reading, listening and TOEFL preparation to Japanese students. The class was conducted primarily in English.
ESL Teacher - Senzoku Gakuen Junior High Summer Intensive Program,
ECI (July 1998 to August 1998)
Designed a content based syllabus on endangered species and computer skills.
Taught basic computer skills using Microsoft Word and Netscape.
Designed a web site using AOLPress on endangered species with students.
ESL Teacher - Pacific Grove Adult School, Pacific Grove, California
(July 1997 to August 1997)
Taught beginning level English in all areas to students of varying age groups from South America, Europe and Asia, as a practicum student teacher.
Co-designed communicative team-teaching lessons. The class was conducted in English.
Grammar Drop-In Center Instructor - Monterey Institute of International
Studies, Monterey, California (January 1997 to May 1997)
Assisted advanced level international graduate students who required academic writing instruction in various disciplines.
EFL Teacher - Osaka Minami High School, Osaka, Japan (June 1995)
Taught English grammar, reading, writing, speaking and listening to first year and second year high school students in their native language (Japanese) as a practicum student teacher.
Created activities for speaking and listening class with a English native speaking teacher.
Japanese Teacher - Monterey Institute Custom Language Service, Monterey,
California - (June 1997 to July, 1997; March 1998)
Taught Japanese to advanced level American persons. The class was conducted primarily in Japanese.
Created an original syllabus based on needs analysis with an emphasis on speech acts such as greeting, requesting and rejecting in business and travel context.
Japanese Tutor - Independent Contractor, Monterey, California (January
1998 to Present)
Tutored context based Japanese and grammar to an intermediate level student based on informal needs analysis.
Created original activities for speaking and listening.
ESL Program Administrator - Educational Consulting International,
Aptos, California (May 1998 to present)
Served as a bilingual counsellor for long term students.
Supervised conversation partners who helped students learn through various activities.
Researched American colleges and universities to provide sister colleges for a university in Japan.
Translated documents from English to Japanese using Japanese.
Activity Guide - Monterey Institute of International Studies, California (July 1997 to August 1997)
Organized cross-cultural activities and opportunities for the ESL students from Japan to practice their English in a summer intensive ESL program.
Served as a cultural and language liaison for the students and their host families.
Curriculum Design - Shanghai Tandem Software Systems, Shanghai, China
(May 1997)
Helped to design a language and cultural training curriculum for Chinese engineers working in US companies as subcontractors. Conducted extensive and detailed needs analysis using e-mail questionnaires, checklists and interviews not only with the Chinese engineers in US and Shanghai, but also with American managers who work with the previous students.
Test of Sociolinguistic Competency for Japanese Speakers of English -
Project for MIIS Language Testing Course (May 1997)
Created and piloted a diagnostic test which measures the ability to use English interpersonally and appropriately in various context, such as apologizing, accepting apologies or expressing gratitude. Performed statistical item analyses, including item difficulty, item discrimination, split half reliability, and inter-rater reliability.
Integrating Journal Entries to Intensive ESL Curriculum
Paper presented at TESOL Conference 2000 (Expected March 2000) Vancouver, Canada
TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
CATESOL (California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Traveling to other countries; American culture and customs; movies, novels,
and music from around the world.
Barney Eredia - President, Educational Consulting International
170 Carol Way, Aptos, California 95003 Tel: 408-684-2661 Fax: (831) 684-2753 E-mail: Barney_eredia@eci-ca.com
Osamu Takeuchi - Associate Professor, Applied Linguistics and Educational Technology, Kansai University
2-1-1 Ryozenji, Takatsuki, Osaka 569, Japan E-mail: takeuchi@res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp
Dr. Jean Turner - Associate Professor, Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics, Monterey Institute of International Studies
425 Van Buren Street, Monterey, CA 93940 Tel: (831) 647-4100 Fax: (831) 647-4199 E-mail:JTurner@miis.edu
Dr. Lynn Goldstein - Associate Professor, Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics, Monterey Institute of International Studies
425 Van Buren Street, Monterey, CA 93940 Tel: (831) 647-4100 Fax: (831) 647-4199 E-mail:LGoldstein@miis.edu