Curriculum Vitae

JOHANNA STIRLING

55 Havelock Road

NORWICH

NR2 3HQ

ENGLAND

Telephone: (01603) 624743

I am an experienced, committed EFL teacher/teacher trainer, who has worked at the Bell Schools in Norwich since 1986. I have taught a broad range of course types and have been involved in a variety of academic projects and held several responsibility posts. I have produced teaching materials and presented workshops at international conferences.

Teaching, Teacher Training and Course Directing Experience

· I have held a six-month post as Assistant Academic Manager and another six-month post as Course Co-Ordinator at the Bell School in Norwich.

· I have directed and worked on a variety of overseas teachers’ courses.

· I have been Course Director for Bell off-site courses and have directed many closed group and one-to-one courses.

· I have worked on many CTEFLA or CELTA courses since 1994, many of which I directed. As well as courses at Bell Norwich, I have worked in Melbourne, Australia.

· I am also of course a general English teacher with experience of a wide range of levels and types of groups including Business English, Cambridge Examination classes, ESP and some EAP.

· I wrote two modules for an online Business English course for the Bell Distance Learning Unit.

· I have conducted action research on vocabulary learning, the results of which I presented at the 1998 IATEFL Conference in Manchester and TESOL Paris 1999.

· I also conducted research into the teaching of spelling and as a result produced self-access materials, a report, an INSET session and a magazine article.

· I have written two research papers for the Bell Curriculum Development Project, on the subjects of vocabulary and homework.

· At the Bell School I have run several in-service teacher development sessions and given a workshop at Bell Summerfest.

· I have written teaching materials including a set of tasks for use in the language laboratory, various self-access materials, some Norwich listening and speaking projects and a practice material pack for the LCCI SEFIC examination.

Employment:

July 91- Present EFL Teacher and Teacher Trainer at Norwich Bell Language Schools (Old House and Bowthorpe Hall)

Oct 90 - Apr 91 EFL Teacher at International Language Centre, Paris

Oct 86 - Oct 90 Social Programme Organiser at Bell Language School, Old House, Norwich (plus part-time teaching after CTEFLA Course completed).

1980 - 1986 Various jobs including theatre administrator, marketing officer, travel agent, advice worker, running own catering business.

Academic Qualifications:

1980 BA Hons Degree: Creative Arts (2:1) (Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic, England)

1989 RSA Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults: Grade B (Bell School, Norwich, England)

1991 RSA Diploma: Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults: Pass (Bell School, Norwich, England)

Date of Birth: 17th May 1958

Nationality: British

Other interests: Dancing, Gardening, Arts, Travel and Life in general