Experienced English teacher offering to help to improve your language skills.

Sevilay's CV

Sevilay KÜÇÜKSU

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Sex Female | Date of birth 07/06/1977 | Nationality Turkish Cypriot

JOB APPLIED FOR
English Language Teaching
WORK EXPERIENCE

2020 August – Present


2019 February – August 2019

2013 - 2015

2012 - 2013

2010 – 2012


2004 - 2010


2002 – 2004

2001 November – 2001 December


2000 – 2005





2001 July – 2001 August






1998 March – 1998 December
English Teacher
Eastern Mediterranean University, Modern Languages Division

Content Review
Accenture (YouTube)
Hays (Facebook)

English Teacher
Istanbul Technical University, North Cyprus Campus

University Promotional Staff
Istanbul Technical University, North Cyprus Campus
I travelled to other countries in order to promote the university

Foreign Relations Secretary
Eastern Mediterranean University Union of Academic Staff
• Managed communication with other teacher unions around the world

English Teacher
Eastern Mediterranean University, School of Foreign Languages
• I had experience teaching English to university students, police officers and public school teachers

GSM Operator
TURKCELL, Customer Relations Department

Worked as a assistant teacher in an after school organization to teach Maths, Turkish and English to primary school students

The co-ordinator of Youth Encounters for Peace groups
YEP was a bi-communal peace group financed by UN in order to help building peace between Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities

• Organised Conflict Resolution and Peace Building workshops

Internship
TESOL Department of American University, Washington DC
• Completed all the given work
• Observed classes
• Developed communicative skills

Private Teacher of primary and secondary school students




EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2010 July – 2010 August







2007 – 2008



1997 – 2001







2001 June – 2001 August





Seminars/workshops CELTA
University of Cambridge, London

Learners and teachers, and the teaching and learning context
Language analysis and awareness
Language skills
Planning and resources for different teaching contexts

M.A. European Studies and Linguistics
Université Michel de Montaigne , Bordeaux


B.A. High Honours, English Language Teaching
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Famagusta, N. Cyprus
Approaches in English Language Teaching
Educational Psychology
Linguistics
Language Acquisition
Language Teaching Methods

The Washington Semester Program and The Centre for Global Peace
The American University, Washington D.C.

Took part in the discussions concerning conflict resolution and peace building
Received courses from various lecturers about conflicts all over the world and other issues


13 December, 2017 ‘Using Very Short Films’, Alan Pulverness
4 December, 2017 ‘Assessing Speaking and Writing’, Prof. M. Riazi
13 November, 2017 ‘How to integrate Thinking Skills into ELT, Alan Mackenzie



PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s) Turkish

Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English C1 C1 C1 C1 C1
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Greek A1 A1 A1 A1 A1
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Levels: A1/A2: Basic user - B1/B2: Independent user - C1/C2 Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages


Communication skills Team work: I have volunteered in various types of youth organizations (national and international) where I teamed with people to organize and run workshops
Mediating skills: I attended long-term conflict resolution and peace building trainings the United States of America and Cyprus. I also attended workshops on ‘Mediating at School’.
Intercultural skills: I volunteered for ENOA (European Network of Animation) for more than 10 years where we organized trainings on ‘Active Youth Participation in Decision Making Process’ for young people all over the world.

Organisational / managerial skills My experience in youth work and teaching helped me gain excellent organisational and managerial skills:
leadership (in classroom and workshops I organised)
management skills (I gained in international workshops I attended)
team management (in youth work)
decision making (in class and youth work)
organising and getting involved in social and cultural activities such as international night, expedition and excursion

Job-related skills








Computer skills classroom management
planning, preparing and delivering lessons to a range of classes and age groups
preparing materials, examination papers and exercises
good listening skills
patience
creativity (while trying to involve students into lessons)
preparing workshops


competent with most Microsoft Office programmes






Other skills Analytical thinking
Enjoy sports particularly cycling, running and CrossFit. Travelling and experiencing different cultures is a passion for me.

Driving licence B

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Given workshop • How to study, learn and practice vocabulary to students of all levels