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Nationality: |
Portuguese | |
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Contact Address: |
Bayswater Rd, Leeds | |
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Email Address: |
@yahoo.co.uk | |
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Date of Birth: |
10th December 1981 | |
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Mobile: |
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EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
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Licenciatura (4 year course equivalent to BA) in Modern Languages and Literature: English & German |
1999 - 2004
University of Lisbon Year 3 was spent at the University of Potsdam, Germany, on the Erasmus exchange programme. Modules I was particularly interested in included: Introduction to Selected Problems of Present-Day German Language, German Cultural Studies and Language Variation in Contemporary English. |
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EPLE |
July 2004
Officially recognised Certificate in Teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language at CIAL, a language school in Lisbon |
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DSH |
July 2003
Deutsche Sprachpruefung fuer den Hochschulzugang: Official exam in German for Higher Education at the University of Potsdam, Germany |
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Residential Summer Course in Germany |
August 2000
4-week course in German language, literature and culture held in Leck, Germany. The theme of the course was the European Union, and participants were from 9 different nationalities |
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KEY SKILLS
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German & English |
Studied to advanced level at school and throughout my degree |
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Italian |
Completed level V (grade B - 18/20) of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Lisbon)
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Spanish |
Fluent in spoken Spanish, having lived near the Spanish border all my life before leaving Portugal and had extensive contact with Spanish people and culture |
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Computers |
Proficient user of Microsoft Word, good keyboard and internet research skills |
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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Language Teaching Assistant Teenagers (11 to 15-year-olds) |
ENGLAND: October 2005 - present
My role is to support students in foreign language learning both in and out of the classroom, individually and in small groups at Woodkirk High Specialist Science School (Tingley, Leeds) |
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Freelance Tour Director: NETC Teenagers (14 to 18-year-olds) |
SPAIN & PORTUGAL: April - July 2005
Tour Director for large groups of American students on cultural visits of Europe. Responsible for planning, organisation and logistics of tours, as well as promoting learning and cultural awareness of countries visited. |
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Reservation Agent: Traveljigaw |
ENGLAND: December 2004 - April 2005
Employed at Carhire3000/Traveljigsaw as a multilingual reservation agent. Duties included website translation (into Portuguese), contacting suppliers in Portugal and Spain, and carrying out telephone reservations using a computer database. |
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Portuguese Teacher (Volunteer) International Society Adults |
ENGLAND: January - March 2005
Voluntary Portuguese classes for students at Manchester University International Society |
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“Future Capital” Project 8 to 12-year-olds |
PORTUGAL: May - September 2004
Designed and carried out an EU-financed project entitled “Playing with Portuguese”. Its main target was reinforcing the learning of Portuguese by immigrant children in a Portuguese primary school through a variety of arts and crafts and musical activities, communicative games etc. |
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Private Portuguese Classes Adults |
GERMANY and PORTUGAL: 2003 - 2004
Gave individual classes in spoken and written Portuguese for foreigners while on the Erasmus exchange, and subsequently in Lisbon. |
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EFL teacher 6 to 9-year-olds |
PORTUGAL: April - June 2002Substitute English teacher for Portuguese children in Kids Club, a language school in Lisbon. |
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EVS Project 4 to 12-year-olds |
GERMANY: September 2001 - March 2002
European Voluntary Service: six months in Germany in Kindertagesstaette Waldstrasse e.V. Pinneberg, Hamburg, a playschool with children from a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, some of which with learning and behaviour problems. My responsibilities included assisting and motivating children with homework and developing various activities, some of them connected with my own culture, and focussed on raising awareness of cultural differences. |
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OTHER EXPERIENCE
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Theatre Workshop |
PORTUGAL: May - July 2002
Intensive workshop (8 hours per week for 12 weeks) covering various aspects of dramatic expression. |
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Seminar: “Nachdenken nach Auschwitz“ |
GERMANY: November 2001
Seminar about current problems relating to xenophobia in Berlin. |
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Seminar: Preparation for European Voluntary Service |
GERMANY: September 2001
Multi-cultural seminar with other European volunteers concerning the EVS programme, German culture and European issues. |
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Interpreter and salesperson |
PORTUGAL: July 2001
1 week in FIA, an international fair in Lisbon, selling handicraft products. |
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INTERESTS
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Language and travel:
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I have always been interested in language, and enjoyed travelling as a way of practising my various language & communication skills. I have travelled in a number of European countries and South America, and lived in Germany for almost 2 years. |
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Music: |
As a child I studied music in the Conservatory of Castelo Branco for a total of seven years (from the age of 5 to 12), of which 4 were dedicated to learning the violin, and 3 the piano. |
OTHER INFORMATION
Full, clean driving license (since March 2004)
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