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Marco Rodrigo Alves Ferreira

                       SHIS QI 23 Conjunto 5 Casa 10

                            Brasilia DF 71660-050 Brazil                         

                                     

E-mail:marcorodrigoaf@yahoo.com                                             

                                     Skype: rodrigoferreira.net

                                                                      

                                                                    Curriculum Vitae

                                                                     SUMMARY            

    I have extensive experience in teaching English as a foreign Language both at private and pubic language schools and  also as a private teacher.

 I have been a licensed English teacher since 1990. I teach virtual classes from my home office in Brasília. 

 I have been teaching virtually since 2005.

 Blended learning/teaching is one of my favorite areas of research nowadays.

                                                  ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

•Complementação Pedagógica –  UniCEUB Brasília DF 1990 – A teacher’s training course offered to Cambridge CPE holders by the Department of Foreign Languages in Brazilian universities. The course is required by  the Ministry of Education in Brazil as an alternative route, other than obtaining a BA in  English, in order for EFL teachers to become licensed English teachers recognized by the Ministry.

• CPE Certificate of Proficiency in English – Grade A - Cambridge Univeristy, 1989 http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/general-english/cpe.html

•CPE Translation Certificate Grade B - Cambridge University, 1989 optional, additional paper of the CPE exam;  translation from and into English. (Brazilian Portuguese<>English)

The exam is no longer offered by Cambridge University due to a  lack of candidates who registered for this kind of qualification. I have never had a chance to take this Exam again in order to improve my grade from B to A.

 • TKT Teaching Knowledge Test Modules 1, 2 and 3 

Cambridge University , 2005

Band 4 on all certificates – on a scale in which 4 is the highest -

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/tkt/index.html#tab7

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/teaching-awards/tkt.html         

 .Michigan Certificate of Proficiency in English, Michigan University 1986

• Certificat pratique de langue française (1er degré) 1989  CEFR Level C1

 French literature, history and language – University of Nancy – France 

   http://www.univ-nancy2.fr/relint/autrespistes/bresil/le_nancy.html     

• Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache (German Certificate, ZD) CEFR Level B1

 Goethe Institut, Brasilia DF, 1991

   http://www.goethe.de/ins/de/prf/enindex.htm

• Introductory Teacher Training Course 1992-1993

   IBI – Independent British Institute Brasília DF

   Course given by Sarah Walker MBE, MA     

• Training Course in Simultaneous and Consecutive Translation 1996 - 1997   

  • Globo Tradução de Línguas BrasíliaDF                                                                  http://www.globotraducao.com.br/

 

• Languages:

Fluent in French, Portuguese and English.

Intermediate level in German and Italian.

Currently learning Russian by exchanging English/Russian lessons virtually through Skype with cyber friends in Russia and the Ukraine .

Current Occupation

Online English Teacher since 2005.

I  prepare students for Cambridge Exams and other purposes.

I teach students at various levels of proficiency, from beginner to advanced, all over the world.

                                      PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                              

     

  Private face to face English teacher 1987 – 2004.

 • Freelance reviews for Cambridge University Press.

 • EFL Teacher at ‘Secretária de Educação do DF’ (Public School System)

       Elefante Branco- Centro Interescolar de Línguas 1995-1997

 • EFL Teacher at Berlitz School (Private Language School ) 1987-1990

                               PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT                                 

                                                             

  • Extensive experience teaching online, a project I initiated all by myself in 2005 and which has been very successful and rewarding so far.

    • Reading in the fields of psychology, applied linguistics, neurosciences and marketing have been part of my daily routine for the past ten years.

  • Non-formal learning on new trends and idea exchanging on IT with a whole lot of cyber friends around the world, always with education in mind.

    • Attended a myriad of International Speakers given by  Cambridge University Press workshops in Brasília (Jack C. Richards,Michael McCarthy, Herbert Puchta,  among many others).

     •Audible online collection (www.audible.com) with over a thousand items, encompassing :

      Audio books, periodicals and audio magazine subscriptions. This has been one of my major investments in  listening extensively to enhance my knowledge in the fields of psychology, neurosciences, education, marketing, science and technology, management, business, history and other related fields.

   • Lifetime subscription at www.questia.com , a digital library where I conduct most of my research.