Academic Appointment & Experience
Language Teaching Experience (this page)
Other Relevant Experience
My career as a language teacher did not begin as a career. It began as a reason to live overseas for a year, which became four years in Czechia and Serbia. During that time I discovered that loved learning language, could tolerate teaching an additional language better than most people, and had a great deal to learn about linguistics, language, and pedagogical approaches before I could get any better at it. That is why I went into the MA in Applied Linguistics program at Georgia State University as soon as I returned home to the Atlanta area. From the beginning of my MA, teaching courses in the Intensive English Program paid for my tuition and stipend, and that continued until I moved on to teaching content courses in applied linguistics during my PhD.
Instructor of English as a Second or Foreign Language:
Georgia State University (matriculated students):
English Composition I (Fall 2012)
Emory University Goizueta Business School:
Reading for Case-Based Discussions (Summer 2012)
Writing for Business Courses (Summer 2012)
Intensive English Program, Georgia State University (Fall 2006-Summer 2009):
Academic Writing for University Exams (2 semesters)
Reading and Listening for Academic Purposes (3 semesters)
Oral Communication for Academic Purposes (2 semesters)
Extensive Reading (3 semesters)
University of Ostrava, Czech Republic (Fall 2004-2006)
Communicative English Language for majors, non-majors, and graduate students
Theatre Seminar in English
Kontext Language School, Belgrade, Serbia Feb 2006-May 2006
EFL Instructor and Teacher Trainer
Fishnet Language School, Ostrava, Czech Republic Aug 2002-Jan 2006
EFL Instructor
Testing, Translating, and Directing Theatre
Educational Testing Service
Rater, TOEFL iBT Writing 2007- 2009
University of Baghdad-Georgia State University Linkages Project
Teacher Trainer/Collaborator Spring 2013
Georgia State University GSTEP Examination
Written Examination Rater 2008-2013
Oral Interview Examiner/Rater Fall 2012
Translator – Czech to English
City of Rychvald, Czech Republic 2005
Language Institute of Atlanta 2007-2008
English Language Theatre of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Director, 2004-2006
