Katie

Profession: Spanish as a second language instructor
Education, Teaching
I taught Spanish as a second language to children using a communicative approach for one year.

English as a second language instructor
Education, English Language Instruction, Teaching
I taught English as a second language to adults for 3 years using a communicative approach.

Preschool teacher
Education, Teaching
I taught preschool (3-5 year old) for four years.

Grammar Teaching Assistant
Education, Teaching
I taught grammar to university students for one course.

Linguistics (phonology) research assistant
Research
I assisted a professor in research related to phonology (glottal consonants).

Language and Education Consultant
Research, Education, Training and Development
I work as a consultant with communities to develop language learning and multilingual education programs. I help develop curricula and materials as well as train others in linguistics and all aspects of language learning.

Substitute teacher
Education, Teaching
I was a substitute teacher for grades Kindergarten-12th grade for one year.

Academic Tutor
Education, Teaching
I tutor American schoolchildren in English Language Arts

Interests: I’m also a language learner! I know Burmese and am learning Thai. I have also studied Spanish and Arabic. So I know what it is like to learn a language.

My hobbies are running, swimming, yoga, drawing, traveling and watching movies!

Education: BA English/Linguistics
English Language Instruction, Education
I studied English and Linguistics, including how to teach languages. I also minored in Spanish and graduated cum laude.

MA Applied Linguistics
English Language Instruction, Education
I studied multilingual education, second language acquisition, literacy, grammar, phonetics, phonology, and more.

Spoken Languages: English (Native), Burmese (Fluent), Thai (Conversational)

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