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MARCUS ANDREW MARTINS English Teacher Materials Developer Teacher Trainer Tutor

Apartment B07-04 Huynh Tan ! Phat Street, District 7, HCMC

0084 909 384 601 ( [email protected] *

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BACKGROUND

Thank you for taking the time to read about my working and educational history. My academic interests include second language acquisition, World Englishes, Corpus Linguistics, Reflective teaching, Systemic Functional Grammar and other linguistic fields. Personal interests include reading, travel and outdoor activities. I am fortunate enough to have had some success in my teaching career and enjoyed very much working in all my previous appointments. My students’ progress is of the utmost importance to me and I do all I can to guide them through their educational journey. I enjoy developing materials and courses based on learner needs and I am an advocate of teaching 21st century skills, and autonomy in the classroom alongside language learning. I am most keen on Applied Linguistics and I keep up do date by reading the latest academic articles published in various journals around the world, with an obvious focus on Viet Nam. I plan on continuing a research agenda in order to contribute to the development of language learning, especially within Vietnam. I am also interested in English as a Lingua Franca and how English is used by Non-Native speakers for international communication, or ELF (English as a Lingua Franca). As many of my learners have gone on to study abroad I have also found much interest in sharing western cultural aspects of life in the UK and the US and Europe, in order to better prepare them for study life in western nations. On my Master’s course at Portsmouth I was fortunate enough to be guided by the likes of Dr. Mario Saraceni and Dr. Glenn Hadikin, who were instrumental in my progress. Study skills and good learning habits are vital to the success of overseas learners and as I feel responsible for part of their success I feel it necessary to equip them with the tools they needs to achieve their learning goals.

EDUCATION

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MA IN TESOL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Sep 2013 – Dec 2016

MA in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (2016) University of Portsmouth Dissertation Independent Research Project: An Investigation into perceptions of Vietnamese teachers on models of English for Language Instruction (2016)

JOB EXPERIENCES

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 YEARS TEACHING ENGLISH AND TEACHER TRAINING

STUDY DEPARTMENT LEADER

AND TEACHER TRAINER HEAD TEACHER

2013 - Present

KIEN THUC VIET (KTV) Bien Hoa – Dong Nai

• Managing teachers and teaching programs • Head of training and professional development • Course development • Curriculum/syllabus design • Materials development • Testing development

Responsibilities include both teaching and management. During my time at KTV I was awarded the opportunity of leading the school in terms of methodology and curriculum. The owners of the school placed all matters pertaining to teaching an learning in my domain. During this time I set regular workshops with teachers on methodology and reflective teaching.

ENGLISH TEACHER STUDY DIRECTOR

Jan 2010 – 2013

THE HE MOI NEW GENERATION ENGLISH CENTER KTV KIEN THUC VIET ENGLISH CENTER VIETCOM BANK (STATE OWNED NATIONAL BANK) LAC HONG BILINGUAL SCHOOL Bien Hoa – Dong Nai Responsibilities included;

• Communication classes• Cambridge YLE classes• IELTS proficiency classes (Band 5-9)• Interviewing and Hiring personnel• Course Development• Scheduling Teachers and staff• Designing and implementing syllabus and curriculums

ENGLISH TEACHER Jan 2008 – Dec 2009

KIEN THUC VIET ENGLISH CENTER (KTV) BAT BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Bien Hoa – Dong Nai Responsibilities included;

• Communication classes• Business English classes• ESP classes• Class management and testing• Analysis and Feedback on progress to both individual learners and

parents


VATC VIETNAMESE AMERICAN TRAINING COLLEGE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT BIEN HOA DONG NAI SOCIAL REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM NIKE COMPANY BINH DUONG PROVINCE, VIETNAM Responsibilities included

• Communication classes• Business English classes

• ESP classes• EAP classes• Standardized test preparatory classes (IELTS and TOEFL)• Class management and testing • Analysis and Feedback on progress to both individual learners and

parents


SITC SINGAPOREAN INTERNATIONAL TEACHING CENTER HCMC Responsibilities included

• Communication classes• EAP classes• Standardized test preparatory classes (IELTS and TOEFL)• Business English classes• ESP classes• Class management and testing • Analysis and Feedback on progress to both individual learners and

parents

SKILLS & INTERESTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ } Teaching and testing communication English to various levels, up to and

including current TOEIC, TOEFL and IELTS tests } Proficient in use of computers and modern mediums of communications } Experience in Blending learning and flipped classrooms } 13 Years teaching English to all levels from complete beginners to advanced

level students } Skilled in lesson planning and course building (based on student needs) } Experienced in working with both Children, Young teenagers and Adults } Interested in SLA (Second language acquisition) } Interested in World Englishes } Interested in Corpus Linguistics and the use of technology in the classroom } Interested in teaching methodologies and reflective teaching } Experienced in teaching both general and academic English } Ability to test and place students in acceptable levels } Understanding and knowledge of Cambridge young learners tests, including,

Starters, Movers, Flyers, and further development tests (KET and PET) } Designing and Leading teaching methodology workshops for teachers } Syllabus and Curriculum Design } Needs Analysis } Avid reader of academic articles pertaining to linguistics and language

learning

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