Richard Shaw

• Teaching a variety of courses including academic writing, phonology, listening, debate, and UNIcert (B2&C1 exam preparation) at the Centre for Languages and Key Competencies (ZESSKO) • Preparing and delivering courses, and writing and marking end-of-course tests Using Moodle as the central course management system (CMS)

- Conducting regular in-house teacher training - Observing teachers and giving constructive and practical feedback - Mentoring newly-inducted trainers - Producing cohesive and tailored course programmes to satisfy specific job roles and requirements - Teaching on a wide range of business English courses and Cambridge exam courses (BEC) with students in mid/high-level management and trainees at large corporations, including Bayer, DB, 50 Hertz, Landesbank

- Managing general school operations working closely alongside the Director of Studies - Teaching on the Teaching Skills for Teachers programme - Conducting in-service continuing professional development sessions - Observing teachers and giving guidance and mentoring - Creating and writing EFL materials for a series of coursebooks for the company’s summer schools - Preparing the school for British Council and ISI school inspections - Attending monthly senior management meetings

- Teaching general English at a variety of levels from beginner to advanced - Delivering exam preparation courses such as IELTS, and FCE Organized and often leading excursions and frequently took part in out-of-school student activities

- Teaching a wide range of students from young children to the elderly, groups, one-to-one, beginner to proficiency level, general, and business English. - Writing regular blog posts for the company website about my experience as an expat English teacher

- Theory and practice of applied linguistics and TESOL - Materials writing - Discourse and pragmatics - Independent learning project - Thesis: The effects of immediate repetition of 'real-world' tasks on complexity, accuracy, and fluency in second language oral production