Smiling7's Info
About Smiling7
In reverse alphabetical order, here are a few more words to describe me: wife, 'wannabe' global traveler, volunteer, TESOLer, Twitterer, recycler, poet, photographer, mom, listserv follower, floral designer, blogger, avid reader, more!
I have attended and presented at several conferences: local, regional, state, international, (both in person and virtually).
Locally, I do volunteer work for literacy and refugee organizations.
Other recent volunteer work is / has been with groups focusing on Community Dialogue, Undoing Racism, Poetry, Nature parks and trails, Storytelling, more.
Fifteen years ago I was very active in Parent-Teacher organizations, Camp Fire Boys and Girls Association (group leader and trainer).
Teaching Preferences
Focus:
- English ‘How to’ Topics (e.g. ‘How to write emails’)
- Business Topics
- English Words/ Grammar
- World Culture
Goals:
- I teach English to use in the workplace
- I want to teach English for non-workplace uses
- I teach preparation for TOEFL or TOEIC or other English tests
- I want to teach English used for travel purposes
- I am a native English speaker
Teaching Credentials
Education:
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1998: BS (double major) Education and English Literature, State University of New York at Oswego. summa cum laude GPA 3.87
Positions Held:
2004-2005 Visiting Professor of English, Catholic University of Korea (Songsim Campus), EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
1999-2000 Program Assistant, Office of African American Affairs, University of Virginia
1997-2000 Various Middle and High School teaching positions (English)
1973 - 1997 Various positions in the insurance industry, owner of retail floral shops, office manager of local weekly newspaper, more
Certifications:
*multiple professional development trainings completed
*member of VAACE (Virginia Association for Adult and Continuing Education), TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages),
ContributionsPoints: 32126
Community
Other Interests
Sports: ping-pong, kayaking, canoeing,, kayaking, canoeing, hiking, treadmill
Hobbies: floral design, walking, writing poetry, attending community events, armchair traveling,, walking trails through woods, poetry (writing and reading), learning languages (French, Korean, others), photography
Books: The Kite Runner, Poisonwood Bible, Haiku, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, many more
Music: Enya, Sweet Honey in the Rocks, international traditional, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Carole King, Fleetwood Mac, Moody Blues
Food: salads, shrimp, kebobs, hummus, cous-cous, stroganoff, homemade apple pie, honeydew melon
Keywords
- Obama
- flowers
- Seattle
- GoldStar
- President
- USA
- President-Elect
- photos
- questions
- family
- Funny
- up
- art
- PineNeedleBears
- curiousity
- map
- holes
- curiosity
- babies
- baby
- cloze
- 1955
- prices
- law
- lawsuits
- English
- words
- ESL
- ESOL
- USAlearns
- poem
- Online
- poetry
- Virtual
- cancer
- audio
- transcription
- idioms
- expressions
- EFL
- Korea
- traditional
- Festival
- Korean fan dance
- leaves
- maple
- autumn
- fall
- Han River
- rice fields
- Korean
- hanok
- dynasty
- picnic
- misty
- river
- Han
- stupas
- park
- Achim Goyo Gapyeong
- camp
- Tent
- campsite
- Photo
- fun
- smile
- Sun
- shade
- umbrella
- pronunciation
- sounds
- vowels
- chart
- stampede
- Black Friday
- Walmart
- Groups
- chat
- snapvine
- Documents
- recordings
- answer key
- vocabulary
- TOEFL
- GRE
- humor
- USA Learns
- online learning
- FREE resource
- Flickr
- Bookr
- pimpampum
- make your own books online
- shooting
- toysrus
- mystery
- guess
- pregnant
- pregnancy
- community
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