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Mariam
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BusinessKidsTest PreparationPassionate about teaching and learning ❤️❤️❤️
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English
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Armenian
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Russian
French
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BusinessKidsTest PreparationPassionate about teaching and learning ❤️❤️❤️
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From ArmeniaLiving in Yerevan, Armenia (12:49 UTC+04:00)
About Me
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Hi. I’m Mariam and I'm happy to have you here on my profile.
I speak Armenian, English, Russian and French. I’m passionate about both learning and teaching languages. My other hobbies include reading, watching movies and sports.
I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics and a Master’s Degree in Pedagogy (teaching English). With over 9 years of experience in teaching English, I genuinely enjoy my work. I’ve also had the pleasure of participating in numerous conferences and training courses and earning various certifications, including TEFL.
I'm a good listener who is
✅supportive
✅enthusiastic
✅easy-going
✅patient
Looking forward to helping you communicate more fluently and effectively!Me as a Teacher
I have over 9 years of experience teaching English. I began my journey as a volunteer, followed by an internship at a school. Then I started working as a lecturer at a local university, teaching English to international students of different levels, ages and backgrounds, giving me extensive experience with diversity and inclusion. Additionally, I worked at the university’s Center for Development and Education Quality Assurance. Now I’m working as a trainer in an educational organization.
Therefore,
🔴I adapt to various learning styles
🔴foster an enabling environment
🔴focus on clear and effective communication.My lessons & teaching style
I plan and structure lessons together with my students. The key to successful teaching is meeting learning outcomes and ensuring quality. I always take my students' needs into consideration and adjust lessens to their needs.
I encourage you to make time to simply enjoy speaking English. I’m confident you’ll have a great time learning or enhancing your skills with me.
🔴Our classes will be filled with practical activities aimed at improving your speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
🔴Expect interactive and dynamic sessions where we set clear objectives, learning outcomes and work steadily towards achieving them.
I truly love my job and can’t wait to start our class!My teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Test templates and examples
- Text Documents
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Homework Assignments
- Video files
Certificates
Teaching Business English - The TEFL Academy - 2024In August and September 2024, I took a TEFL course on Teaching Business English (30 hours), organized by the TEFL Academy. On September 12, I received my certificate. The course was about modern teaching methods that apply to teaching business English for specific purposes and industries.
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Teaching English to Young Learners - The TEFL Academy - 2024In August 2024, I took a TEFL course on Teaching English to Young Learners (30 hours), organized by the TEFL Academy. On September 5, I received my certificate. The course was about modern teaching methods that apply to young learners.
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Kick-Off Meeting - Erasmus+ - 2024On January 25-26, 2024, I took part in Erasmus+ SIN-NEC project kick-off meeting in Teramo, Italy towards internationalization of universities and received a certificate.
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Teaching for Outcomes: A Course in HEI Pedagogy - AC FNMT Usuarios - 2023In 2023, I participated in a very engaging and productive online course on "Teaching for Outcomes: A course in higher education pedagogy".
Duration: 15 weeks
CREDITS: 30 ECTS
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From theory to practice: activities - Pearson English - 2021On May 5, 2021, I participated in a webinar on " From theory to practice: activities for any classroom" by Pearson English. The webinar focused on how different theories that underlie what we do in the classroom and how we can apply what we know about language learning to more effectively help learners in both the face-to-face and online teaching environment.
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An Introduction to Learner Agency Session 1 - Oxford University Press ELT - 2021On April 14, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "An Introduction to Learner Agency Session 1" organized by Oxford University Press ELT. In this session, the importance of supporting learner agency in today’s classroom was discussed and the role of the teacher in nurturing independent learners with a lifelong investment in learning was explored.
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Supporting learners with dyslexia for Cambridge En - Cambridge Assessment English - 2021On February 18, 2021 I participated in a webinar on "Introducing the new Teacher Guides supporting learners with dyslexia: for learners preparing for the Cambridge English Qualifications from Pre A1 Starters to B2 First for Schools". The session offered practical take-away tips, activities and techniques for teachers to try in class with learners preparing for exam levels from the Pre A1 Starters up to B2 First for Schools.
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Designing for Agency in the Digital Classroom - Oxford University Press ELT - 2021On April 28, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "Designing for Agency in the Digital Classroom Session 2" organized by Oxford University Press ELT.
The session was devoted to explaining how we can adapt our approach and practice to help learners develop their agency, giving them a sense of control and ownership over their learning.
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Formative assessment - Pearson English - 2021On May 4, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "Formative assessment: the principles and practicalities of assessing young learners’ English skills from a distance" organized by Pearson English. This session explored the secrets to successful remote testing for young learners, and how a straightforward and genuinely engaging test can not only facilitate a stress-free experience for young learners, their parents and their teachers – but also deliver the most valuable insights.
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Our fun new game in Minecraft - Cambridge Assessment English - 2021On April 29, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "Our fun new game in Minecraft: helping young learners build their language skills" organized by Cambridge Assessment English.
Joined by Minecraft experts the webinar, was devoted to sharing how to integrate our approach to learning alongside the principles of games design in order to create an immerse experience for language learners.
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Exams, preparation and remediation - Pearson English - 2021On May 6, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "Exams, preparation and remediation in a digital world" by Pearson English. The webinar focused on the research from English language learners and teachers about their motivations and concerns in achieving their goals during the times they cannot be in the classroom.
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Helping teachers talk to parents ... for exams - Cambridge Assessment English - 2021On March 25, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "Helping teachers talk to parents: A2 Key, B1 Preliminary and B2 First – for Schools exams" organized by Cambridge Assessment English.
At the webinar, the value of assessment, how to tell if your learners are ready to take exams, and how to discuss each learner’s progression with their parents were discussed.
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Hybrid learning - tips & tricks (to move forward) - Pearson English - 2021On May 4, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "Hybrid learning - tips & tricks (to move forward)" organized by Pearson English. The session touched upon how teachers and students worldwide are coping with extended hybrid learning and what we can do to make it easier and more effective. Topics such as engagement and motivation, as well as how to adapt methodology and processes were covered.
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Helping young learner teachers talk to parents - Cambridge Assessment English - 2021On March 11, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "Helping young learner teachers talk to parents: Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers" organized by Cambridge Assessment English. During the webinar, the value of assessment was discussed; and also how to tell if your learners are ready to take exams, and how to discuss each learner’s progression with their parents.
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Getting the most from your test data session 2 - Oxford University Press ELT - 2021On March 25, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "Getting the most from your test data session 2" during which the data we get from language tests used in the language classroom were introduced. The kinds of analysis that can be performed on the data, and the kinds of decisions that can be made using that data were also discussed at the webinar.
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The Challenges of teaching in pandemic times - Pearson English - 2021On May 5, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "The Challenges of teaching in pandemic times" by Pearson English. The webinar focused on how teachers can cope with the situation and help students learn.
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One year on: adapting your self-care - Pearson English - 2021On May 5, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "One year on: adapting your self-care" by Pearson English. It touched upon the issue how social and technological stressors have put our nervous systems under undue pressure.
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Online Learning What's Working, What’s Not - Pearson English - 2021On May 4, 2021 I participated in a webinar on "A year of online learning: what's working, what’s not" organized by Pearson English. It touched upon countless challenges, including access to technology, adequate training, and the need to tailor presentation strategies, learning materials, and assessments.
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ELTOC 2021 - Oxford University Press ELT - 2021On February 25-27, 2021, I participated in English Language Teaching Online Conference 2021 organized by the Oxford University Press ELT. The sessions were devoted to modern teaching methods and challenges.
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How to teach an exam class for B2 First and C1 - Cambridge Assessment English - 2021On February 4, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "More ideas: How to teach an exam class for B2 First for Schools and C1 Advanced" organized by Cambridge Assessment English. During the webinar, I learned some useful tips that can be practiced in teaching.
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Round table open forum on Hybrid Learning - Pearson English - 2021On May 6, 2021, I participated in "Round table open forum on Hybrid Learning" by Pearson English.
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Mock Test Toolkit - our new guide - Cambridge Assessment English - 2021On April 15, 2021, I participated in a webinar on "Mock Test Toolkit - our new guide to advise how, why and when to run mock tests" organized by Cambridge Assessment English.
The webinar was devoted to giving learners a real-life exam day experience.
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TEACHING FOR OUTCOMES - Sense Team Sl. - 2019In 2019, I participated in a very engaging and productive online course on "Teaching for Outcomes: A course in higher education pedagogy".
Duration: 10 weeks
CREDITS: 30 ECTS
I think that this online course conducted by a representative of a Spanish organization will help me to better conduct my lessons and implement effective classroom management and communication with my students.
I've also participated in some other workshops, seminars and conferences and received certificates.
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Towards the Internationalization - National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia - 2019I've participated in a lot of Erasmus+ conferences and received certificates.
This was yet another interesting and useful seminar organized by the National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia.
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How to write effective project proposals - National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia - 2017This workshop was organized by the National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia with cooperation of other institutions, including foreign, as usual.
The workshop was particularly important as it taught how to write effective project proposals under the Erasmus+ programme. What I gained there can really be useful not only for applying for the Erasmus+ projects.
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Study Program: Anticipated Learning Outcomes - ANQA - 2017When in 2017 I got a job at the University as a specialist of the Education Quality Assurance Center I was sent to a training on "Study Program: Anticipated Learning Outcomes and Student Assessment", organized by the National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA).
The certificate is in my native Armenian.
CREDITS: 24 ECTS
The training was particularly important as it taught me how to achieve learning outcomes and assess students.
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Tracking the Progression Path of Students - National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia - 2017In October 2017, I participated in the seminar and workshop "Tracking the Progression Path of Students and Graduates at Higher Education Institutions" organized by the National Erasmus+ Office in Armenia and received a certificate.
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Fourth Annual Student Research Conference - College of Humanities and Social Sciences MA TEFL - 2015In June 2015, I participated in the Fourth Annual Student Research Conference, organized by College of Humanities and Social Sciences MA TEFL Program and Center for Research in Applied Linguistics at the American University of Armenia.
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Teaching experience
2024 - Current
TrainerSince 2024, I have been providing training courses for a local educational organization.
2015 - 2020
LecturerIn 2015, I started working as a lecturer at a local university, teaching English to international students of different levels, ages and backgrounds, giving me extensive experience with diversity and inclusion. I also taught medical English to my students.
2014 - Current
TeacherI have been a self-employed private teacher for about a decade. I have been working both online and offline.
Education
2013 - 2015
Master's - Pedagogy in the field of "Foreign Language and Literature"I've a Bachelor's Degree in "Linguistics" (Englsih) and Master's Degree in Pedagogy in the field of "Foreign Language and Literature". I've graduated from Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences (formerly Yerevan State University after V.Brusov), which is one of the most prestigious and leading universities of languages in Armenia. Besides English I studied French as a second foreign language. I also studied Russian.
2009 - 2013
Bachelor’s - Linguistics (English)I've a Bachelor's Degree in "Linguistics" (Englsih) and Master's Degree in Pedagogy in the field of "Foreign Language and Literature". I've graduated from Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences (formerly Yerevan State University after V.Brusov), which is one of the most prestigious and leading universities of languages in Armenia. Besides English I studied French as a second foreign language. I also studied Russian.
Work Experience
2017 - 2024
Officer at CDEQAIn 2017, I got a job as an Officer at the Center for Development and Education Quality Assurance Center of a local University. I was responsible for ensuring the development process and quality of the university. I also carried out work-related translations and managed the social media group of CDEQA.
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