Consultant in the Creation of Dynamic Teaching Materials for ESL Current mission: Mentoring through QualityTime-ESL.com
The Book QualityTime-ESL.com
Testimonials
Brief Biography
Professor of English and Head of the Language Department, UDO (Universidad de Oriente), Cumana Venezuela (1969-1971)
Teacher at IUT (Institut Universitaire de Technologie) de Grenoble, Saint Martin d'Hères France (1971-1973) and at the Lycée Stendhal, Grenoble (1974-1975) and the Lycée Technique Jean Bart, Grenoble, Saint Martin d'Hères, France (1975-80)
Coordinator of CRDP (Centre Régional de Documentation Pédagogique) of Grenoble, Saint Martin d'Hères, France. Creation and distribution of teaching materials for teachers within the Academy of Grenoble, France (1975-1980)
Coordinator of Centre Pédagogique Régional of Grenoble, Saint Martin d'Hères, France (today called IUFM Instituts Universitaires de Formation des Maîtres) - training of young teachers just having passed the national CAPES competitive examination for certified teachers (1975-1980)
Professor at INPG (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France) - a group of nine engineering schools (1980-2004)
- Head of the language department at ENSERG (1980-1994)
- Part of the team that set up the original English program at EFPG (1994-1995)
- Creator of the CPPG Intensive English Language Program (1994-2004)
Publications
"Quelques réflexions par un professeur du second cycle", Bulletin Régional de Liaison et d'Information des Professeur d'anglais de l'Académie de Grenoble No. 6 (1977/78) CRDP de Grenoble
"Vive le Teamwork" ("Long Live Teamwork!")presented at the UPLEGESS Congress in Strasbourg (June 1993), published in the Actes du XXIe Congrès de l' UPLEGESS
"QualityTime-ESL.com" presented at the UPLEGESS Congress in Dijon (June 2003), published in the Actes du XXXIe Congrès de l' UPLEGESS
"MYCPP, un site intranet pour un enseignement de l'anglais plus efficace" ("MYCPP, an Intranet Site to Make the Teaching of English More Effective and Efficient" presented at the UPLEGESS Congress in Paris at TELECOM Paris (June 2004), published in the Actes du XXIIe Congrès de l'UPLEGESS
Speaker on
- Mentoring
- Creation of Linguistic Programs for Language Departments (schools/universities)
- Core Curriculums
- Tutorials during Class Sessions
- Teamwork in Teaching
- Production of Teaching Documents (oral, video, TICE, intranet)
- Student-Teacher "Mutual" Motivation Techniques
- Teaching "Oral" Language Proficiency
- Innovative "TIPS" or Techniques for Interactive Pair Work
- Intranet Sites for School/Universities
- Effective Testing Techniques for Written and Oral Skills "TEST-ESL" (Techniques for Effective Skills Testing)
Special Interests
Tennis, swimming, photography, video filming, women's issues, travelling, networking
First published on line 19th August 2005 - updated February 2007