Teacher of English as a Foreign Language

(Native speaker:  Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor of Arts degree University of Alberta, Canada, 1983. (Major: English; Minors: Philosophy, Music History).

University of Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), 2004.

EXPERIENCE

Teacher of English as a Foreign Language at the 'Centre d´idiomes de la Universitat de Valencia´ since 2009 (all levels from A1 to C2, including Business English courses, Cambridge preparation for First Certificate in English, Certificate of Advanced English and Proficiency).

Team member of the PACLE production of examination materials.

Having graduated in Humanities: English literature/Musicology, at Hope University Liverpool in 1988 and working some years in public administration in Bristol I took the Cambridge TEFLA qualification and went to Madrid in 1992. Here I started teaching English as a foreign language at a private language school and then at the British Institute.

In 1998 I went to Germany where I mainly worked freelance in industry in the East of the country, returning to Spain in 2002, this time to Valencia where I was head of studies at a private language school. After two years I started working for CCOO doing Formación Profesional with (then) SERVEF (LABORA), then joining the Centre d’Idiomes de la Univesitat de València in 2012.

I have a Bachelor de Arts degree with a double major in History and Política Science from Simon Fraser University in 1991. The degree is recognized by the Council of Spanish Universities. Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitud from the University of Valencia in 1998.

I have been an English teacher at the Centre de Idiomes de la Universidad de Valencia since 2006. Thoughout these years I have given English classes at all levels, including legal and business English as well as TOEFL and Cambridge exam preparation courses. 

My name is Ted Hall, and first qualified as an English teacher in 1988!  Since then have worked in various countries including Portugal, Greece, Qatar Kazakhstan and Thailand. I first started working in the centre in 2004 and have also worked for the Politecnica de Valencia and CEFIRE. I specialise in Cambridge exam classes particularly the higher CAE and Proficiency levels. In the summer I work for British universities such as Sheffield, Leicester and Manchester and teach English for Academic Purposes to Chinese students.

Sonia Erlei Jin graduated with a first-class degree in Modern Languages and Translation from the University of Nottingham in 2018. In that same year, she obtained her TEFL and CELTA qualifications, and later completed a Master's in Training for Teachers of Spanish as a Foreign Language at the University of Barcelona (2021).

She has worked as an English teacher at Kazan Federal University and as a Spanish teacher at International House. She currently works at the UV Language Center and is an examiner for the Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE), as well as the PACLE CertACLES accreditation tests at the University of Valencia. 

As a Spanish teacher, she has experience teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language at all levels of the CEFR, as well as specific courses in business, grammar, pronunciation, culture and preparation for the DELE diploma. As an English teacher, she has taught general courses, preparation courses for certification tests (PACLE CertAcles, Cambridge, TOEFL) and courses designed for professionals interested in the field of international trade, in collaboration with the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE).

English and French teacher. /Translator

I have been working at the Centre d'Idiomes de la Universitat de Valencia since 2011

Degree in English  and French Language and literature from the University of Valencia

Celta Certificate at the University of Maidstone, Kent, UK

Trinity Tesol diploma at the British Council, Valencia

PGCE, UK

DELF and DALF Examiner and corrector of exams from July 2023

Graduate in English Studies from the University of Valencia. She has the Teaching Training  Course. She held the post of Spanish language teacher's assistant at Harrogate Grammar School for two years. She has the Teacher Development course from the University of Edinburgh. She has been a full professor of English at the Center d'Idiomes de la UV since 2011.

I¨ve been an English teacher for over 25 years now.I got my qualifications at Sheffeild hallam University.First of all  I´ve got a combined studies degree in English and Education for 3 years and a Post Graduate course in Education in Spanish and French to be a teacher in the U.K for 2 years.I¨ve been working as an English teacher at Centro Idiomas since 2008, having taught a broad range of levels, from complete beginners to CAE students, Cambridge C1.Besides, I´ve also worked as an interpreter Spanish-English and viceversa for Valencia F..C in various Champions League matches.My teaching spectrum also comprise aviation English, having taught ground staff at the airport in Valencia as well as Air Nostrum flight attendants.

He has a degree in German philology, history and teaching German as a foreign language. He works as a German teacher in the Department of English and German Philology and in the Language Center of the University of Valencia, with teaching experience at all linguistic levels.