Joanne Gakonga
Manor Farm, Wythall, Birmingham, B47 6AF
e-mail: gakonga.family@onetel.com
Tel: (01564) 822791
Experience
02/2011 – present
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On-line Teacher Trainer
ELT Training.com
Set up own website offering on-line synchronous time grammar courses for NS teachers, pre-celta or in the
early stages of their careers.
Set up and run free monthly teacher training webinars for novice teachers in Elluminate.
09/2000 – present
Teacher Trainer and ESOL Teacher
Solihull College, Solihull.
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Teacher training on part and full time CELTA courses.
Teacher training on in service Module 2 and post-CELTA subject spec. courses
Delivering staff development.
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Teaching ESOL from Entry 1 to Level 2
Teaching on Foundation course (pre-university year long course)
Teaching ESOL, Numeracy and Clait (IT) on Access to FE course
10/2009 – 06/2010
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Teacher Trainer
Warwick University
Observing and assessing trainees on the DTLLS programme
Delivering workshops at Skills for Life Conference.
Delivering training at Coventry Refugee Women’s Group.
02/99 – 09/2000
ESOL Teacher and Teacher Trainer
Hendon College, N. London
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Teaching ESOL at CAE and Beginner level.
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Processing accreditation of new Trinity Cert TESOL course
Teacher training on Trinity Cert TESOL course.
Delivering staff development.
08/98 – 01/99
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EFL Teacher
Australian College of English, Sydney
Primary School Teacher
Helmseley Primary School, N.Yorkshire
Teaching Year 4 class with responsibility for Art and Display in the school.
09/93 – 06/94
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British Council, Prague, Czech Republic
Teaching multi-lingual groups at all levels including IELTS and Cambridge main suite exams.
Delivering staff development.
09/94 – 07/95
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EFL Teacher
Teaching mono-lingual groups of learners in-house and in-company.
General English, Business English, FCE, CAE, Adults and YLs.
Development and delivery of week-long residential development course for Czech English teachers.
Delivering staff development.
09/95 – 08/97
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British Council, Nairobi, Kenya
Examining spoken and written components of the IELTS exam.
09/97 – 08/98
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IELTS Examiner
Pre-School Teacher
International School of Berne, Switzerland
Setting up and running a pre-school group, aged 3 – 5years, from a wide range of language backgrounds.
06/89 – 10/91
EFL Teacher
E.L.S.I. Taipei, Taiwan.
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Teaching monolingual adult classes from elementary to upper intermediate.
Prior to teaching in Taipei, I was involved in agricultural development programmes in Rwanda and Samoa and
travelled extensively in Austalasia and Asia.
Publications and websites
2004
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2011
IELTS Foundation
Macmillan
Students’, Teachers’ and Study Skills books.
Designed for lower level learners preparing for the IELTS exam.
ICT in ELT Blog
http://jogakonga2011.blogspot.com/
ELT Training
http://www.scoop.it/t/elt-training
Lesson Ideas on the Web
http://www.scoop.it/t/lesson-ideas-on-the-web
Useful websites for learning English http://www.scoop.it/t/useful-websites-for-learning-english
2011
ELT Training.com
http://www.elt-training.com/
Website for trainee and novice English teachers offering pre-celta grammar courses and monthly teacher
training webinars.
Talks
2004
IATEFL Conference ‘Every Coin Has Two Sides’ – Helping lower level learners with IELTS.
2010
IATEFL Conference ‘(R)ods and Sods – Using Cuisenaire rods in the classroom.
2010
Warwick University Skills for Life Conference ‘Lively Lessons –motivating ESOL learners’
2010
NATECLA Midlands Day Conference ‘Lively Lessons’
2011
NATECLA National Conference ‘Teaching vocabulary’
Education
10/10 – present Warwick University
(2012)
MA in ELT with ICT
06/11 – 07/11 Consultants-e
2011
E-moderation course.
01/07 – 08/07 Solihull College
2007
Level 4 Certificate for ESOL Specialists
02/97 – 04/97 Australian Teacher Training Centre
1997
Cambridge Diploma in TEFLA
09/92 – 07/93 Kingston University, Surrey
1993
Post Graduate Certificate of Education
07/90 – 08/90 Aston University, Birmingham
1990
Certificate of TEFL
10/83 – 07/86 University of Reading, Berkshire
1986
B.Sc.(Hons) Agriculture [2(i)]
09/81 – 07/83 Stratford Grammar School, Warks.
1983
3 GCE ‘A’ Levels
09/76 – 07/81 Woodrush High School, Wythall
1981
8 GCE ‘O’ Levels
Sydney, Australia
Personal Details
Nationality – British
DoB – 22nd August 1965
Married
Interests and other qualifications
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Have examined IELTS and Cambridge Main Suite
Member of the Institute for Learning.
Member of IATEFL and a regular attender of the Annual Conference
Familiar with a range of IT –I have the Clait Diploma
Clean driving license
Languages – I have studied a wide range of languages including French, Swiss German, Czech, Mandarin
and Swahili
Referees
Shirley Alabaster
Elaine Goodall
Head of Teacher Training and ESOL
Essential Skills Resource Centre
Solihull College
Centre for Lifelong Learning, Westwood Campus
Blossomfield Rd, Solihull B91 1SB
University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
0121 678 7275
02476 574558
Shirley.Alabaster@solihull.ac.uk
E.Goodall@warwick.ac.uk