Via Prisciano, 42 · 00136 Roma
Tel. 06 64560338 · Cel. 327 9703457
Email: segreteria@globallyspeaking.it
www.globallyspeaking.it
T E A C H E R ’ S
C U R R I C U L U M
V I T A E
Nico le Bu ba l o
Nicole Bubalo, co-founder and director of Globally Speaking, specializes in Teacher Training and English for Academic Purposes.
She is a Cambridge English Language Assessment Centre Exams Manager and Speaking Examiner with Globally Speaking
Authorized Exam Centre IT071 for both Cambridge General English and Business English examinations and a Cambridge Presenter.
CITIZENSHIP: American
w ork e xp e rie n ce
2015
CLIL methodology workshops for Italian high school teachers at IIS Via di Nazareth.
2015
IGCSE presentation and teacher support session at Istituto Gesù-Maria.
September 2004
to June 2015
September 2013 to date
English as a Second Language and Philosophy through CLIL Teacher at Liceo
Scientifico Keplero
Globally Speaking S.r.l.
Co-founder and Director.
EFL Teacher for all levels of General English and Exam Preparation: IELTS Face to Face
and Blended Courses, CAE, FCE, PET, KET, YLE.
Teacher for MIUR-funded language courses for Italian school teacher training for CLIL at
IIS Via di Nazareth.
Centre Exam Manager Cambridge English Language Assessment Course and Syllabus
Design and Development.
Marketing and Customer Development. Staff Management.
Teacher for TKT: CLIL at IIS Via di Nazareth.
September 2011 to date
Centro Studi San Giuseppe, Rome
Reader and Conversation teacher Linguistic High School (Lettore) English Teacher
for first through fifth grade classes.
Organization and teaching of courses to prepare students for Cambridge exams.
September 1993
to July 2013
Loyola University Chicago John Felice Rome Center
President from 2001 to 2005 and member since 2001 of the cooperative Millennium
English a r.l., which managed the English Language School of the Loyola University
Chicago John Felice Rome Center.
Administration of Millennium banking and fiscal documentation.
Organization of registration, testing and placement.
Organization and presentation of informative seminars for students.
Development and update of website and advertising materials.
EFL teacher of all levels and all ages of general English courses.
EFL teacher to prepare students for Cambridge exams (YLE, KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE,
and IELTS).
Centre Exam Manager: Organization and Supervision of Cambridge exams.
T E A C H E R ’ S
C U R R I C U L U M
V I T A E
Nicole Bu b a l o
September 2003
to August 2011
Colle La Salle, Christian Brothers Elementary School, Rome
November 2000
to June 2002
Hotel Hilton Rome Airport
June 1992
to June 2003
English Teacher for first through fifth grade classes.
Organization and teaching of afternoon conversation courses.
Organization and teaching of courses to prepare students for Cambridge exams.
Organization, testing, placement and teaching of various ESL courses for over
100 employees working in various positions in the hotel.
Saritel S.p.A., Telecom Group
EFL Teacher. Individual lessons for several employees in General Management
including the Managing Director, Legal Affairs and Financial Administrators.
EFL teacher for groups at various levels.
e ducation
and trai n ing
April 2014
International English Language Testing System Training Course
British Council, Rome
IELTS Speaking and Writing Examiner.
April 2014
University of Cambridge Speaking Examiner Training Course
University of Cambridge English Language Assessment BEC Examiner.
March 2014
University of Cambridge, UK
Centre Exams Managers Training Event.
March 2013
University of Leicester, UK
Master of Arts degree in Applied Linguistics and TESOL Distance Learning, Distinction.
Areas of Specialization:
English for Academic Purposes, Advanced Writing Skills, Teacher Training, CLIL,
Language Learning and Vocabulary Learning Strategies.
Assignment topics:
CLIL Teacher Training Course for Italian Non-Native Teachers, IELTS Writing Task 2:
Italian Learner Weaknesses and Product, Process and Genre Approaches.
June 2010
University of Cambridge ESOL Teacher Training Course, Rome
DELTA, Module 1 examination, Pass with Merit.
May 2009
University of Cambridge Speaking Examiner Training course
University of Cambridge English Language Assessment Examiner.
May 1989
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with Honours.
January 1986 to May 1989 at Loyola University of Chicago Rome Center.
September 1983 to December 1985 at Loyola University Chicago.
T E A C H E R ’ S
C U R R I C U L U M
V I T A E
Nicole Bu b a l o
se mi nar and
pre se ntat ions
November 2014
Speaker at TESOL Italy 39th National Convention
Presentation Title: Appropriacy of the Reflective Model
August 2014
Speaker at Think CLIL 2014, 9th International CLIL Conference,
Ca’ Foscari University Venice
Presentation Title: CLIL teacher training in Italy
November 2013
Speaker at TESOL Italy 38th National Convention
Presentation Title: Vocabulary Learning Strategies
Presentation based on Action Research carried out in 2012 Italian learners’ approach to
vocabulary learning and Strategy-Based Instruction Cycle.
September 2012
Speaker at Globally Speaking, Rome
Presentation Title: Studiare all’estero: Da dove iniziare?
Presentation on application procedures and entry requirements for third level education in
the U.S.A. and the UK.
2012 to date
Participated regularly in Cambridge English Language Assessment Centre Exam Manager
Italy Training Events.
1997 to date
Participated regularly in teacher training seminars and events, including the Annual
National Seminar of TESOL Italy,
Oxford National Conferences and Cambridge University Press events.
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