Marco Rodrigo Alves Ferreira

                       SHIS QI 23 Conjunto 5 Casa 10

                            Brasilia DF 71660-050 Brazil                         

E-mail:marcorodrigoaf@yahoo.com                                             

                                     Skype: rodrigoferreira.net

                                                                    Curriculum Vitae

                                                                     SUMMARY            

    I have extensive experience in teaching English as a foreign Language both at private and pubic language schools and  also as a private teacher.

 I have been a licensed English teacher since 1990. I teach virtual classes from my home office in Brasília and work as a teacher for Coopem Idiomas, Cooperativa de ensino de língua estrangeira moderna. 

 I have been teaching virtually since 2005.

 Blended learning/teaching is one of my favorite areas of research nowadays.

                                                  ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

•Complementação Pedagógica -  UniCEUB Brasília DF 1990 - A teacher’s training course offered to Cambridge CPE holders by the Department of Foreign Languages in Brazilian universities. The course is required by  the Ministry of Education in Brazil as an alternative route, other than obtaining a BA in  English, in order for EFL teachers to become licensed English teachers recognized by the Ministry.

• CPE Certificate of Proficiency in English – Grade A - Cambridge Univeristy, 1989 http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/general-english/cpe.html

•Translation Certificate - Cambridge University, 1989 optional, additional paper of the CPE exam;  translation from and into English. (Brazilian Portuguese<>English)

The exam is no longer offered by Cambridge University due to a  lack of candidates who registered for this kind of qualification.

 • TKT Teaching Knowledge Test Modules 1, 2 and 3 

Band 4 on all certificates – on a scale in which 4 is the highest -

Cambridge University , 2005

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/recognition/case-studies/tkt.html

TKT Band Descriptors

     http://www.cambridgeesol.org/assets/pdf/tkt_band_descriptors.pdf 

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/teaching-awards/tkt.html

 .Michigan Certificate of Proficiency in English, Michigan University 1986

• Certificat pratique de langue française (1er degré) 1989  CEFR Level C1

 French literature, history and language - University of Nancy - France 

   http://www.univ-nancy2.fr/relint/autrespistes/bresil/le_nancy.html     

• Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache (German Certificate, ZD) CEFR Level B1

 Goethe Institut, Brasilia DF, 1991

   http://www.goethe.de/ins/de/prf/zd/enindex.htm   

• Introductory Teacher Training Course 1992-1993

   IBI – Independent British Institute Brasília DF

   Course given by Sarah Walker MBE, MA     

• Training Course in Simultaneous and Consecutive Translation 1996 - 1997   

• Globo Tradução de Línguas BrasíliaDF                                                                  http://www.globotraducao.com.br/
  

• Languages:

Fluent in French, Portuguese and English.

Intermediate level in German and Italian.

Currently learning Russian by exchanging English/Russian lessons virtually through Skype with cyber friends in Russia and the Ukraine .

Ongoing Education

B.A. in Portuguese and English Literature and Language

UNIEURO Brasilia DF (Still Attending)

http://www.unieuro.edu.br/graduacao_grade.asp?codigo=0054&codtur=1&anoini=2009

                                            PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

   • Presently working for Cooplem Idiomas http://www.cooplemidiomas.com.br/ and preparing online students for

Cambridge Esol Examinations as well as for other purposes.                               

 • Freelance reviews for Cambridge University Press.

 • EFL Teacher at ‘Secretária de Educação do DF’ (Public School System)

       Elefante Branco- Centro Interescolar de Línguas 1995-1997

 • EFL Teacher at Berlitz School (Private Language School ) 1987-1990

                               PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT                                 

  • Extensive experience teaching online, a project I initiated all by myself in 2005 and which has been very successful and rewarding so far.

    • Reading in the fields of psychology, applied linguistics, neurosciences and marketing have been part of my daily routine for the past ten years.

  • Non-formal learning on new trends and idea exchanging on IT with a whole lot of cyber friends around the world, always with education in mind.

    • Attended a myriad of International Speakers given by  Cambridge University Press workshops in Brasília (Jack C. Richards,Michael McCarthy, Herbert Puchta,  among many others).

    • Always tuned in with the new trends of the Brazilian Educational System.

  •Audible online collection (www.audible.com) with over a thousand items, encompassing :

      Audio books, periodicals and audio magazine subscriptions. This has been one of my major investments in  listening extensively to enhance my knowledge in the fields of psychology, neurosciences, education, marketing, science and technology, management, business, history and other related fields.

I listen to these audio books on the ipod while I commute to teach at various Cooplem schools in DF and whenever I have free time at home. I spend a lot of time commuting, as I don't drive. I had a serious car accident in 2004 after falling asleep at the wheel. My car flipped, but most fortunately, none of those involved in the accident were injured. The traffic is safer now, without my participation in it as a driver, and I spend my time commuting as a chance to entertain my lunatic ambitions as a polymath.

I usually spend 3 to 5 hours listening to these audio books daily.

   • Lifetime subscription at www.questia.com , a digital library where I conduct most of my research.

  All the listening (audio books) and reading I do both at Audible www.audible.com and Questia www.questia.com are done strictly in English.

   • Designed and created my own webpage: www.rodrigoferreira.net , www.internetenglish.us