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Title: LINGUIST SEEKING WORK SPECIALIZING IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; EMPHASIS ON PHONETICS, MORPHOSYNTAX, HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS (ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, SPANISH)
Posted by: M. A. de León
Location: Bay Area (San Francisco), United States
Date: June 30, 2004


Details:

Details:

I am seeking a position where I can contribute to an agency or individual, applying acquired knowledge and skills in languages and Linguistics. I am a fluent and native English speaker and have an extensive background in non-English languages, particularly Romance languages. I am proficient in French and Spanish and am conversant in Italian. I am currently studying Portuguese, Latin, German, and Persian. My experience ranges from language pedagogy to applied linguistics in Health Services. My proficiency in computer technology allows me to take language pedagogy to the next step. My area of proficiency is language acquisition via phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and historical linguistics.


Education:

University of California, Berkeley (Bay Area, Northern California, USA)
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Linguistics
Minor: French

Diablo Valley College (Bay Area, Northern California, USA)
General education transfer curricula
Foreign language courses: French, Italian

Vallejo Senior High School (Bay Area, Northern California, USA)
General High School Curriculum
Foreign language courses: French, Spanish


Training:


Division of Mental Health
Bay Area, Northern California, USA
Administrative Programs Support / Training Coordinator
> Collected and assessed Human Resources data and generated reports and analyses so as to identify level of cultural competence and linguistic proficiency of Mental Health Direct Service providers versus the beneficiary population.
> Supported the Administrative Programs Manager on various programs such as Internship Programs, Training and Continuing Education Programs, Human Resources Data Assessment, Cultural Competence, and Linguistic Access programs.

Academy of Language Arts Enrichment Center
Bay Area, Northern California, USA
Educator
> Taught French, Italian, Spanish, English, Mathematics, and Sciences.
> Helped coordinate after-school programs and summer programs for elementary and high school students.


One-to-One Tutoring
Bay Area, Northern California, USA
(College, Fall 1996 to Spring 1997)
Tutor, French and Italian
> Helped students on a volunteer basis to improve their grammar, phonetics, writing, and comprehension skills in French and Italian.

Bay Area, Northern California, USA
(High School, Fall 1994 to Spring 1995)
Tutor, French and Spanish
> Helped students on a volunteer basis to improve their grammar, phonetics, writing, and comprehension skills in French and Spanish.


Interests:

Language morphology, phonetics, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics;
Language pedagogy, modern technology applied to instruction (e.g., internet, software);
Linguistic access and cultural competence in human services;
International relations;
Computer technology






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