CV

		Curriculum Vitae Luciana Smirne Diniz Back to Home Page
		Educational Background Foreign Language Certificates Advanced English Courses Languages Computer Knowledge Teaching Experience Research Experience Presentations Other experience Awards Travel Professional Membership References
		Educational Background
		August 2003 - present	Phd Candidate in Applied Linguistics and English Teaching as a Second Language Qualifying Paper: "I'm going to talk: Lexical Bundles in a US History Corpus." Course: Second Language Teacher Education, Linguistics Theories for Applied Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Individual Study (Language Ego), Current Issues in Second Language Acquisition, Quantitative Research, Corpus Linguistics (seminar), Conversation Analysis, Issues in L2 Writing, Computer Programming for Corpus Linguistics (seminar), Language Ideology (seminar), and Qualitative Research Design. Graduation (plan): 2007 Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
		May 2003:	MA in Applied Linguistics and English Teaching as a Second Language. Georgia State University Atlanta, GA Courses: Second Language Acquisition, General Linguistics, Approaches to Teaching ESL Adults, Intercultural Communication, Sound System of English, Practicum, Classroom Practices, Grammar for ESL Teachers (web-based course), Materials Design, Research Design, Assessment and Evaluation, L2 Listening, Sociolinguistics
		January 2000 - June 2001:	MA in Applied Linguistics and Language Studies (incomplete) Catholic University of Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Courses: Introduction to Research, Topics in Applied Linguistics, Course Design, Learning a Foreign Language.
		1999	Bachelor's Degree in English (Language and Literature) Catholic University of Santos Santos, SP, Brazil
		1997	Bachelor's Degree in Portuguese (Language and Literature) Sao Paulo State University Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
		Foreign Language Certificates
		TOEFL exam
		Georgia State Test of English Proficiency (GSTEP)	Georgia State University
		Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)	Cambridge University
		First Certificate in English (FCE)	Cambridge University
		Michigan Certificate of Proficiency in English	Michigan University
		Advanced English Course
		June 1998 - July 1998	Advanced English Course attended in Brighton - England at International School of English
		Languages
		Portuguese	native speaker
		English	advanced level (writing, reading, listening, and speaking)
		Italian	1 year course in Brazil
		German	6 month course in Brazil
		Computer Knowledge
			Windows, Word, Power Point, Excel, Access, SPSS, Nicenet, WebCT, Vista, Dreamweaver, EndNote, Wordmith Tools 4.0, Delphi Programming for Corpus Linguistics, Acrobat 6.0.
		Teaching Experience
		August/2003 - present	Teaching Assistant Intensive English Program ESL Department Georgia State University Courses taught: Oral Communication for Academic Purposes (level 2), Extensive Reading (level 4), and Writing for Academic Exams (level 4) Some web sites I have created for my IEP classes: Extensive Reading Writing for Academic Exams
		August/2002 - present	Teaching Assistant Portuguese 1001and 1002 Modern and Classical Languages Department Georgia State University Responsible for teaching the course, designing syllabus, tests, WebCT and other additional materials. Click here for a web page that I've designed for my Portuguese 1001 students.
		October/2001 - present	English as a Second Language Teacher - volunteer position Central Library Atlanta, GA Teaching conversation classes and TOEFL-prep class.
		April/2001 - July/2001	English teacher as a Foreign Language Yazigi Language School - Santos, SP, Brazil
		August/1999 - March/2001	English teacher as a Foreign Language and coordinator of the English Department UIL Language School - Santos, SP, Brazil
		May/2000 - December/2000	Educational Computing Teacher Santos City Hall - Santos, SP, Brazil Taught Educational computer skills to English teachers.
		February/2000 - May/2000	Portuguese as a First Language teacher (7th and 8th grades) English as a Foreign Language teacher (7th and 8th grades) City Hall School - Santos, SP, Brazil
		April/1999 - June/1999	English and Portuguese teacher (5th and 6th grades) State School - Santos, SP, Brazil
		June/1997 - December/1998	English teacher as a Foreign Language Headway Language School - Santos, SP, Brazil
		Research Experience
		August/2001 - present	Graduate Research Assistant Georgia State University Applied Linguistics and ESL Department Assisting Dr. Jodi Eisterhold Research on Sarcasm, Nonverbal Communication and International Teaching Assistants
		May/2002 - July/2002	Graduate Research Assistant Saturday School for Scholars and Leaders Georgia State University Responsible for registration, office work, assisting children and parents who were attending Saturday School classes.
		August/2001 - December/2001	Graduate Research Assistant Georgia State University Applied Linguistics and ESL Department Assisted Dr. Patricia Carrell - research on memory capacity.
		Presentations
		March/2005	Diniz, Luciana & Ribeiro, Eve Brazilian Education System. Paper presented at International Education Week. School of Education, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
		March/2005	Diniz, Luciana & Moran, Kate Incorporating Corpora in L2 Writing. Paper presented at GA TESOL Conference. Atlanta, GA.
		March/2003	Wallace, Elizabeth & Diniz, Luciana S. " International TESOL Conference Baltimore
		September/2002	Ochoa, Adrianne P. & Diniz, Luciana S. "No Satisfaction: Language Awareness in Music" Southeast TESOL Conference Atlanta, GA
		September/2002	Diniz, Luciana S. & Wallace, Elizabeth "Learn your future on the web" Southeast TESOL Conference Atlanta, Georgia
		May/2002	Diniz, Luciana S. "Integrating the Four Skills in the Computer-based classroom" Sunshine State TESOL Conference West Palm Beach, Florida
		Other experience
		May/2005 - present	Web Master of the Graduate Student Association Web site
		May/2004 - present	Editorial Assistant for English for Specific Purposes Journal (ESPJ) Working under the supervision of Dr. Diane Belcher
		August/2003 - present	Grader for GSTEP short answers and essays - Georgia State University
		May/2005	Co-chair of the committee to host SLRF at Georgia State in 2006 Responsible for organizing the proposal.
		Awards
		2004/2005	Who's who among students in American Universities
		May/2005	Travel Grant: American Association of Corpus Linguistics Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from Georgia State University
		2003	Travel Grant: International TESOL Conference in Baltimore from Georgia TESOL
		May, 2002	Travel Grant Sunshine State Tesol
		April, 2002	Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars
		Travel
			England, Scotland, Argentina, Paraguai, and Jamaica.
		Professional Membership
		AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics)	http://www.aaal.org
		International TESOL	http://www.tesol.org
		Georgia TESOL	http://www.gatesol.org/
		References
		Dr. Jodi Eisterhold Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL Georgia State University [email protected]	Dr. Patricia Byrd Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL Georgia State University [email protected]
		Dr. John Austin Department of Modern and Classical Languages Georgia State University [email protected]

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