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Raquel de Sousa

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Personal Information Birth date: 03/03/74
Birth place: Florian�polis, SC, Brazil.
Marital Status: single, no children.

Interests: Graphic Arts, photography, tourism, Internet and foreign languages.Retornar ao Topo

Languages Portuguese:
  • Native speaker
  • Excellent writing skills

English:

  • Fluent in speaking, writing, listening and reading.
  • English student since 1987.
  • English as a Second Language teacher since 1995.

Spanish:

  • Fluent in reading, speaking and listening.
  • Basic level of writing.
  • Daily contact with Spanish speakers since January 2001.Retornar ao Topo
Computer Skills Programming:
  • HTML: advanced level
  • DHTML: beginner

Operational Systems:

  • Windows 3x1, 95, 98, 2000, Millennium: advanced level
  • Windows NT: intermediate level
  • DOS: intermediate level
  • Mackintosh: beginner

Softwares:

  • Microsoft Office: proficient in all versions. Advanced level of MS Word, Power Point, Publisher and Photo Editor. Intermediate level of Excel and Outlook, and beginner in Microsoft Access.
  • Adobe Desktop Publishing: proficient with PageMaker, Photoshop e Acrobat.
  • Web Design Softwares: intermediate level of Macromedia Dreamweaver and advanced of Ace Expert, FrontPage e HTML Writer.
  • Internet Softwares:: advanced level of Eudora, Netscape, MS Outlook Express, Internet Explorer.
  • Image Editors: proficient with Paint Shop Pro e Gif animators.
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Professional Experience

2001-
Centro de Capacitacion Profesional
Alexandria - VA

English as a Second Language Teacher

  • Taught adult Hispanics English as a Second Language.
  • Developed course curriculum and support materials.
  • Trained teachers into ESL teaching techniques and methodologies.

1998�2000
Y�zigi Internexus
Florian�polis - SC

Content Manager

  • Developed and coordinated sales projects on the Internet, as well as institutional web site.
  • Organized and moderated electronic mailing lists.
  • Trained teachers to the use of the Internet and its possibilities as a TEFL tool.
  • Trained and coordinated Resource Center monitors.
  • Implemented the project Y Village in Florian�polis and created homepage templates adopted by Y�zigi Internexus Brazil.

1995�2000
Y�zigi Internexus
Florian�polis - SC

English as a Foreign Language Teacher

  • Developed awarded researches on the pedagogical use of the Internet applied to TEFL.
  • Received the award Y�zigi Honor Teacher for professional merits in 2000, 1999 and 1998.
  • Moderated the electronic mailing list Magic Links from 1998 to 2000.
  • Taught children, teenagers and adults.

1990�1991
CIA Internacional de Tecnologia
Florian�polis - SC

Data-base Assistant

  • Worked in activities such as data base search, file management and typing.Retornar ao Topo

Schooling 2001 - Universidade Federal do R. J.
Post-graduation course on Education Philosophy

Rio de Janeiro � RJ

1999 - Y�zigi Internexus
International Teachers of English Program
New York - USA

1992-1998 - Universidade do Estado de SC
Art Education bachelor degree.
Metal print "Abra�o" was selected to publication.
Electronic exhibition �Cemit�rio S�o Francisco de Assis: Um Ensaio Fotogr�fico�, in 1997.
Florian�polis � SC

1997 - University of London
Proficiency in English
Level five, out of six.
Florian�polis � SC

1995 - VII Congresso Nacional da Federa��o de Arte Educadores do Brasil
Attended the workshop "Novas Tecnologias sob uma Abordagem Contextualizada", about the use of technology in the classroom.
Florian�polis � SC

1994 - Instituto de Comunica��o de Marketing de SC
Advertisement course..
Florian�polis � SCRetornar ao Topo


Prizes and Publications 2001 - Y�zigi Internexus
Vencedora do Pr�mio �Y�zigi Teaching Contest 2000� em tr�s categorias:
  • Projetos interativos para grupos de n�vel elementar, com o trabalho �We Enjoy Traveling

  • Projetos interativos para o programa Magic Links, com o trabalho: �Magic Monsters, Crazy Stories

  • Warm Up Tasks para N�vel B�sico, com plano de aula envolvendo o uso de Internet como fonte de informa��es como input para conversa��o.

Trabalhos publicados pela sede nacional do Y�zigi Internexus em Janeiro de 2001.
S�o Paulo - SP

1999 e 2000 - Y�zigi Internexus Florian�polis
Award "Honor Teacher" at Beira-Mar school.
Florian�polis - SC

1998 e 1999 - Y�zigi Internexus Florian�polis
Award "Destaque do Ano" in 1998 and 1999.
Florian�polis - SC

23/07/1999 - IV Y�zigi Language Teaching Seminar
Presented the workshop
"Y Village Projects and Y�zigi Programs".
S�o Paulo - SP

24/07/1999 - IV Y�zigi Language Teaching Seminar
Presented the workshop "Building the XXI Century Classroom: Collaborative Learning and Teaching Integrating Y�zigi Schools"
S�o Paulo - SP

1998 - Y�zigi Internexus Florian�polis
First place award "Honor Teacher" at Beira-Mar school.
Florian�polis - SC

31/07/1997 - III Y�zigi Language Teaching Seminar
Pr�mio Mario Utimati

First place award at the III Y�zigi Language Teaching Seminar, with the workshop: "The Use of Network-Based Tasks to develop Authentic Writing".
S�o Paulo - SP

29-31/07/1997 - III Y�zigi Language Teaching Seminar
Presented the mini-course "Reaching Out for the Virtual Classroom: the Pedagogical Use of Internet at Y�zigi".
Research published in 1997 by Y�zigi Internexus Brazil.
S�o Paulo - SPRetornar ao Topo


Electronic Portfolio We Enjoy Traveling
http://fln-bma.yazigi.com.br/ebbraq2k1.htm
Interactive web survey, 2000. Chosen by Y�zigi Internexus as one of the best pedagogical projects in Brazil in 2000.

Magic Monsters, Crazy Stories
http://fln-bma.yazigi.com.br/eldraq2k2.htm
Chosen by Y�zigi Internexus as one of the best pedagogical projects in Brazil in 2000.

Circuito Y�zigi de Artes
http://sjo.yazigi.com.br/ecysjo.htm
Online art exhibition, 2000.

Adventure Trips
http://fln-bma.yazigi.com.br/esbcri2k1.htm
Interactive quiz, 2000.

�Cemit�rio S�o Francisco de Assis: Um Ensaio Fotogr�fico�
http://www.udesc.br/variedades/artes/cemiterio/cemiterio.html
Online photo exhibition by Raquel de Sousa, 1997.Retornar ao Topo


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