Freelance Tour Leader – Guide 1997 – present
Collaborated with Greek Travel Agents:
Versus Travel, Tropical Tours, Cosmorama, Acadimos Travel, Marathon Travel.
• Escorted and guided Greek tour groups to:
China, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Iran, Syria,
Jordan, Maldives, Tunisia, Spain, Greece, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany,
United States (including Alaska), Cuba, Mexico, Chile, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Bolivia.
• Designed itineraries for group tours to India and China.
Freelance Educational Consultant and Teacher of English. 1984 – 2000
Collaborated with Private Language Schools in Greece: M. Karayannopoulou, Ch. Argitis, GEOS, etc
Taught advanced classes that trained students for the following International EFL Examinations:
• Cambridge Proficiency Examination (CPE) and Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE).
• Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) – Michigan Test.
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Minnesota.
A. Pre-academic ESL Courses for International Students.
Taught: Listening Comprehension, Speaking and Grammar.
B. Graduate Applied Linguistics Program for Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL):
Linguistic Description of Modern English, Linguistic Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics.
C. Undergraduate and Graduate Courses in Theoretical Linguistics:
Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Syntax, Mathematical Linguistics.
Responsibilities for B and C:
Included giving lectures on selected topics, teaching discussion sessions, preparing tests, grading
tests and written assignments.
Graduate Studies in Cinema Production, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
M.A. in Linguistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• Completed the Coursework for the PhD program in Theoretical Linguistics, GPA 3.70/4.00,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• Coursework in ESL – Applied Linguistics: ESL Methods Course, University of Minnesota
Attended Graduate Courses in Linguistics at the Summer Institute of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Attended Graduate Courses in Linguistics at the Summer Institute of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), University of South Florida, Tampa.
B.A. Magna cum Laude in Linguistics and Cinema Studies (dual major), Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia.
Attended Courses in Linguistics and Cinema, Université Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle),
Certificat de Phonétique, Institut d’ Études Linguistiques et Phonétiques, Université Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle), France.
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