M.A., Linguistics June 2008 - Nov 2011
Department of Linguistics, Payap University,
Chiang Mai, Thailand
B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies: Linguistics Jan 2005 - May 2008
Minor: TESOL
Illinois State University,
Normal, IL.
A.A., Psychology Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
Heartland Community College,
Normal, IL
Working History
Professional Teaching Experience:
Teacher for English Test Preparation Nov 2010 – Dec 2011
ACE!
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Visiting Foreign Lecturer June 2010 – Oct 2011
Chiang Mai University,
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Visiting Foreign Lecturer Oct 2009 – Nov 2009
Payap University
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Student Teacher June 2003 – Jan 2004
Northwest Minorities University
Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China
Other Relevant Work experience:
Treasurer Feb 2006-May 2008
GOYA Ministries
Normal, IL www.goyaministries.org
Duties: Primarily responsible for gathering and tracking non-profit funds raised for GOYA as well as tracking and calculating how much money was needed to pay for food, teacher salaries, and building materials in the slum. Weekly attendance of planning meetings for short term teams and critique and revision of instruction manuals for the teams and proposing team budgets. Fund raising activities were planned, attended, and managed.
Customer Service Representative and Trainer Mar 2001-May 2003
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, IL
Duties: Identifying areas of new representative mentoring that would increase productivity for new employees. Designing and implementing training for mentors to increase their effectiveness in working with their mentees.
Conference and Workshop Presentations:
Swanson, Kirstie (Oct 2010) Serial Verb Constructions in Bwe Karen, Colloquium at Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Topic: Described, proved, and problematized serial verb constructions in Bwe according to Aikhenvald’s (2006) typology. Presentation based off of my master’s thesis of the same name.
Swanson, Kirstie (June 2010) Directional Serial Verb Constructions in Bwe Karen. Southeast Asian Linguistics Seminar (SEALS) Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Topic: Analysis of directionals in Bwe Karen to determine their classification as verbs and to identify and classify serial verb constructions in which these words appear according to Aikhenvald’s (2006) typology.
Swanson, Kirstie (November 2009) General Subordination: lə in Sgaw Karen. Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Payap University,Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Topic: Rough analysis of the lə particle in Sgaw Karen and tentative proposal of categorizing it as a general subordinator rather than a preposition.
Personal Introduction
Dear Search Committee:
This letter is presented for your consideration of my eligibility for the position of English Conversation Instructor with with your university.
I have a passion for helping adult learners improve their English language skills. I have had the privilege of teaching at the university level in both the People’s Republic of China and in Thailand. In China, my curriculum was entirely left up to me and I relied on task-based and storytelling methods in the classroom. My curriculum and schedule was dictated to me with very little room for change at Chiang Mai University in Thailand, which was mostly based on rote memorization and workbook activities. At Payap University, broad goals were set for the students and I was given free rein on how to accomplish those goals. Consequently, I have experience in a range of classroom situations: from lessons completely controlled by a department, to classrooms where I both set the goals for the semester and the steps by which to complete those goals. I have also taught TEOFL and SAT preparation courses for junior and senior high school students who are planning to study in the US or other English speaking countries for their university educations.
I understand the specific frustrations of not being able to express yourself adequately in a second language from my experiences living in Thailand and China. I believe in the importance of cross-cultural learning and the value of being able to communicate effectively. This leads me to pursue excellence in meeting the collective learning needs of the classes I teach in innovative and practical ways. My education in linguistics has provided me with an understanding of the root issues involved with language learning and effective communication and provide me with a unique ability to design valid classroom activities to meet those needs.
I hope to be able to bring my linguistic training and teaching experience alongside your team of instructors to help the students at your university achieve their English language goals in order that they may be effective and successful in their chosen fields of study. I believe that my education and experience has provided me with the specific resources your university needs in order to accomplish its goals.
Thank you for your time and consideration, and please contact me for any additional details on my teaching experience or references.
Kirstie Swanson
picklemania1@gmail.com
(309)336-1509
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