Curriculum Vitae

Elliott Andrew Brett

 Place and date of birth:            Brighton, England, 27th April 1971

Address and telephone:           Via Emilia 11, Curno, BG, 24035, Italy. 3397737738

Teaching history - Japan:

1993 January - June: Teaching young learners and adults General English, in Saitama. Hearts

1994 January - June: ELT for university students and, General and Business English, in Tokyo. BBC/ILS

1999 February – December: ELT for adults, General English, in Osaka. Princeford

2000-2002: Teaching young learners General English, in Osaka. World Gakuin

2002 – 2011: Manager of Native Staff. Duties include: Hiring and training native teachers; assisting Japanese English teachers with teaching methodology; course design and implementation; student counselling; and teaching adult students TOEIC, General and Business English, in Osaka. KEC

2010 – 2011: Taught two 10-week courses, Business English and General English to adults, in Osaka. Philip-James School of English

2011 October – 2013 September: Teaching corporate clients Business, and Technical (engineering) English. Duties include: lesson preparation; writing detailed student reports; lesson observation and discussion; and attending teacher meetings/training. This company is the only one in Japan that runs the CELTA course. Kobe. Language Resources

Teaching history - England:

1994 - 1997: ELT for adults, teaching mainly General English classes, also PET and First examination preparation classes, in London. Rose of York

2014 July-August: Summer intensive course ELT. Responsible for planning syllabus, and lessons. Working in a team of teachers, teaching 14-17-year-old Italian teenagers, in Hadlow, Kent. Meridian

2015-2019 July-August: Summer intensive course ELT. Responsible for lesson planning, material creation, and teaching varied nationalities of teenagers at Sussex Downs College, Lewes.

Teaching history - Italy:

2013 October - Present: Teaching young learners to adults, Cambridge examination preparation courses from Movers, to CAE, IELTS, TOEIC and TOEFL; also Business and General English courses. Anderson House, Bergamo.

Teaching Qualifications:

1993: Cambridge RSA CTEFLA - Pass; 2009: Cambridge DELTA Module One - Pass; 2010: Cambridge TKT – 4 modules – Distinction; Cambridge oral examiner Starters through First – UCLES ID: CH60JA; Cambridge Train the Trainer – 2018; Cambridge writing examiner for KEY.

Online certified courses 2017-2020:

Teaching Learner Differences; Teaching Pronunciation Differently; Learning to Learn; Teaching Young Learners Phonics; TESOL Strategies: Supporting ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms; Teaching for Success: the Classroom and the World; Dysphagia: Swallowing Difficulties and Medicines; Teaching for Success: Learning and Learners.

Current study in 2020:

Cambridge Delta Module Three