Nicholas Swinehart

swinehart.nick@gmail.com 59 N 21 St Newark, OH USA 43055 614-375-0692 www.nickswinehart.us

OBJECTIVE: Seeking a position as a TESOL teacher at a foreign university. Specialize in computer-assisted language learning and teacher training. EDUCATION Master of Arts Candidate, Applied Linguistics, Ohio University, Athens, OH, expected May 2014 Bachelor of Arts, Integrated Social Studies, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2006 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant, TEFL Teaching Practicum, Ohio University, August 2013-Present Supervise undergraduate and graduate students seeking Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate Provide feedback on student teachers lesson plans and teaching methods Head Teacher, Tamwood International Language Camp, San Francisco, July-August 2013 Taught English classes to diverse groups of students aged 7-18, representing five continents and nine native languages Designed curriculum for beginner and intermediate levels using principles of Communicative Language Teaching Supervised one teacher Pronunciation Lab Tutor, Ohio University, November 2012-May 2013 Diagnosed pronunciation needs in Mandarin and Arabic speaking undergraduate and graduate students with low-intermediate English pronunciation skills Trained students on segmental and suprasegmental features of American English pronunciation Teaching Assistant, East Elementary School, Athens, OH, August 2012-May 2013 Taught reading skills to three low-level Arabic native-speaking children, aged 10 years old Trained students on top-down and bottom-up reading techniques Oral English Teacher, Yellow River College of Science and Technology, Zhengzhou, China, September 2009-June 2011 Taught oral English skills to classes of 25-30 low-intermediate Chinese undergraduate students Created curriculum and assessment materials

Swinehart PRESENTATIONS

Open, Online, and Local: A Community-based Course for Adult English Language Learners, Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Conference, Athens, OH, May 2014 Expanding Community English Classes through an Online Course Module, Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, OH, April 2014 CERTIFICATIONS Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) certificate, Ohio University, May 2013 Certification represents training in methodology and research principles of computer-assisted language learning. LANGUAGE SKILLS English, native speaker. Mandarin, intermediate. Lived in China for two years. Arabic, basic. Two semesters of university study. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Investment and Participation in an Intensive English Program Conducted interviews to study how community membership affects international students participation in an ESL program, December 2013. Community English Placement and Diagnostic Exam Created a test and scoring system using Google Forms to highlight students strengths and weaknesses in a placement test, December 2013. Aviation English Corpus Linguistics Analyzed flight transcripts to study how closely pilots follow language-use policies, April 2013. Vocabulary Retention and Motivation in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Environments Tested whether computer-based study tools increase motivation and performance in fifth-grade students, December 2012.