M.A. Laura Adriana Zinoni

Pedagogic interests

Assessment at the tertiary level (integrated testing and promoting best practice)

Autonomous learning

Task based language learning and teaching

Qualifications

2014 - MA in TESOL Distance Learning (Merit) - University of Nottingham (UK)

1992 - Certificate in TEFL - University of Glasgow (UK)

1992 - Certificate in Management for Export - University of Glasgow (UK)

1991 - BA Hons in Philosophy and Politics (2.1) - University of Durham (UK)

Experience

2019 –  English instructor at Sugiyama University, Nagoya (JPN)

2018 and 2019 - Pre-sessional EAP teacher at the University of Reading (UK) 

2014 – to present - Translator and proofreader Czech-English

2009 – to present - EAP Lecturer Language Department, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice (CZ)

Assessor accreditation

2008 Accredited Oral Assessor/Interviewer for Pearson Language Tests LTEC and LTE, Pearson 2013, 2017 ETS Administrator Accreditation, ETS Global

2020 Cambridge English Examinations

Presentations at conferences and seminars

2020 – CercleS Brno (CZ)
Conference: Language Centres at a Crossroads
Presentation: Integrated language skills assessment: how the TEEP inspired the language department of the faculty of science at the University of South Bohemia.

2017 – The Library of the University of South Bohemia (CZ)
Seminar: Citation Ethics
Presentation: The Writing Clinic: Who, Where and What?

2017 – IVIG Prague (CZ)
Seminar: Writing centres and university libraries
Presentation: The Writing Clinic at the Faculty of Science at the University of South Bohemia: a case study.

2016 - ILPS (Charles University) Poděbrady (CZ)
Conference: Foreign Language Teaching and Testing Methods
Joint presentation: Vocabulary Subtest of the Bachelor’s Examination at the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia.

2015 – Palacký University, Olomouc (CZ)
Conference: Trends in language teaching at the tertiary level in the language centres
Joint presentation: Master’s Oral Examination at the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia; Procedure and Assessment.

Projects

2018/19 – University of South Bohemia (CZ)
Seminar: EMI –English as a Medium of Instruction

2012 – 2013 Gaudeo CB Language School, Ceske Budejovice (CZ)
EFL Teacher Training Course

2016 – “Vocabulary subtest of the Bachelor's Examination at the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia”, joint
authorship, proceedings of the Poděbrady conference: Foreign Language Teaching and Testing Methods.

2015 - “Master’s Oral Examination at the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia; Procedure and Assessment”, joint
authorship, proceedings of the Olomouc conference: Trends in Language Teaching at the Tertiary Level in Language Centres.

2014 - “Integrating learner training tasks for self-direction in the native speaker’s EFL classes at a Czech university: a case study.”
MA dissertation (unpublished) carried out at the University of South Bohemia.