Colin Michell

Higher Colleges of Technology - Fujairah

§  Teaching Academic Reading and Writing

§  Teaching Academic Listening and Speaking

§  Preparing students for the IELTS exam

§  Creating materials that are compatible with ICT and iPad usage in the classroom

§  Teaching on the Foundations programme

§  Teaching the Creating Your Future course

§  Teaching English for Specific Purposes (IT, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering)

§  Catalyst for the Academic Reading and Writing programme where I co-ordinated the creation of the final exam and course outlines across the 17 HCT campuses 

International House Johannesburg

• Teaching General and Business English classes to adults.
• Teaching exam classes (IELTS, FCE and CAE)
• Conducting teacher development sessions
• Observing lessons and giving feedback
• Overseeing the alignment of General and business courses with SAQA and NQF
• Conducting off-site evaluations
• Course co-ordinator for Saturday morning courses
• Main tutor for the BET (Business English Training) certificate for which I authored two of the modules
• Main organiser of the school’s Aviation English programme for which I developed an English language test for pilots and air traffic Controllers
• Giving guidance to new IELTS examiners