ANDREA VALENTE

HIGHLIGHTS

·         Reviewed extensive literature and wrote papers for international congresses

·         Translated and proofread  Internet sites as well as academic papers

·         More than 5 years of experience using Microsoft Word and Power Point

·         Superb English and Portuguese oral and written skills

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics                                                                                                                                               2001

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

B.A. and B. Ed. (Major: English)                                                                                                                                                         1991

State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

WORK EXPERIENCE

Web Translator (freelance)                                                                                                                                                2003 - present

- Translated and edited material for a web site in the Internet

English Teacher (ESL and High School Teacher)                                                                                                                2003 -2004

Netskills College, North York, Ontario

- Prepared matured students for TOEFL exam

- Taught English (college/university preparation) to culturally diverse students

- Designed exams and evaluated students’ written and spoken performance

ESL Tutor

Toronto Catholic School Board                                                                                                                                                            2003

- Assisted seniors with literacy skills at the Portuguese Community

- Designed communicative activities for Newcomers

Research Assistant                                                                                                                                                                               2001

- Worked with Prof. Michael Wiseman (Bavarian Institute, Germany) and Prof. Zyngier (University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Responsibilities: organized and classified data on the study of effect of music on students’ creative writing; managed database by running statistical analysis using SPSS; wrote a paper for the IGEL, Pecs, Hungary, 2002.

Graduate Research Assistant                                                                                                                                                  1999 - 2000

- Worked with Prof. Achim Barsch (University of Kassel, Germany ) and Prof. Zyngier (University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

- Responsibilities: translated, reviewed and adapted questionnaire on the study of empirical study of literature to Brazilian undergraduates; analyzed quantitative and qualitative data; presented research results at the IGEL, University of Toronto, 2000.

PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSES

Valente, A.C (2003) Epistemic parenthetical use of “I think” and its pragmatic dimensions. Paper presented at the 4^th Annual Niagara Linguistic Society, University of Toronto, Canada

Valente, A.C (2003) An interactional sociolinguistic study of code-switching in e-mails exchanged among Brazilian speakers: cool, ne? Paper accepted at the 8^th International Pragmatics Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.

Valente, A.C (2001) What s behind a teacher’s autobiographical narrative? Paper presented at the 28^th International Systemic Functional Congress, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.                                                      

Valente, A.C. (2001) Discourse signals exchanged in supervision activities: promoting or inhibiting the reflective thinking? Paper presented at The Society for Text and Discourse – 11^th Annual Meeting. Santa Barbara University, California, US.

Valente, A.C. (2001) Overlapping talk: an ice-breaker or a rapport-breaker in supervision sessions? Paper presented at the International Association of Dialogue Analysis (IADA), University of Goteborg, Sweden.

Valente, A.C (2001) Contextualized Stylistic Cues: the veiled language of supervision activities. Paper presented at the 21^st Poetics and Linguistic Association (PALA), University of Budapest, Hungary.

Valente, A.C (2000) Reading to Mom a literary reading experience inside a matriarchal family. Paper presented at the 7^th International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL), University of  Toronto, Canada.

BOOK REVIEW AND PUBLICATIONS

Non-Western perspectives on human communication: implications for theory and practice by Min Sun Kim (2002). In.: Discourse & Society, 2005 (forthcoming)

Valente, Andrea Claudia (2002) “Pedagogical reading practice: a student-teachers’ attitude”. In.: Zyngier, et al. Teorias, Práticas e Interdisciplinaridade. Faculty of Letters, UFRJ.

Valente, Andrea Claudia (2001). “Keeping Family Ties: An empirical view of reading”.

In.: Zyngier, et al. Conhecimento e Imaginação: coletânea dos trabalhos do  I ECEL. Faculty of Letters, UFRJ.

COMMUNITY WORK

Communication Facilitator                                                                                                                                                          currently

York-Durham Aphasia Centre, Stouffville, Ontario

- Assisted clients with aphasia to improve their communication abilities

HOBBIES

- Reading, hiking with the family, doing yoga and exercises, listening to world music and travelling