Trainer's Details

Qualifications

• ➢ Level – 5 Qualification in British TESOL awarded by OCN West Midland, A Government-regulated awarding body. UK
• ➢ Doctor of Philological Sciences
• ➢ Paremy and its forms (On English, Georgian and Russian materials).
• ➢ Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia

English Language Teaching Experiences International Level

• ➢ Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Hungary - Erasmus+ exchange Professor at Inholland University
• ➢ Courses delivered abroad in English Language:
• ➢ Netherlands – Georgia, cultural Identity, EU integration (Erasmus+mobilility project K107 (Netherlands, Inholland University of Applied Sciences);
• ➢ Hungary – University of Pecs – English for Law
• ➢ Germany - Intercultural Business Communication
• ➢ Czech Republic & Lietuva: Have delivered Language training and methodological courses for English language centres
• ➢ Academic Writing and Communication Skills for International program of Management, Kutaisi International University (bachelor level)

English Language Teaching Experiences National Level

• ➢ Associate Professor (linguistics) at Open University, Tbilisi, Georgia
• ➢ Invited Professor at Sulkan Saba Orbeliani University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
• ➢ Teacher trainer at Imperial English Academy, GTUNI, Tbilisi, Georgia
• ➢ Exchange Professor at Inholland University of Applied Sciences,
• ➢ Netherlands
• ➢ Teacher Trainer, training American Teachers within the program ‘Teach and Learn with Georgia (TLG)’, initiated by Georgian Government to recruit native language speakers to teach in public schools in Georgia.
• ➢ Professor at Guram Tavartkiladze Tbilisi Teaching University
• ➢ Professor at Tbilisi State University of Economic Relations
• ➢ English Language and Culture program leader, Professor at Takaishvili University of Culture and Art
• ➢ English Language Teacher at ESM
• ➢ English Language Teacher at Kutaisi Technical University
• ➢ Imperial English Academy, UK, International Mater Teacher Trainer
• ➢ National Centre for Educational Quality Enhancement, authorization and accreditation expert
• ➢ Marker of English language exam at Unified National Exams (NAEC).
• ➢ Head of English Language Centre, Full Professor, Guram Tavartkiladze Teaching University, Tbilisi
• ➢ Head of International Relations Department of GTUNI
• ➢ Head of International Relations and Innovations Department of Tbilisi State University of Economic Relations
• ➢ English Language and Culture program leader, Professor at Takaishvili University of Culture and Art

Certificates and Extra Qualifications

• ➢ PLA session on the topic: Internationalization of Higher Educational Institutions (National Centre for Educational Quality Enhancement)
• ➢ TESOL (Teaching English to speakers of other languages) International certificate
• ➢ TESOL CPD training, (Imperial English Academy), UK.
• ➢ External Quality Assurance in Emergency Situations (European University Association). November 10-13, 2020.
• ➢ Flexible higher education: implications for QA”, (European University Association). November 9, 2020.
• ➢ Elsevier webinar on ‘Strengthening Research Capabilities Remotely’. June 25, 2020.
• ➢ Scopus Webinar: Participation in panel discussion on the reward system for researchers – July 2, 2020
• ➢ Elsevier webinar: Open science and the reward system: how can they be aligned? July 3, 2020