Personal Information• E-mail - cynth cynthax.net• Web Page - www.cynthax.net • Languages - Portuguese (native); English (near native); Spanish (fluent); French, German (intermediate); Italian (fluent reading) Career Interests• Research and teaching of Linguistics to non-linguists, especially language teachers;• Scholarship of teaching and learning; • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages; • Faculty development. Educational HistoryGraduate• PhD in Linguistics in progress, University of Connecticut, USA: - major advisor - Prof. Željko Bošković – defense scheduled for April 22, 2010;• Certificate in College Teaching, University of Connecticut, March 2010; • MA in Linguistics, University of Connecticut, USA: - granted in March 2007. • MA in Linguistics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil: - major advisor – Prof. Jairo Nunes; - granted in January 2003; - thesis – O Que Não Está Lá? Morfologia Flexional em Elipses (What is not there? Inflectional Morphology in Ellipsis) Undergraduate• BA in English and Portuguese, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil: - concluded in December, 1997. - some courses: British, American, Portuguese, and Brazilian Literature, General Linguistics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse Analysis in Portuguese and English.• Teaching Certificate in English and Portuguese, USP, Brazil; - concluded in December, 1998; - some courses: legislation, methodology, practice in teaching English as a Foreign Language and Portuguese. Other relevant courses and certificates • Royal Society of Arts Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English (RSA - COTE), currently named In-Service Certificate for English Language Teachers – (ICELT): - University of Cambridge, UK; - obtained in August, 1996; - theory and practice of teaching English as a Foreign Language. • Certificate in Advanced Educational Studies: - Chichester Institute of Higher Education, University of Southampton, UK; - obtained in June, 1998; - specific area: materials design. Scholarships, Fellowships, and Awards• University of Connecticut Graduate School Outstanding Scholar Program Fellowship, 2003-2006;• David Michaels Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Linguistics, University of Connecticut, 2004; • FAPESP - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (Foundation for the Support of Research of the State of São Paulo) – one-year scholarship and stipend, 2001-2002. Work ExperienceCenter for Teaching Excellence, Cornell University. lecturer in the International Teaching Assistant Program, 2009-presentInstitute for Teaching and Learning, University of Connecticut. Writing Center tutor, 2006-2009. instructor of Oral Communication course for international Teaching Assistants, Fall 2006 . Mentor TA in International Teaching Assistant orientations, 2004-2009 Department of Linguistics, University of Connecticut• instructor of record (full responsibility) – Linguistics 2010Q, Summer 2008• instructor of record (full responsibility) – Linguistics 202, Spring 2008 • teaching workshop for department orientation, Fall 2007 and 2008 • created the first mentoring program for incoming students, Fall 2007 • instructor of record (full responsibility) - Linguistics 110Q, Fall 2007 • discussion section leader for Linguistics 101: - Fall 2003 to Spring 2007; - conducted 50-minute sessions once a week; - developed activities and handouts; - created quizzes and exam questions. • research assistant to Prof. Jonathan Bobaljik, 2006 • research assistant to Prof. Željko Bošković, 2005 English Department, University of Connecticut • Writing Center tutor - Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2008; - tutored graduate and undergraduate students of all departments; - developed resources for assisting ESL writers. Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Connecticut • instructor of Oral Communication course: - Fall 2006; - taught international teaching assistants who needed English oral practice; - prepared students for meeting the university English requirements. • mentor TA in international TA orientations: - Fall 2004 to Fall 2008; - participated in panel discussions for new international teaching assistants. University of Connecticut American English Language Institute • ESL instructor for adults in the Intensive English Program: - Fall 2004 to Summer 2008; - courses in Listening, Speaking, Grammar, and TOEFL. • instructor in the evening Pronunciation course, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2008 • ESL instructor for teenagers in the High School Summer Intensive Program: - Summer 2006; - taught students from Turkey on an exchange program in the US; - courses: pronunciation, culture, grammar, conversation, writing, listening, reading. Seven English & Espanol, São Paulo, Brazil• tutor for the Cambridge In-service Certificate for English Language Teachers: - 2003 to 2007; - led sessions on grammar, language acquisition, reading, and methodology; - tutored candidates and graded papers.• workshop leader, mainly in the areas of grammar and pronunciation, from 1996 to 2007; • teacher trainer and educator: - 2001 to 2003; - prepared and led sessions on language and methodology for incoming teachers; - tutored lesson planning; - observed lessons and led debriefing sessions. • English as a Foreign Language teacher: - 1994 to 2003; - taught teenagers ages 10-17 in-house and in their regular schools; - taught adults in-house and in-company. Cambridge University Press, São Paulo office, Brazil• freelance reviewer - took part in the Latin American reviewing of the Interchange Teacher’s Resource Book, levels 1 and 2 (2003), under the supervision of Carlos BarbisanEditora Martins Fontes, São Paulo, Brazil • free-lance technical reviewer of the Brazilian translation of The Language Instinct, by Steven Pinker (2001) Universidade São Judas Tadeu, São Paulo, Brazil• English Phonetics and Phonology instructor - taught the Phonetics and Phonology module of a post-graduate course for English teachers (2000 and 2001) Escola Palavra Escrita, São Paulo, Brazil• pronunciation teacher, 2000 Universidade Camillo Castelo Branco, São Paulo, Brazil • Linguistics lecturer in the undergraduate course for English teaching majors (2001) Universidade de São Paulo, English on Campus Project, São Paulo, Brazil• English as a Foreign Language Teacher - taught adults from the university community (1996 to 1998)Presentations and panels2008• Member of the panel discussion ‘Science and Faith: an interdisciplinary matter’ at the Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, Connecticut• “Like French or Chinese? Optional Wh-movement in Brazilian Portuguese” – talk at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 2008 Annual Meeting, Chicago • “Gender and Markedness” – talk at the Berkeley Linguistic Society (BLS) 34th Meeting, Berkeley University • “Knowing a Language Doesn’t Make You a Linguist!” – poster at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Meeting, Boston • “Three Types of Gender Markedness in Predicative Nouns” – talk at the Penn Linguistics Colloquium (PLC), February 2008, UPenn • “Ellipsis and Markedness – talk at the Markedness and Underspecification in the Morphology and Semantics of Agreement Workshop (MUMSA), Harvard University 2007• “The Question Operator in Brazilian Portuguese” – talk at the Graduate Portuguese and Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (GRAPHSY), Georgetown University.• “The Scientific Method and Why it Matters for the Classroom” – talk given by invitation at the Festival do Idioma Vivo (‘Living Language Festival’) at Seven English & Espanol, São Paulo, Brazil 2006• “Even, Glad, and Any” – talk at the New England Workshop in Semantics (SNEWS), Yale University.2004• “A Morfologia Distribuida nas Elipses”- talk given by invitation at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Distributed Morphology in Ellipsis.• “Remember to Come to This Talk” – talk given by invitation at the Festival do Idioma Vivo (‘Living Language Festival’) at Seven English & Espanol, São Paulo, Brazil, on the difference between verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives in English. 2002• “A Morfologia Distribuída no Minimalismo: identidade em anáforas superficiais.” 50o. Seminário do GEL (Grupo de Estudos Linguisticos), Sao Paulo, Brazil.• “Syntactic Puzzles - Come Play With Grammar.” 8th BRAZ-TESOL (Brazilian Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Conference, Florianopolis, Brazil. • “Elipses no Minimalismo.” Workshop Pesquisas em Morfossintaxe: Perspectivas Históricas e Minimalistas, Campinas, Brazil. • “A questão da identidade em elipses.” 5o. Encontro do Círculo de Estudos Lingüísticos do Sul. Curitiba, Brazil. 2001• “O que não está lá - um estudo sobre morfologia flexional em elipses.” 49o. Seminário do GEL, Marilia, Brazil.• “O que não está lá - morfologia flexional em elipses.” VII Seminário de Teses em Andamento, Campinas, Brazil. • “Agree and Ellipsis.” I Workshop on Ellipsis and Empty Categories. Campinas, 2001. 2000• “Grammar - How Far Should We Go?” 7th BRAZ-TESOL National Convention, Sao Paulo, Brazil.1999• “Getting It Right From the Start: pronunciation for beginners.” 6th LAURELS (Latin American Union of Registered English Language Schools) International Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil.• “Pronunciation for Beginners.” BRAZ-TESOL Pronunciation Special Interest Group One-Day Event, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 1998• “The Role of Less Controlled Practice in Getting Teenage Learners to Talk” – talk at the First LAURELS Teacher Trainers' Conference, Maceió, Brazil.• Panel member of the BRAZ-TESOL Pronunciation Special Interest Group panel at the BRAZ-TESOL Annual Convention, Recife, Brazil. 1997• ”Why Wait?” 5th LAURELS International Conference on Education and Management, Sao Paulo, Brazil.• “The Importance of Teaching Pronunciation from the Very Beginning.” I EAGILE (Encontro de Alunos de Graduação em Língua Inglesa), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Publications• forthcoming, with Jonathan Bobaljik – “Gender Markedness – The Anatomy of a Counter-Example”, draft at http://ling.auf.net/lingBuzz/000732• with Jairo Nunes - “Morphological Identity in Ellipsis”, in Leiden Working Papers in Linguistics, v.2, n.2, 29-42, 2005; • “O Que Não Está Lá - Morfologia Flexional em Elipses.” Estudos Lingüísticos, São Paulo, SP, v. XXXI, 2001. • with Camilla Lieff, Marcello Marcelino, Silvia Correa, Zaina Nunes, and Elizabeth Pow. “BRAZ-TESOL Pronunciation SIG Annotated Bibliography.” BRAZ TESOL Newsletter, São Paulo, SP, v. 4/2001, p. 18-19, 2001. • “The Role of Less Controlled Practice in Getting our Teenage Students to Talk.” Laurels News, Goiânia, GO, v. 20, p. 7-7, 1999. Professional Organizations Memberships• AAAS – American Association for the Advancement of Science;• MLA – Modern Language Association; • LSA – Linguistic Society of America; • POD – Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education; • Linguistics Club at the University of Connecticut. Other Relevant Activities• reviewer for the UConn Working Papers in Linguistics upcoming volume;• graduate representative of the Linguistics students, 2006-2007; • head of the Colloquium Committee, Dep. of Linguistics, UConn, 2005-2006; • president of the Linguistics Club, UConn, 2004-2005; • part of the NELS 35 organizing committee, 2004; • member of the research group “Pesquisas em Sintaxe Minimalista”, supervised by Jairo Nunes, 2001-2003. • central committee member of the BRAZ-TESOL Pronunciation SIG (Special Interest Group), 1997 to 2001. November 2008. |