Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details

Name                                                     Clive Newton

Date of Birth                                        27 January 1959

Email:                                                   clive@cvnewton.freeserve.co.uk (H)

                                               cnewton@liverpool.ac.uk

Current Employment:                        Teacher, teacher trainer and IELTS trainer at the University of Liverpool

 

EFL Qualifications

August 1990:                                        MA in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching, The University of Lancaster.

August 1989:                                        RSA Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

August 1985:                                        RSA Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

 

Employment

Sept 2000 to June 2001                       Teacher trainer and materials co-ordinator: the Q Group Multimedia plc, UK

May 2000 to Sept 2000                        Seconded Overseas Development Executive, the Bell Educational Trust

April 2000 to May 2000                       Seconded Marketing Executive, The Bell Educational Trust

June 1997 to April 2000                      Teacher / teacher trainer / materials writer at Bell Saffron Walden, IELTS trainer.

July 1996 to May 1997                        Freelance teacher / teacher trainer at the Universities of Birmingham, Aston and Wolverhampton working.

Sept. 1995 to June 1996                      ODA / British Council ELT project design consultant, Hubei University, Wuhan, PR China

Sept 1994 to June 1995                       Teacher trainer and project manager, Northwest Minorities University, Lanzhou, PR China

Sept 1993 to June 1994                       Teacher trainer and project manager, Tangshan Institute of Science and Technology, Tangshan, PR China, IELTS oral examiner.

Sept 1992 to June 1993                       Teacher trainer and project manager, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, PR China, IELTS oral examiner

Sept 1991 to June 1992                       Teacher trainer and project manager, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, PR China, IELTS oral examiner

Sept 1990 to June 1991                       Teacher trainer and project manager, Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan, PR China.

July 1990 to June 1996                       EAP Tutor at Lancaster University during each summer.

Sept. 1988 to July 1989                       EFL teacher, International House, Lisbon, Portugal

Sept. 1986 to July 1988                       EFL Teacher, International House, Pamplona, Spain

Sept. 1985 to July 1986                       EFL Teacher, Cambridge English Studies, La Coruna Spain.

 

Publications

Forthcoming 2001                                The Teacher Trainer: How to Train Teachers to use ICT for ELT.

April 2001                                             English Teaching Professional - Using Cuisenaire Rods for ELT

July 2000:                                             IATEFL CALL Review - Moving Forward, but in which direction?

June 2000:                                            English Teaching Professional - Teaching in Cyberspace

July 1999:                                             English Teaching Professional: The Phonemic Script. The Pros and Cons

April 1997:                                            Arena Issue 22: WWW - A useful teaching tool

Jan 1997                                                ELTJ January 1997: Using Pathways in Self-Access Centres.

 

Conference Papers

November 2001 (Forthcoming)          IATEFL Computer SIG, The Bell School Saffron Walden, ICT Workshops

Sept 2001 (Forthcoming)                    British Council Guangzhou: Interface

June 2001                                             IATEFL Computer SIG Poland

May 2001                                              IATEFL Cyprus, University of Cyprus: Three workshops - Using Hot Potatoes, Using the word processor, Using Authentic Websites.

Nov. 2000                                              Dillingen (Bavaria) Teacher Training Conference: Using Hot Potatoes, Using the word processor, Using the Web for ELT

May 2000                                              British Council Hong Kong - Interface on: Designing Electronic Projects and Experience a Web Lesson.

March 2000                                           IATEFL Dublin: Practical Issues in Using the WWW for ELT.

December 1999                                    Chinese University of Hong Kong: ILEC: Using the WWW for ELT.

Nov. 1999                                              Dillingen (Bavaria) Teacher Training Conference: Using the Web for ELT

July 1999                                              Bell Educational Trust SummerFest Teacher Training Conference: Using Cuisenaire Rods.

April 1999:                                            British Council Hong Kong - Interface on: Using the WWW for ELT

March 1999:                                         IATEFL conference Edinburgh: Total Immersion Teacher Training, integrating teacher training with British culture projects.

March 1999:                                         British Council Palermo 99 Italy: Using the WWW for ELT.

February 1999:                                     IATEFL Computer SIG Christ Church University College Canterbury on: Practical Issues in Using the WWW for ELT

Nov. 1998:                                             IATEFL Computer SIG conference in Madrid: Using the WWW for ELT.

March 1998:                                         IATEFL conference: Using Pathways in Self-Access Centres.

 

ELT Management  / Teacher Training Skills

·          Teacher Selection - processing, interviewing and evaluation of prospective teachers.

·          Materials Development - materials evaluation, syllabus design, course design, piloting, supplementary materials, also design and development of electronic materials.

·          Timetabling.

·          Teacher Development - teacher observation, in-house teacher training workshops.

·          Teacher Support - feedback, liaison with management

·          RSA/UCLES DELTA main tutor

·          Teacher training short course design: methodology and language improvement, ICT, young learners

·          Mentoring: Completed a course in mentoring for ELT professional development - February 2000

 

 

Research Interests

·          The effectiveness of computer-based learning.

·          The role of methodology in CALL.

·          Formal drama in ELT.

·          Teacher training

 

Membership

IATEFL Computer SIG Events Officer

 

Languages                   

Spanish: spoken to upper intermediate, written to intermediate

Chinese: spoken to intermediate

Portuguese: notional knowledge

 

Personal Interests

Singing; song-writing; performing, drama; guitar; Latin-American and African music, daily swimming.