HIPATIA GABRIELA VENEGAS YACELGA

QUITO ECUADOR

PROFILE:
A very responsible English teacher, willing to do the best in order for students to get to communicate in a
fluid way.
PERSONAL DETAILS
I am a professional belly dancer as well, I love art, I also like swimming and cooking. I think the best
experience a person can have is travelling and experiencing a new culture.

EXPERIENCE:
Unidad Educativa Cardenal de la Torre Quito Ecuador January 1st to August 31st, 2002
English teacher for primary school
Worked as an English teacher for primary school. Prepared lesson plans based on the school
requirements.
Worked as English teacher for high school.
Unidad Educativa Giovanni Antonio Farina October 1st, 2002 to March 28th, 2006
English teacher for high school
Worked with students from 11 to 17 years old. In charge of writing the lesson plans, as well the
annual plans.
Developed the project of dividing students by levels to have smaller classes, having success.
Share small seminars with colleagues inside the institution.

Centro de Estudios Continuo de la Escuela Politecnica Nacional Acreditacion A.CEC EPN

October 23rd, 2004 current days
English Instructor for different levels
Worked with Beginner, Basic 1, Basic 2, Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2.
Substituted for Advanced 1 and Advanced 2
Cultural activities for Foreign teachers
Chamber of Commerce of Quito March 1st present time
Worked as an interpreter translator for Indian businessmen

CAREER SUMMARY
Dedicated professional with the ability to teach, motivate students, find solutions to problems students
have during the learning process.
Self motivated and with the strong conviction of helping students to learn English in a fun and organized
way.

EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF ARTS 2001
MINOR IN TEACHING ENGLISH
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ECUADOR
MASTERS PROGRAM APPLIED LINGUSITICS AND DIDACTICS TO THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN
LANGUAGES, finished. (working on my thesis)
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ECUADOR
TRAINING
Educational Center of Languages and Administrative Specializations: CENDIA, from November 1997 to
December 1998. 14 levels.
Seminar Administracin Educativa, from March 1st to 5th, 1999.
Seminar "Trfico Areo", from April 15 to July 15, 2002.

Seminar Conceptual Pedagogy " Curricular Design", September 2 to 18, 2002.

International Seminar about Conceptual Pedagogy " Curricular Design", May 28 and 29,2004.
Seminar: GUA PARA LA INTERPRETACIN DE LA NORMA INTERNACIONAL ISO 9001:2000
February 4 to 26, 2005.
Seminar: EVALUATION TOOLS, March 4, 2005.
Seminar:PROCESOS Y PROCEDIMIENTOS DEL SISTEMA DE GESTIN DE LA CALIDAD, April 13 to
28, 2005.
Seminar: DOCUMENTACIN DEL SISTEMA DE GESTIN DE LA CALIDAD, May 9 to 26, 2005.
PROFESIONAL SEMINARS
Translation Seminar SPANISH - ENGLISH,realizado, from June 19 to July 10, 2001
TEFL Seminar, May 30 and 31, 2003.
TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN/SECOND LANGUAGE AND CROSS CULTURAL AWARENESS
(TEFL/TESL/CCA FIRST CERTIFICATE), from August 23 to September 17, 2004.
TEACHING METHODOLOGIES, from October 18 to December 17, 2004.
TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP ON "MUSIC AS MOTIVATION", February 12, 2005.
"FUN WITH GRAMMAR: GRAMMAR GAMES FOR THE EFL CLASSROOM", April 23, 2005.
WHAT'S NEW IN INTERCHANGE", June 18, 2005.
"THE CREATIVE CLASSROOM: USING ART TO TEACH ENGLISH",December 10, 2005.
"HOW DO YOU SAY......?:USING DICTIONATIES IN THE CLASSROOM ", January 21, 2006.

"LEARNING BY LISTENING", February 18, 2006.

"CREATING EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: TME MANAGEMENT IN LESSON PLANNING", June 28,2006.
"PRACTICING GRAMMAR USING PARTY GAMES",July 11, 2006.
"READING USING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS", July 15, 2006.
CREATING MINI VIDEO LESSONS, November 21,2006.

SPEAK SLOWER, PLEASE: LISTENING ACTIVITIES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, April
21, 2007.
EXPLORING SECOND LANGUAGE READING, June 26, 2007.
MAKING GRAMMAR PRACTICE AND HOMEWORK MEANINGFUL, July 14,2007.
MAKING MODALS MEANINGFUL,

May 3, 2011.

WORKING WITH TECHNOLOGY, February 16, 2012.

PRONUNCIATION FOR SPANICH SPEAKERS, April 26, 2012.
LEARNING TO TEACH ENGLISH (MORE ) EFFECTIVELY, July 16, 2012.
USING CHRISTMAS MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM, November 29, 2012.
WHATS B2? , February 28, 2013.
WHATS NEW IN TKT, April 18, 2013.
INTERCHANGE 4TH EDITION AND ITS COMPONENTS, July 20th, 2013.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?, September 26, 2013.

USING SUGGESTOPEDIA IN A GRAMMAR LESSON: REDUCING THE AFFECTIVE FILTER,

November 8th 2013.
LISTENING TOOLS FOR LOW LEVEL LEARNERS, November 20th, 2013.
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS, November 23rd , 2013.
PAIRWORK, GROUPWORK INTERACTIVE LEARNING, November 28, 2013.
BEYOND THE GAP FILL: DYNAMIC ACTIVITIES FOR USING MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM, May 10th,
2014.
PREPARING STUDENTS IN THE FOUR SKILLS: WRITING, November 20th,2014.
GEAR UP FOR DIGITAL, February 26th, 2015

WORK REFERENCES
Ernesto Santos Jr. M.Ed.
Coordinacion de Linguistica
E Intercambios Culturales

593 222 9163 ext 118

593 998779942
esantos@cec-epn.edu.ec

Raquel Valladares

593 2 525 766 ext. 128 from 8 a.m. to 2 p. m.

Janet Cisneros

593 2 525 766 ext. 101 from 7 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.