Irina Liner

Irina Liner, PhD

Qualifications:

Native Russian speaker with over 20 years of in-depth experience in teaching English to Russian students of Economics at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Russia) and Russian to native and non-native Russian speakers (private individual and group teaching).

PhD in Russian language and Literature (Russia, 2004); Fulbright 2009 – 2010 Faculty Development grantee at Berkeley Language Center, UC Berkeley.

Professional Experience:

WyzAnt tutoring - Teacher of Russian Language, Literature and Culture (05/2013 - present)

Russian Program ‘Krugozor’, Berkeley - Teacher of Russian Language and Literature - (09/2015 - present)

ZeroChaos, formerly WorkforceLogic - Adds Quality Rater (10/2015 – present)

Berkeley Russian School, Berkeley, CA - Teacher of Russian Language and Literature (10/2013 - 06/2015)

ZeroChaos, formerly WorkforceLogic - Adds Quality Rater (05/2013 - 05/2014)

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Department of Foreign Languages - PhD, Associate Professor (05/2010 - 10/2012)

University of California Berkeley, Berkeley Language Center - Visiting Fulbright Student Researcher / computer assisted language teaching and learning research (08/2009 - 05/2010)

Laney College, CA, USA - Assistant ESL teacher (02/2010 - 05/2010)

All-Russian Distance Learning Institute of Finance and Economics, Department of Foreign Languages - PhD, Associate Professor, Chair of Curriculum and Research Department (06/2007 - 08/2009), Senior Instructor, Chair of Methodological Commission (06/2002 - 06/2007), Instructor (09/1994 - 06/2002), Methodologist (02/1993 - 09/1994)

“Silver Rain” radio station / Russia (09/2004 - 10/2008) - Copywriter

Education:

University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley Language Center) - Certificate of Completion of the Fulbright Scholarship Program (09/2009 - 05/2010)

University of California, San Diego, UCSD Extension, English Language Institute - Certificate of Completion of Academic English Program (08/2009 - 08/2009)

Orel State University, Faculty of Foreign Languages (post-graduate study), Russia - Scientific Degree of Candidate of Philology/PhD (09/2001 - 06/2004)

Orel State Teachers' Training Institute, Faculty of Foreign Languages (English and German Languages), Russia - Teacher of English and German (07/1989 - 06/1993)

Saint-Petersberg State Teachers' Training Institute, Faculty of Foreign Languages (English and German Languages), Russia (09/1988 - 07/1989)

Membership in professional associations:

CATESOL (Californian Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages), NATE (National Association of Teachers of English, Russia), NAAL (National Association of Applied Linguistics, Russia)

Publications, conferences, refresher training:

More than 40 scientific and scientific-methodological articles on linguistics and education, 5 textbooks for students of Economics, 9 textbooks reviews, several articles on Linguistic Nature of Humor and more general burning issues on problems of philanthropy in Russian magazines and newspapers; more than 50 local and international conferences, seminars and webinars attended and organized, around 700 academic hours of refresher training

Passions and interests:

Pragmatics, linguistic nature of humor, computer assisted language teaching methods and techniques, teaching ESL and Russian, cooking, and gardening