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| BridgeTEFL trainers are professionals in the field who are experienced in teaching English and dedicated to training English teachers. All of our teacher trainers have either an M.A. or certification in TEFL and extensive practical teaching experience in a variety of contexts. Most importantly, BridgeTEFL trainers are passionate about what they do and consistently strive to serve the diverse needs of their EFL students and TEFL trainees. |
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| Denise Kray
Denise is a 1995 graduate of the Education program at the University of Alberta, Canada. After college, she spent a year in Japan teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to students of all levels. Upon returning to the U.S., Denise received her Colorado teacher credential.
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| In 1997, Denise came to Bridge-Linguatec where she has taught ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, including test preparation, grammar, reading, listening, and speaking. Since 2003, she has been the head
TEFL trainer in our BridgeTEFL program in Denver, in which she has trained teachers from around the world. She has also assisted in curriculum development for both ESL classes and BridgeTEFL. |
| Laura Greenwood
Laura has a B.A. in English and History from the University of North Carolina and a MEd. TESOL from Grand Canyon University. She spent her teaching career in the public school sector where her responsibilities included: teaching, writing curriculum, district-wide testing, and English Department Coordinator for Hunterdon County Polytech High School.
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| Laura moved to Denver in 2000, got certified to teach English at BridgeTEFL, and spent 2005 teaching EFL in Santiago, Chile. She joined Bridge in 2007 and is currently an IDELT Trainer. Laura, in addition to training up hundreds of EFL teachers every year, also trains up new IDELT trainers at other BridgeTEFL authorized training centers. When at home and not traveling for work, she mentors at-risk youth, works with a local philanthropic organization, and conducts seminars for ESL volunteer teachers in her community.
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| Marisa Brooks
Marisa has been in the field of ESL/EFL for over 25 years, as teacher, CELTA trainer, online tutor, curriculum coordinator, and IEP director. She has trained on over 30 CELTA courses, and she is also a CELTA Assessor. |
| Her career has taken her to Japan, California, Colorado, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, where she currently lives with her husband and 3 cats. Marisa has been the Head CELTA Trainer at Bridge since 2008, and was appointed as the Head Online Tutor for the Bridge TEFL Online courses in 2009. Marisa holds a B.A. in English from Central College in Pella, Iowa, and an MAT in ESOL from the School for International Training in Vermont. |
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Susan Weymouth
Susan’s education and professional experience includes
a B.A. from the University of California, teaching credentials
for secondary English and literacy instruction, and a
M.A.T. in TESOL from the University of Northern Colorado. |
| Susan has many years of teaching experience in public and private schools, and has focused on developing English language acquisition programs for adults in vocational settings. Currently, Susan balances teacher training, curriculum and materials development, and EFL teaching at our Denver, Colorado location. Susan also became a CELTA trainer at Bridge in 2009. |
| Karina Zew
Karina lived most of her childhood in the US, but moved to Argentina as a teenager. She has a Master's in Psychology and has been involved for many years in the field of education. She started teaching Business English in companies nearly 20 years ago, and during that time she also taught general English to children, adolescents and adults. |
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Karina has also been a speaker at conferences regarding teaching English as a Foreign Language. She started with Bridge-Linguatec as a teacher and is now a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) trainer in our Buenos Aires center. |
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Vera Bradford
Vera Bradford earned her MA in Brazilian Literature and also her MBA in Management. She has over 20 years of experience in teaching, academic supervision, and teacher training. She has served as the president of BRAZ-TESOL and currently directs its Rio Chapter. |
| Vera is an IELTS certified examiner and a presenter at many national and international TESOL events. Vera has been working for BridgeTEFL as a TEFL trainer in Brazil since 2005. |
| Christine Ng
Christine is from Singapore and majored in Linguistics and Psychology at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. After graduating, she received her TESOL certification and has been teaching ESL ever since. |
| Christine relocated to Santiago, Chile in November 2008. She joined Bridge as an English teacher in January 2009 and later became a TEFL trainer in June of the same year. |
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Hannah Amrhein
Hannah received a B.A. and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Victoria and completed her TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) certification. After college, she moved to Oaxaca, Mexico for two years, where she taught English at a small university.
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| For the past two summers, Hannah has taught ESL at the Juilliard School in New York City for a summer exchange program. She now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where she teaches English at a private language school. She loves to travel and has been to Southeast Asia, South America and Central America as well as all
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| Anita Cooper
Anita Cooper began her teaching career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Venezuela, and has taught preschool, kindergarten, ESL, and adjunct graduate level courses at New England College and at the University of Colorado at Denver. |
| Anita is a literacy specialist and has an M.Ed (concentration ESL) from New England College, where she was a recipient of the President’s Graduate Studies Award for Professional Leadership and Academic Excellence. Her specialization is assisting teachers in differentiating instruction to meet the wide range of student learning styles, interests, abilities and language levels. She currently resides in San Francisco and in Colorado. |
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| Bridge-Linguatec, Inc. d/b/a Bridge, Denver, CO
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Comments from our Graduates |
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“BridgeTEFL
trainers are exceptionally friendly and knowledgeable,
and they are very concerned with preparing you to be
a worthy teacher of ESL.” |
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“The
[BridgeTEFL] trainer was available at all times for
me. He was readily accessible and always willing to
help and pitch in ideas for my lessons. Feedback was
useful because it highlighted my weaknesses and then
I worked on that weakness the next class.” |
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“Our
TEFL trainer was always willing to help and more than
happy to give good, constructive feedback. In addition,
he was always very helpful in assuring my lesson plan
was ready [for practice teaching].”
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