Lisa McMurray

Lisa mcmurray

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location of Lisa McMurrayAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
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  • Timeline

  • About me

    English Teacher/ IELTS/ British Council/EMSAT Examiner/Marker. FHEA

  • Education

    • Ulster university

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      Postgraduate certificate further and higher education adult and continuing education and teaching
    • Ulster university

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      Master's degree applied languages and linguistics
    • Queen's university belfast

      2002 - 2004
      Bachelor of science - bs legal studies
    • Ulster university

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      Ba humanities french and european studies 2:1
  • Experience

    • Berlitz benelux

      Jul 1993 - Sept 1994
      English second language teacher

      Worked as an ESL / EFL teacher in Berlitz......General and Business English, on an individual Total Immersion basis, as well as teaching large groups of students and in- house in companies, as required. This position was as part of my year abroad during my degree.

    • European commission

      Aug 1999 - Apr 2000
      Stagiaire directorate-general 12

      Traineeship, working with European administration, helping in basic translations from French to English, assisting in departmental duties and administration, proof-reading of documents, assisting on missions to other European Institutions in Brussels and Strasbourg.

    • Belfast metropolitan college

      Sept 2000 - Jun 2009
      Lecturer esol and languages (french and italian)

      Teacher of English, Cambridge ESOL, EFL, IELTS to adult students at various levels. In addition, teacher of French and Beginner Italian, at different levels, including French GCSE and AS level and Conversational French, at various levels.

    • Cea rewarding learning council for the curriculum, examinations and assessment northern ireland

      Jun 2004 - Sept 2009
      Administrator/ examiner marker

      Seasonal, summer employment for several years, working in administrative department. Duties including sorting exam papers from schools and colleges in Northern Ireland, sending out exam papers, receiving them, organising subject areas, teams of markers, proof-reading for examiner errors following marking of scripts in the script-processing department. Examiner French GCSE Speaking and Writing exams.I also was an Examiner of French GCSE Speaking and Writing for the same Examinations board, on a seasonal basis, for several years. Show less

    • Le club francais international

      Aug 2005 - Jul 2009
      Business/franchise owner

      Owner and Co-ordinator of after-school French and Spanish Language clubs in primary schools in areas of Northern Ireland, on a part-time basis. I taught some classes myself and also arranged other teachers to run classes for me in the language clubs.

    • British council

      Jun 2008 - Aug 2008
      English teacher

      Teaching on a summer course....adult learners and children.....Beginners to Intermediate level.

    • Higher colleges of technology

      Aug 2009 - now
      English instructor
    • British council

      Jan 2013 - now
      Examiner english (speaking/writing)

      Part time examiner of above.

    • Cert- centre of excellence for applied research & training

      Jan 2013 - now
      Ielts examiner, cambridge (writing and speaking)
    • Oet english test interlocutor cert abu dhabi

      Mar 2018 - now
      Interlocutor part time

      Questioning students for an occupational speaking exam, from a medical, pharmacy and veterinarian professional background. Testing their knowledge of English in order to qualify to work in these fields in an English-speaking environment.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Hea fellowship award

      Higher education academy uk
      Mar 2024