Education:

TESOL Specialization: Lesson Design & Assessment – CAPSTONE PROJECT, ASU, University

Foundations of Teaching for Learning, English Composition, Critical Thinking Skills. Accomplished with Distinction Duke University, Vanderbilt University and The Commonwealth Education Trust, U.K.

MA: 2014, English Language, Linguistics and Literature, M G, University

BA: 2009, English Honours, D U, University

British Council: Teacher Training Certificate

IELTS for Teachers, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Bell Centre of English

Profile:

Sohani has 14 years of experience teaching EFL, ESL, ESP and Voice, Accent & Speech Training (VAST) to students from multi-cultural and multi-lingual backgrounds.

To continually upgrade her education, she completed a Teaching Methodology Course, Experienced Teachers Training Course and Teaching Phonology Course, among other courses completed with distinction.

She worked with NGOs like HelpAge & CRY, contributing to their Creative Writing Department. She was actively involved with charitable organizations like Rotary International and Inner Wheel, where she gave voluntary service as a teacher.

In 2012, Sohani introduced a facility at CILL, Speech and Presentation Studio, which has proved to be very popular among students. She conducts the Drama and Conversation Activity at ELC. She is good at organizing programmes and stage shows, focus being the all-round development of her students.

Sohani has deep passion for teaching. She strongly believes that a teacher’s expertise and enthusiasm can inspire a student to scale great heights. Therefore, she tries her best to constantly encourage and motivate students to excel at National / International competitions and strive for perfection in her Voice & Accent Training Class.

Academic research and publications:

Book Entry

2012, Athens, Greece. “2014: IJAS, International Journal of Arts & Sciences, ‘International Conference for Academic Disciplines, Ca’ Foscari University’, 30 June –3 July 2014, Venice, Italy. “Creative Expression in Language Acquisition and Cross-Cultural Competency”.

Technologies’, 6-8July 2015, Barcelona (Spain). “Language Acquisition - Using Innovative Learning and Teaching Methodologies".

2016: ‘Eleventh International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences - An Age and College London, UK. “2017 International Conference on Education and Learning’, 16-18 August 2017, Tokyo, Japan. “The Impact of Language on Creative Expression and Cross-Cultural Sensitivity: Language as a Means of Communication”.