Australian language expert
Language training consultant, Dora Lafkas
Tony Corballis and Dora Lafkas collaborate on:
- sharing best practice in curriculum development
- joint project development
- collaborative publishing
- reciprocal referrals
- professional cooperation
- solutions brainstorming
Dora Lafkas: consultancy and research
Commissioned Linguistics Research Assistance: Language of
Mathematics
Consultant on genre-based approach to language
Consultant in
severe language problem clients & second language interference
Linguistic
consultant in curricula & client achievement
Language & Literacy consultant
Teaching methodologies consultant
Educational provision and curriculum evaluation
consultant
Assessment systems evaluator
ESOL practice, assessment & methodologies
consultant
Various ESOL administrative committee memberships
English-Greek
interpretor and translator
Humanitarian Programmes consultant
Migration
& Aboriginal awareness consultant
Local government community policy consultant
and policy writer
Dora Lafkas: qualifications and professional development
MA (TESOL), Cert TEFLA, Grad Dip Ed, BA
Plus 460 hours formal training in curriculum and assessment development, literacy & language teaching, and related areas
Dora Lafkas: 26 years' training experience
University lecturing in pedagogy
& methodology
Trainer training and professional development delivery
Twenty-five
years in all areas of English and modern language training
Voice specialist
Dora Lafkas: assessment experience
Client preparation in:
Cambridge KET, PET, FCE, CAE and CPE, IELTS, CULT, CSWE, various competency-based
assessment systems, and Australian Taxi Driver English
Language Assessment
Published materials in:
IELTS, CULT, CSWE preparation delivery, various
competency-based assessment systems, needs-based certification assessment systems
and Australian
Taxi Driver English Language Assessment
Examiner and
assessment systems consultant:
ESOL teaching practice observation and teaching
methodology assessment
Certified NSW English and Greek senior examiner for
Higher School Certificate
Extensive assessment systems development, administration
and accountability
Dora Lafkas: curriculum development experience
Curriculum
development in:
Tertiary level teacher training, tertiary level pronunciation,
Business English materials, Higher School Certificate Contemporary English development,
general language curriculum management and IELTS curriculum development,
CSWE and Humanitarian Programmes, and much more.
Dora Lafkas: clients and contracts
Banco de Espaņa: Finance management
Banco de Espaņa:
IT management
International House, Madrid
Toronto Board of Education
Korean Secondary School Teachers
Hong Kong Institute of Education
University
of Sydney, Faculty of Education
NSW Department of Education & Training
NSW Adult Migrant English Services
Australian Centre for Languages (ACL Pty
Ltd)
Waverley Council, Sydney
NSW Transport Services
