June 2012 – December 2012 English Language Instructor     英语语言导师

Berlitz China

Rom 3318 33/F, Jinhuang Mansion, No.18, Nanjing Road, Hexi District CN-300020 Tianjin (China)

I worked as one of the main English instructors in the company, teaching all levels from basic (Berlitz

Level 1) to proficient speakers (Berlitz level 8). I also taught any different number of students per class,

from one-on-one private classes to 13-student corporate classes. I was the only non-native speaker

accepted to teach at this company after a series of demanding training sessions.

During my time at Berlitz I was frequently assessed by students, companies and the manager of

instruction, always achieving very good results.

Besides general English teaching I also taught specific subjects such as Business English, Social

Situations, Meetings, Presentations and Marketing.

I was responsible for some of the company's most relevant teaching projects such as the corporate

classes at Siemens, PPG and Caterpillar. In fact, I was the instructor appointed to teach the Caterpillar

Tianjin Office's General Manager in private one-on-one classes.

March 2012 – June 2012 Manager

Aulare Urban Latin Restaurant

Magnetic Plaza, Building A4, 2nd Floor, Binshui Xi Dao, Nankai District CN-300381 Tianjin (China)

Responsible for coordinating the restaurant staff, including kitchen staff, waiters, etc.; quality control;

costumer care; event planing; cross-cultural difficulties solving.

February 2012 – March 2012 Trainee

Million Link (Tianjin) International Trade Co. Ltd

D-108, Vanke City Garden, Zhengyi Road, Hebei District CN-300150 Tianjin (China)

Responsible for the translation of the company's documents into English.

Responsible for conducting the English interview for employment applicants.

Responsible for creating the exam for the applicants' English language evaluation and for evaluating

the applicants' English level.

September 2010 – January 2013 Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies in Portuguese and Chinese:

Translation, Education and Communication      硕士学位

University of Minho (Institute of Arts and Human Sciences), Braga (Portugal)

This master's degree takes as its goal preparing the student with the linguistic competence, the

communication capability and the cultural sensibility needed to allow him the successful contact with

the economic or cultural counterparts on the far eastern markets, acting as a bridge between the

respective societies.

The course has a strong emphasis on multicultural communication and foreign language teaching.

September 2010 – July 2011 16

Nankai University, Tianjin (China)

In loco Chinese language studies: main focus on written Chinese comprehension and spoken

communication (the language level studied is equivalent to the current HSK level 5 exam).

September 2007 – July 2010 Bachelor of Arts in Oriental Languages and Cultures (major

Chinese, minor Japanese)    本科学士学位

University of Minho (Institute of Arts and Human Sciences), Braga (Portugal)

Chinese language speaking and comprehension, translation and interpretation skills, comprehension

of written texts, periodicals, business letters, diplomatic texts, and so on, as well as writing skills.

Ability to perform any task demanding Chinese language skills and to a lesser degree Japanese

language skills.

June 2012 – July 2012

Berlitz China

Successfully completed the Berlitz Language instructor Basic Training (which includes as main

subjects: the history of language teaching, language teaching methods and the Beritz Method).

Additionally, I also completed several Berlitz training modules such as: customer care, correction

techniques, presentation techniques, etc. 

 会说中文，想在天津工作。