Pete Sharma is an experienced Business English teacher, teacher trainer, and conference presenter. He reviews CD-ROMs and is the author of books and articles on the use of new technology in English language learning.

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EVENTS

Up-coming presentations:

Switzerland

"Business English Controversies": Effective teaching in-company
Workshop for Macmillan
Saturday 21 May Bern

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Pete has given many conference papers on the themes of CD-ROM and the use of the Internet in Business English.

IATEFL 2005
"Successful teaching - successful learning": enhancing our classes through technology
Cardiff, Wales, April 2005

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BESIG 2004
"Technology in Business English: future perfect?"
Vienna, Austria, November 2004

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IATEFL 2004
"E-ssential ideas for using electronic dictionaries"
Liverpool, UK, April 2004

TESOL Spain 27th National Convention
“Language Teaching and the World Wide Web”
Madrid, Spain, March 2004

ETAS 20th AGM & Convention
“The Internet in Business English”
Sierre/Valais, Switzerland, January 2004

ENCoDe Conference
"Integrating the World Wide Web into Business English courses"
Chur, Switzerland, September 2003

IATEFL
International Association of English as a Foreign Language
Presentations at IATEFL conferences
Liverpool, Brighton, Dublin, Edinburgh, York.

TESOL
33rd Annual International Convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
New York, March 1999

BESIG
IATEFL Business English Special Interest Group
Presentations at BESIG conferences
Wiesbaden, Reutlingen, Budapest, Brighton, Munich, Barcelona, London, Rotterdam, Vienna

JALT
Japan Association for Language Teaching
"A language Odyssey"
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, November 2002

14th ENCoDe Conference
Internationalizing Business: Best Practice in International Communication Training
Munich, June 2002

WORKSHOPS

BASELT Spring Conference
London, March 2003

ACELS
Dublin, January 2003

Oxford House Club
London, March 2002

ELTAS Symposium “Keeping Pace with change in ELT”
Stuttgart, October 2001

ELTAF One-day English teachers' conference
Frankfurt International School. Oberursel, Frankfurt, November 2000

Integrating CD-ROM into language teaching
Clarity Language Consultants Ltd. Hong Kong, November 1999

CAREER TO DATE

September 2004: Lecturer, ICELS, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford UK

August 2004: Lecturer, Pre-sessional EAP course, Warwick University

July 2004: Lecturer, Pre-sessional EAP course, Sheffield Hallam University

September 2003: Associate Learning Professional, Oxford College of Further Education

1980 - 2003: Linguarama

Linguarama is a major Business English provider with language centres across Europe.

• Devised teacher training courses in ESP, teacher training, Business English teaching.
• Managed the creation of two in-service training CD-ROMs.
• Presented E-language learning materials to clients.

• Teacher Trainer on the UCLES Diploma BPE Business and Professional English and the LCCI Diploma Teaching English for Business.
• Writing skills seminars to tax and audit companies (Europe, Middle and Far East).
• Inter-cultural trainer.
• ESP seminar trainer, Germany.

1986 - 1988: Director of Studies, Executive Group Centre, Stratford, UK

1985 - 1986: Director of Studies, Helsinki, Finland

1983 - 1984: Business English Teacher, Pori, Finland

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2002 COLTE Certificate of On-line Teaching of English
NetLearn languages

1998 Currently undertaking M.Ed in Technology and ELT
Distance learning course, University of Manchester

1994 Skills of Teacher training
International House, Hastings

1990 RSA Diploma
International House, Hastings

1978: M.A. (Cantab) English Literature
St John's College, Cambridge University

 
PERSONAL Date of birth: 1 March 1956

Marital status: married to María with one daughter, Jade, 16 years old