Honor Society® member
Chelsea McCarty
ESL Instructor at Education First, Honolulu
- University of Colorado Denver
- Romance Languages / Linguistics
- Class of 2016
- Honolulu, HI
Member since August 2014
About
I am currently pursuing a third graduate degree with the intention to continue on to my PhD. I graduated from my undergraduate program in French within three years and completed my masters degree in French Language and Literature in 2011 with a cumulative GPA of 3.71. During this program I taught French 101 and 102 at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa as a Graduate Assistant. In 2012, I pursued a masters certification in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), which consisted of linguistic courses (syntax, morphology, semantics, lexicon, etc.) and teacher training. I graduated in 2013 with a cumulative GPA of 3.82. Currently, I am in the Spanish graduate program of the University of Colorado, Denver and hope to use my prior degrees to enter into a PhD program for Fall 2016.
Education
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Hawai'i Pacific University
MA TESOL
2012 – 2013
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University of Hawai'i, Manoa
French Language and Literature MA
2009 – 2011
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University of Hawai'i, Manoa
French Language and Literature BA
2008 – 2009
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Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
French Studies/ Art History BA
2007 – 2008
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University of Nevada, Reno
General Arts and Humanities BA
2006 – 2007
Honors and awards
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Graduate Division Award for Excellence as a Teaching Assistant
Awarded in 2011 by the University of Hawai'i, Manoa
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Elected President of the Pi Delta Phi, French Honors Society
Elected 2010 by Hawai'i division members. Responsibilities included organizing honor society events and member admissions.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Higher Education Instruction; Study Abroad Organization; Linguistic Research
- Graduate school interests
PhD in Linguistics
- Outside the classroom
I am passionate about art and design of any kind and use recycled materials to create useful things (art pieces that are also jewelry hangers, animal toys, containers, etc.) I love philosophy and have a particular love for "dissecting" the literary works of Voltaire, Locke, Descartes, Camus, and others.
Experience
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ESL Instructor
Education First, Honolulu
Jun 2013 – Jun 2014
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Master Tutor (French, Spanish, Writing)
Center for Academic Success, Hawai'i Pacific University
Aug 2012 – May 2013
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French Instructor as Graduate Assistant (beginner level)
University of Hawai'i, Manoa
Jan 2009 – Dec 2011
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
- French (France) Fluent
- Spanish Advanced
