michael adams

lecturer in english

About

Lecturer at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Country

netherlands

City

amsterdam

Industry

higher education

Skill

teaching, translation, english, dutch, higher education, editing, lecturing, research, photography, project management, social media, marketing communications, intercultural communication, curriculum design, teaching english as a second language, english teaching

Experience

freelance language trainer

hva academie

2015-1 - 2017-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

english lecturer

hogeschool inholland

2002-8 - 2004-7 · 2 yrs

I worked as an English lecturer, project coach and year 2 coordinator in the Communication Bachelor, International Stream.

newswriter

rnw media

1998-8 - 2002-4 · 3 yrs 9 mos

I worked writing English news bulletins for the international news broadcasting service.

employee

baxter communications

2000-1 - 2002-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

I worked as a language trainer for client Deloitte & Touche and as a translator of a wide variety of texts.

english business language trainer and financial translator

deloitte nederland

2002-4 - 2002-4 · 1 mo

I worked as a business English language trainer teaching certified accountants, focusing on writing skills. I also translated of a wide variety of business-related texts for internal and external clients.

lecturer in english

hogeschool van amsterdam

2004-8 - Present · 22 yrs 2 mos

I have 18 years experience in teaching English to a wide variety of clients, from first year university students to certified accountants. I currently teach general and business English to first, second and third years of the Media, Information and Communication programme (MIC). I also teach English and project management in the MIC's Web 3.0 and Knowledge Sharing minor. I teach English to the university's lecturers both for the School of Design and Communication and the HvA Academy, our internal training department. I am an academic counsellor, project management coach and am currently developing English courses for the MIC's new curriculum. I also have wide experience in translating Dutch to English, specialising in education-related subjects.