Ronald Herman

Business English, TOEFL, İELTS, GMAT, GRE, SAT

Nationality: Australian

Ron is originally from Australia. He is a professional ESL trainer. He has been employed in different areas working in Russia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Turkey. He has been training English in the WSL since August 2014. As our company is a partner of the Ministry of Education on the project of “Sabah (sabah.edu.az)” he also operates training of the other special programs in our General English office in the Azerbaijan University of Languages . Ron at the same time is involved in the preparation of special educational programs as a professional trainer in linguistics.

Degrees:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (University of Melbourne)
Master of Education (M.Ed) (Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia)
Master of Applied Linguistics (M.AppLing) (Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia)
Diploma of TEFL (Dip.TEFL) Leeds, the United Kingdom
Certificate of TEFL (Cert,.TEFL) Leeds, the United Kingdom

Brett Portman

General English, Military English, (the DLI Course), EAP, TOEFL

Nationality: Irish

Degrees:
BA in History from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, Bachelor's degree on History in Marist College in Poughkeepsie.
MA in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico in San German, Puerto Rico

International Certificates:
Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults (CTEFLA) from Academia Lacunza-International House in San Sebastian, Spain.)

Brett Stark

General English, IELTS, Business English

Leman Hasanova

General English, Business English for corporate and individual students.

Nationality: Azerbaijani

Qualifications: Kazan Federal University (Tatar State University of Humanities and Education), Department of Oriental Languages 2006-2011. Additional Courses of Chinese language 2011-2012.

Achievements and Awards:

Leman has been employed in different educational centers such as Speaking Planet, CELT and I-TECH. With more than 6 years of experience in teaching foreign languages she has also tutored TOEFL and IELTS. In 2012, she joined a special training on teaching IELTS, where she received Teaching certification. In 2015, she gained her CAE and FCE certificates on methodology and tactics of teaching English language as second. In addition, she currently teaches Chinese language. Leman’s background includes oral translations from English to Russian and vice versa (synchronic).

Degrees :

Teacher and interpreter of English and Chinese languages (Kazan Federal University, 2006-2011)

Certificate of TEFL-TESOL (Global Language Training, 2014)

Certificate of IELTS-TOEFL ( Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Certificate of CAE and FCE (Cambridge University Press, 2015)

John McCormack

English, Business, Economics, History, TOEFL, IGCSE, IELTS, IB SAT

Nationality: USA

John is originally from New York, US. He is an ESL instructor with ten years’ experience in the US, Turkey, Libya, and Tajikistan, respectively. Additionally, he worked for four years as a licensed wholesaler, marketing stocks and bonds in annuities. John is in his first year in Azerbaijan. He is an instructor in IELTS preparatory courses for intermediate and upper-intermediate students at WSL. He also teaches International Baccalaureate (IB) courses in Economics, Business and Management and IGCSE. John also runs training courses in World Economics and IELTS.

Degrees:
Master of Education (MA) University College of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Master of Political Science (MA) California State University, San Bernardino.
Certificate of TEFL, New York City

Alizade Ismail

General English, Business English, TOEFL

Ismail is from Azerbaijan. He graduated from Baku Slavic University with a degree in political translation. Along with his higher education, he was working as a translator and editor in Trend News Agency. He has been teaching English for more than four years using the communicative approach. He gained Cambridge TKT certificate in 2016. In addition, Ismail has been doing translations from Russian into English and vice versa.

Degrees:

Translation Bachelor in "Socio-political translation from Russian into English" (Baku Slavic University, 2010-2014)

TOEFL Certificate (ETS, 2010)

TKT Certificate (Cambridge University Press, 2016)

Movlud Aliyev

General English, Academic Writing and Speaking

Movlud lived and studied in London for 6 years. He graduated from Queen Mary University of London and Middlesex University. He has been teaching English for over 3 years now. He is a qualified teacher whose students easily achieve sufficient level of English and are able to freely express themselves verbally and in written from. His commitment and dedication to student learning make him different from other teachers of English.

Ulviyye Hasanova

General English, IELTS, TOEFL, TEFL-TESOL, DALF lessons.

Ulviyya is from Azerbaijan. She has graduated Kazan Federal University in Tatarstan, Russia. Along with her higher education, she was working in the sphere of teaching in various educational centers, namely Speaking Planet, CELT and I-TECH. She has been taking training on methodology, TEFL-TESOL. In 2009, she was taken in a TKT teaching system, specializing in teaching languages as second ones. In 2012, she went through a special training on teaching IELTS in Cambridge, eventually, being a certified IELTS- instructor. She has been teaching TOEFL and IELTS over the span of 3 years and has her own preparation program. In 2015, she gained her CAE and FCE certificates on methodology and tactics of teaching English language as second. She also specializes in teaching French language, preparing for DELF-DALF, international exams.

Over the span of 3 years, she has been doing oral translations from French to English, from Turkish to English, from Russian to English(synchronic).

Degrees :

Master of Linguistics and Methodology (Kazan Federal University, 2008-2013)

Certificate of TEFL-TESOL (Global Language Training, 2014)

Certificate of IELTS-TOEFL ( Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Certificate of CAE and FCE (Cambridge University Press, 2015)

Certificate of DELF-DALF (Ministère de l'Éducation de France)

I am quite determined that everyone is able to perceive any language, since they are motivated and well-guided, especially, if studying English is turned into fun-filled process. It is only the question of time.

Personally, I am wildly keen on discovering new world every day and learning to take up newer and newer activities.