I am Valida Yusifzada, an enthusiastic English language teacher. I would like to introduce my educational background and work experience to you.  Firstly, I did my Bachelor degree for five years majoring in Teaching English language and literature department. The instruction language was in English and my courses were based on the methodology of teaching language, psychological aspects of the teaching scope, getting the insight of the different curriculums, etc. While I was studying in BA, I worked as “Road Safety Ambassador” and “Road Safety Education Pack” trainer of the National Automobile Club of Azerbaijan in the many public schools, and “ESL (English as Second Language) teacher at “Evrika” high school. 

The program was conducted in English in all schools by utilizing different teaching techniques. The main experience I got while working there was teaching the students to improve their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills by using flashcards, video clips, the game based and TPR (Total Physical Response) based activities which were taking into consideration all the students with visual, kinesthetic, auditory learning skills, arranging lesson plan and to learn children psychology. Since I was working with children aged between 5 and 10.  In addition to this, I worked in the embassies of a few countries in Azerbaijan as an organizational manager. If you asked me what I obtain by working there, the first thing I would mention is the management and appropriate communication skills at work. Because it is one the important skills a teacher should have to work in any company in the future to keep good contact with parents and the company staff.  Furthermore, I worked in the Azerbaijan British College in the position of English language teacher. Azerbaijan British College is one of the private prestigious schools in Azerbaijan and I was accepted there as a teacher owning to only my excellent grades at the university. The recruitment process was conducted by the professional teachers from the UK which was different and demanding high qualifications. This was a private one and the education program was merely based on the Cambridge program. 

I was teaching young learners and teenagers aged between 4 and 15. I had worked with not only the students but also the teachers with different cultural and educational backgrounds there. For instance, there were teachers from Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, England, and the Philippines which let me obtain great experience related to language teaching, lesson management, ethical issues, and everything you can think of teaching field. Because many of them had more than 10 years of experience in teaching and it was a pretty beneficial experience during my bachelor degree. During the 5 years bachelor degree, I also worked in language courses and companies where my students were teenagers and adults experienced teaching English to teenagers and adults there for about 2 years.  During 2 years I could figure out that I am interested in working with young learners and teenagers mainly due to having an energetic and creative personality. This personality dragged my attention and curiosity into this profession. I am also an amateur artist who is keen on drawing pictures which can demonstrate my creative personality. 

I love to be a teacher with all my creativity, by drawing pictures, playing games, singing a song, dancing and watching cartoons with students. These days, I am doing my master degree, majoring in Language Science (English path) which takes me to one more advanced level in my profession. The professors that I am attending in their seminars are British, American and Italian who did their degree in Psychological Aspects of Language Education, Language teaching and Learning Methodology,  Linguistics, Language Education and Cognitive Psychology and Development and I am studying all these courses which enable me to deep into the details of my scope professionally. Briefly, I am doing all my best to be an excellent teacher to my students and I will continue this amazing journey with all my enthusiasm.