ABOUT AMERITALK
Melody Noll is the founder of Ameritalk, an ESL consultancy
specializing in American accent, pronunciation, and communication skills.
BACKGROUND
Certified, State of California
RSA certified, University of Cambridge
Associate Academic Director ITC (International TEFL Certificate Course) Prague, Puerto Vallarta
Teacher Trainer and Curriculum Developer:
New World Teachers, San Francisco
Director of Teacher Training, Curriculum Developer and Materials Writer Transworld Teachers, San Francisco
Corporate Trainer
Acer Computers, Costa Rica: Designed program, training manual, and cassettes
for Spanish-speaking technical support staff. Other clients include: Rotronic,
Inc. Switzerland; IBM, Gupta, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, Deka and Associates,
Glide Memorial Methodist Church, Newport University,
Institute of Suggestopedia
EFL/ESL Instructor: Switzerland, France, Liechtenstein,
The Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico, The U.S.
Zurich Branch Coordinator: English Teachers' Association of Switzerland (ETAS)
Instructor, Business Communication Course
Newport University, Switzerland
Designer, developer and instructor of a Business Correspondence Course Institute of Suggestopedia, Liechtenstein
English Instructor, International Summer Camp Montana: Designed the curriculum, placed and taught English to international children, ages 6-18
Author: American Accent Skills, Volume 1: "Intonation, Reductions, Word Connections"
American Accent Skills, Volume 2: "Vowels and Consonants"
Contributing Author: "A Teacher's Notebook", Transworld
Teachers, 1995 International TEFL Certificate (ITC)
Training Manual, 1998
Project Consultant: "Basics in Speaking" and "Strategies in Speaking" Michael Rost, Longman 1998
Convention Lecturer: CATESOL, TESOL, ETAS
