Inna

Inna Kolesnykova

Date of birth: 3 Jan 1989 Place of birth: Uzhhorod, Ukraine Nationality: Ukrainian

Phone number: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) (Mobile) Email address:

[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) Address: Chornovyl 45, 88000, Uzhhorod, Ukraine (Home)

ABOUT ME

English Teacher, Literature Teacher & Phonetics Coach
English language and literature specialist with 10 years of teaching experience in Canada, China, and Ukraine, working
with pre-school, primary, middle, and high school students. Excellent American accent and specialist knowledge of
English phonetics, pronunciation, and accent training. Pre-school teaching combines Montessori- and Helen Doron-
inspired methods, TPR, play-based, story-based, and immersive learning. Experienced in CLIL and Task-Based
Language Teaching, developing all four language skills and preparing students for IELTS and TOEFL. Strong academic
background in English and World Literature, Postcolonial and Feminist Studies, and Literary Theory, with the ability to
adapt and teach a wide range of subjects in English. Responsible, energetic, creative, and playful, combining high
academic standards with an engaging and supportive teaching style.

WORK EXPERIENCE

FRONT DESK CLERK – RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT – 31 Mar 2008 – 31 Jul 2008 – ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, UNITED STATES

• Maintained an inventory of vacancies, reservations, and room assignments
• Registered arriving guests and assigned rooms
• Answered inquiries regarding hotel services and registration by letter, by telephone, and in-person, provided
information about services available in the community, and respond to guests' complaints
• Compiled and checked daily record sheets, guest accounts, receipts, and vouchers using computerized or
manual systems

FRONT DESK CLERK – HOWARD JOHNSON NORTH BURNABY BOUTIQUE HOTEL – 1 Jan 2009 – 1 Jan 2010 – VANCOUVER,
CANADA

• Greet and welcome guests as soon as they arrive at the office
• Direct visitors to the appropriate person and office
• Answer, screen, and forward incoming phone calls
• Ensure the reception area is tidy and presentable, with all necessary stationery and material (e.g. pens,
forms, and brochures)
• Provide basic and accurate information in person and via phone/email
• Receive, sort, and distribute daily mail/deliveries
• Maintain office security by following safety procedures and controlling access via the reception desk
(monitor logbook, issue visitor badges)
• Order front office supplies and keep an inventory of stock
• Update calendars and schedule meetings

ENGLISH TEACHER ASSISTANT – VANCOUVER ENGLISH CENTRE – 31 Jul 2010 – 28 Feb 2011 – VANCOUVER, CANADA

• Planning, preparing, and delivering English lessons.
• Conducting up to 5 classes in one day.
• Recording and monitoring students’ attendance.
• Marking work and giving appropriate feedback to pupils.
• Preparing coursework for students and the class.
• Assisting with English literature classes

SUPPLY TEACHER – HANSA LANGUAGE CENTRE – 31 Jan 2011 – 31 Aug 2011 – TORONTO, CANADA

• Helping pupils to improve their conversational English.
• Taught SEN and small low ability groups
• Putting up displays in the classroom.
• Liaising with other professionals such as educational psychologists.
• Keeping parents and carers updated about their child's progress.
• Organising school trips and sports events

EARLY YEARS TEACHER & PHONETIC COACH – LASTOVICHKA PRESCHOOL – 30 Nov 2011 – 31 Dec 2012 – UZHHOROD,
UKRAINE

• Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and
interests.
• Read books to entire classes or small groups.
• Develop clear, natural English pronunciation through age-appropriate phonics and phonetic activities.
• Train sounds, articulation, stress, rhythm, and intonation through TPR, songs, rhymes, games, and storytelling.
• Build early phonological awareness and listening discrimination.
• Use play-based, immersive and Montessori-inspired techniques to make pronunciation practice engaging and
natural.
• Identify and gently correct pronunciation difficulties while encouraging confident spoken English.

ESL TEACHER – WENTONG INTERNATIONAL – 31 Jan 2013 – 31 Mar 2014 – BEIJING, CHINA

• Teaching English to the age group ranging from 3 to 12 years old
• Designing lesson plans
• Providing parents with feedback
• Organizing parents meetings
.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHER AT SUMMER CAMP – DONGGUAN TRANSLATION CENTRE –
31 May 2014 – 30 Jun 2014 – DONGGUAN, CHINA

• Responsible for a particular group of students (12-14 years old)
• Designing a two-week curriculum for the group
• Cooperating with the other camp teachers and participating in general activities for all classes
• Attending daily assemblies, classes, excursions with the children
• English literature classes to students aged 12-18 (Romantic, Victorian, Modernist, Post-modern, Contemporary)
• Lead phonetics sessions focused on American English pronunciation, sounds, stress, rhythm, and intonation.

ESL TEACHER – TRAINING CENTER FOR KIDS AND ADULTS – 31 May 2014 – 30 Jun 2015 – DONGGUAN, CHINA

• Performing a Wednesday to Sunday schedule (Weekdays afternoons till evenings, full-time weekends)
• Teaching children (from 3 to 12 years old)
• Creating a semester program planning
• Participating in indoor and outdoor activities
• Develop clear English pronunciation, phonics, and phonological awareness.
• Teach sounds, articulation, stress, rhythm, and intonation through TPR, songs, rhymes, games, and storytelling.
• Use play-based, immersive, and Montessori-inspired techniques to build confident spoken English.

ESL TEACHER AND ENGLISH LITERATURE TEACHER – WEB INTERNATIONAL – 31 Jul 2015 – 31 Aug 2016 – DONGGUAN ,
CHINA

• Teaching a combination of colloquial English and grammar to adult students
• Keeping track of the students academic progress
• Communicating with the Chinese-English tutors of the students
• English literature teaching (adults)
• Creating English literature teaching curriculum

HOMEROOM TEACHER – KOREAN PRESCHOOL JES ISLAND – 31 Dec 2015 – 31 Mar 2017 – SHANGHAI, CHINA

• Planning a yearly curriculum, choosing extra teaching materials apart from course books.
• Accompanying children (ages 3-15) throughout the day, ensuring their safety at all times.
• Communicating with the parents and providing them with feedback.
• Conducting semester activities with the class
• Storytime circles, acting out stories for young learners
• Reporting to the management
• Leading the Book Club

ENGLISH TEACHER – HELEN DORON SHANGHAI – 28 Feb 2017 – 31 Jul 2017 – SHANGHAI, CHINA

• Incorporating unique HD methodology while teaching children 2.5-6 yo
• Attending regular teacher trainings for improving the quality of teaching
• Performing demonstrative classes in front of a large group of parents
• Organizing activity classes for the students
• Regularly reporting students’ progress to the parents
• Participating in scheduled parties, holiday events, parent-teacher meetings accordingly

MONTESSORI INSTRUCTOR – MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL, SHANGHAI – 31 Aug 2018 – 30 Sep 2019 – SHANGHAI , CHINA

• Promote Montessori’s vision and objectives by creating an appropriate curriculum that would meet the abilities
of mono and bilingual children
• Creating a Montessori learning environment for native Chinese learners
• Develop interdisciplinary instructional units to meet the individual needs of students
• Maintain ongoing dialogue with other teachers and coordinators to handle curriculum integration and
implementation
• Teaching English classes of a modified content, adjusted according to Montessori learning objectives
• Storytime circles (ages 2-6)
• Conduct phonetics and pronunciation sessions, modelling a clear American English accent and developing
accurate sounds, stress, rhythm, and intonation.

TRANSLATOR – TRANSKIB LOGISTICS – 31 Oct 2019 – 31 May 2021 – UZHHOROD, UKRAINE

• Reading and translating documents from English to Ukrainian and Russian
• Writing and editing copy
• Using software and bespoke applications to upload content, if required by a client
• Preparing summaries
• Consulting with experts in a specialist field, if required
• Developing contacts and building relationships with clients.

CAMP COUNSELOR (ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHER) – CLUB FOR UNESCO OF PIRAEUS AND
ISLANDS – 31 May 2021 – 31 Jul 2021 – LAKOPETRA, GREECE

• Teaching English and English literature to the campers of age group 7-16
• Teaching Greek mythology and Greek literature
• Preparing lesson plans
• Organizing events (quests, games, performances etc) to engage the children in learning English
• Supervising young campers at all times
• Leading recreational and educational activities (such as swimming or crafting)

FRONT DESK CLERK – VILLA ROSSA BOUTIQUE HOTEL – 5 May 2023 – 5 Aug 2023 – PARGA, GREECE
Address: Agiou Athanasiou 2, 48060, Parga, Greece

• Facilitating excellent guest relationships
• Regulating reports and invoices
• Preserving strong communication with other departments (housekeeping, bar and restaurant)
• Phone and in person reservations
• Booking forecast control
• In hotel gift shop boost
• Ensuring tidiness of the reseption area daily, controlling degree of lights, back office supplies (beach towels for
guests, coffee capsules etc)

ONLINE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TUTOR – SELF-EMPLOYED – Current

• Teach English language and literature to learners of different ages and levels, including pre-school, school-age
and adult students.
• Deliver pre-school English through Montessori- and Helen Doron-inspired approaches, TPR, storytime, circle
time, play-based and immersive learning.
• Prepare students for IELTS and TOEFL, developing all four language skills and exam strategies.
• Apply CLIL and Task-Based Language Teaching to integrate language development with subject content and
practical communication.
• Teach English and World Literature, Literary Theory, Postcolonial and Feminist Studies and related humanities
subjects in English.
• Design and deliver intensive English courses and targeted language programmes.
• Develop and apply original teaching methodologies and materials, including The Blend and Grammar Made Easy,
adapting instruction to individual learning needs.

TEACHER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURETHE – THE MAIN POINT ACADEMY – 1 Nov 2025 – Current –
UZHHOROD, UKRAINE

• Teach English language and foreign literature to students in grades 5–9
• Plan and deliver engaging lessons aligned with the curriculum
• Assess student progress through tests, assignments, and classroom activities
• Maintain effective classroom management and a positive learning environment
• Develop students’ reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills
• Organize educational and extracurricular activities related to language and literature

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

31 AUG 2006 – 29 JUN 2010 Uzhhorod, Ukraine
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Uzhhorod National University

Theory of literature (overview of main literary criticism theories: Feminist Literary Theory, Marxism, Psychoanalysis,
and Postcolonialism

Stylistics of primary foreign language (English) (a core component of creative writing understanding; teaching about
style of the text affecting its meaning)

Address Narodna Square, 3, 88000, Uzhhorod, Ukraine Website https://www.uzhnu.edu.ua/en/cat/faculty-iif

Field of study Arts and humanities

30 SEP 2021 – 11 DEC 2024 Padova, Italy
MASTER OF ARTS IN EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES University of Padua

Address via E. Vendramini 13, 35137, Padova, Italy Website unipd.it Final grade 105/110

Thesis Decoding Consciousness: Dorrit Cohn's Contributions to Understanding Fictional Minds

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mother tongue(s): UKRAINIAN | RUSSIAN
Other language(s):

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction

CHINESE B1 B1 B1 B1 A2

GERMAN A2 A2 A2 A2 A1

FRENCH A2 A2 A2 A2 A2

HUNGARIAN A2 A1 A2 A2 A1

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction

GREEK B2 B1 A2 A2 A1

ENGLISH C2 C2 C2 C2 C1

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user

SKILLS

Microsoft Excel Microsoft Powerpoint Social Media Microsoft Office Adobe Acrobat DC