User:Thelmadatter

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[edit] Greetings Students and Fellow Wikipedians!

Hola! I am an advanced English as a Foreign Language instructor at ITESM Campus Toluca. I principally teach "Advanced A" and "Advanced B" English classes to college students here. I am also the director of the school's self-access language laboratory | LLRC . I have been here over 4.5 years although I thought I would be here for only 2. Something must be going right!

My professional interests are Computer assisted language learning, Self_access_language_learning_centers and the teaching of composition. Wikipedia is a nice way to combine most of my professional interests. Starting in August 2007 with my Advanced B class, I have been incorporating activities on Wikipedia in the classes I teach. This semester (Spring 2008), has a group of teachers (who need to improve their TOEFL scores to be qualified to teach in English) working extensively in Wikipedia to do intensive reading and writing. This course was approved because my first group of Wikipedia students made impressive gains in their pre-course and post-course TOEFL scores. In Advanced A, another class that I teach, students are writing stubs and short articles about towns in Mexico and have the option to work on more articles as independent projects.

I am originally from Carteret, New Jersey but I have lived in California, Texas, Germany, Massachusetts and Tucson, Arizona. I have lived here in Toluca, [[Mexico] (near Mexico City )since 2003. I love Mexico but I DO SOOOOO miss decent pizza and bagels! (I dont miss telemarketers and junk mail however. :D ) As you can see, my professional life takes up much of my time and effort at this point in my life. That is because after being a stay-at-home mom for 15 years or so, its time to have a career! That and the fact that I love what I do.

For the more mundane stuff... I am 43 years old, 6 years divorced with a 19-year-old son.

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en This user is a native speaker of English.
es-3 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español.
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english		 I translate from spanish to English on Wikipedia:Translation
This user hopes to be a Mexican citizen next year.

9		 This user has set foot in 9 countries of the world.
RU This user attends or has attended Rutgers University.
A This user attends or attended the University of Arizona.
BA This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics.
BA This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish.
MA This user has a Master of Arts degree in English Language and Linguistics.
This user works at the ITESM-Campus Toluca.
This user teaches at a university or other institution of higher education.
As an English teacher, this user reads Wikipedia with a red pen in hand.
This user is or was a member of The United States Army. USA
This user is interested in Wicca.
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WPN		 This user is a member of WikiProject Neopaganism.
This user is a cat lover.
This user thinks no outfit is complete without cat hair.


This user's favourite animal is the Grizzly Bear.
This user thinks pets should only come from an animal shelter.
Sellout This user watches the Super Bowl for the ads.
This user plays ping pong.
This user plays 8-ball.
This user plays 9-ball.
This user does not smoke.
This user supports Stem Cell research.
This user prefers pizza made in
Jersey.
This user prefers cheesesteaks with Provolone.
This user knows that MREs owe their famed longevity to the fact that even bacteria will not touch the stuff.
This user worships Mexican gastronomy and gladly eats some chili con carne with his Corona.
This user would likely die without eating the occasional curry.
BAM! This user believes that gaaahhhlic is a beautiful thing!
This user eats bagels.
☢ This user enjoys Cabbage In soup, Corned Beef, and Fish Tacos
This user loves döner kebab.
This user loves paella.
This user eats sushi.
Why would anyone eat a peep?
This user eats Swedish Fish.
A&W This user loves A&W Root Beer
COKE
zero		 This user drinks COKE Zero religiously.
C2H5OH-2 This user drinks occasionally.
This user drinks beer.
This user is more than happy to retain their "personality disorder(s)" and delights in telling their mental health professional to screw off.
This user survived El Grito 2007 in the Zocalo. ¡VIVA MEXICO!
This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.
This user remembers when
television programming was only in black-and-white.
This user is American; recognized ancestry ends at the border.
This user is straight
but not narrow.
This user is Single.
Too many userboxes This user may have too many userboxes ... nah, no way!!
:( This user provides information using userboxes because he or she is bored.
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