User:Thelmadatter

Several people have contacted me wanting to use photos that I have uploaded.... how flattering!!!!!! :D As I have told them, Im happy that others find my work useful, my only request is that if you use my photo(s) can I get a copy of what you used it in????

Hola! I am a English-as-a-foreign-language instructor who has worked at ITESM for over 5 years... for the first five years worked at Campus Toluca but now I am in charge of the language laboratories at Campus Ciudad de Mexico. My professional interests are Computer assisted language learning, Self_access_language_learning_centers and the teaching of composition. At Campus Toluca, I started their self access digital lab and used Wikipedia for the advanced college-level English classes to teach writing skills. Because of this, I tend to work on articles related to Mexican geography and Language education. At Campus CCM, Im working on changing the laboratory focus to the traditional (read: boring) listening drill work at workstations as a class (you know the crap we've been doing since the 1960's) to a self access resource center.

In Toluca, my students in English Advanced A and Advanced B worked on a number of Wikipedia articles in 2007 and 2008. However, due to change of jobs, I will not be working with Wikipedia as a teacher. I still edit on my own, however. As lab director, one of my duties is to promote computer assisted language learning and Wikipedia is part of that.

I have a B.A. in Linguistics from Rutgers University, a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Arizona and M.A. in English Language and Linguistics from the U. of Arizona. I have taught advanced English as a second/foreign language for over 10 years at Cochise College, the U. of Arizona, ITESM Toluca and ITESM Ciudad de Mexico

I am originally from Carteret, New Jersey but I have lived in California, Texas, Germany, Massachusetts and Tucson, Arizona, Toluca, [[Mexico] and now Mexico City. 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.

Add to what I do in Wikipedia... I am an administrator in Mexico English Teacher's Alliance MM META and I have just created a wiki-webliography for language teachers at Virtual Language Laboratory

For the more mundane stuff... I am 44 years old, 7 years divorced with a 20-year-old son. When I am not being a workaholic I sew and quilt as well as keep in touch with quite a few English teachers around the world. I just recently closed on an apt. in Mexico City in which I finally live in full-time!

I can also be reached by email at osamadre@hotmail.com or leigh@itesm.mx