I believe in serious learning done in a fun way. EXPERIENCE: Translation Teaching since 2010 (ESL, EAP) - all age groups (currently university level) Academic management Teaching materials design Significant achievements: • contributed to the first issue of ‘Green Apple’ (Navitas e-magazine) – English Classes Liven Up! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip8omuIBOhc) • appeared in promotional ICRGU video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip8omuIBOhc) • designed Pre-sessional English 10-week Listening and Writing Course Books • University of Sheffield EAP pre-sessional tutor • presented at International House Academic Management Conference • contributed to IATEFL Young Learner Special Interest Group (2018 Issue): Bringing Global Issues into the Upper Secondary Classroom (http://edition.pagesuite.com/launch.aspx?eid=635a41df-e352-4ca5-a6fd-cd887f8b04ca) • Live Facebook Q&A (September 2017): Creativity and Global Issues in Language Teaching (with Sue Leather, Linda Ruas, Malu Sciamarelli) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvxXj17kQOE • ELT writer (contributed Chapter 17 to the British Council Integrating Global Issues in the Creative English Language Classroom teaching book, edited by Alan Maley and Nik Peachey) – https://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/attachments/pub_29200_creativity_un_sdg_v4s_web.pdf • International House London Director of Studies • British Council Warsaw EFL teacher of General English (Adults, Young Adults, Teens) and Exam classes (CAE, CPE, IELTS) • ELT article: Let Me Not to the Creations of Young Minds Admit Impediments (http://old.hltmag.co.uk/aug16/creativity01.htm) • ELT article (Summer 2013): It's a Great Day to Teach (http://ihjournal.com/its-a-great-day-to-teach-by-rebeca-bianca-durigo) EDUCATION HISTORY: October 2018–October 2020: Open University Creative Writing MA – Fiction and Scriptwriting July 2014–June 2015: Cambridge Delta (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - UK Level 7) • Module I: Distinction • Module II: Distinction • Module III: Pass January–February 2012: International House Certificate in Teaching English (Distinction) April–May 2007: Translation Techniques (Collaborative Meaning-Based Translation) 2002–2006: University of Bucharest (History major, English minor) ADDITIONAL BIO INFO: Can speak Italian, Spanish and French In the process of getting certified as an Editor & Proofreader Other online courses: June 2017: Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life (The University of Nottingham) March 2017: Channel General Awareness Module (Anti-Terrorism) March 2017: Cambridge Exams Invigilator Training (Module 1 – Preparing for an Exam; Module 2 – Dealing with Malpractice, Incidents and Inspections; Module 3 – Running an Exam) October 2016: How to Read a Mind (University of Nottingham) June–July 2016: A History of Royal Food and Feasting (University of Reading) June–July 2016: Literature of the English Country House (University of Sheffield) April–June 2016: Shakespeare and His World (University of Warwick) April–May 2016: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales (The Hans Christian Andersen Centre, Odense) March–April 2016: Reading Literature in the Digital Age (University of Basel)