Ph.D. student in Applied Linguistics and Technology at Iowa State University
Start Date: August 2008
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2014

Master’s Degree in TESL/Applied Linguistics from Iowa State University – Specialization in CALL
August 2006-July 2008
Thesis: An exploratory study of nonlanguage factors affecting nonnative undergraduate students’ reaction to international teaching assistants

Bachelor’s degree in English/Portuguese – Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil
February 1995-December 1999

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant at Iowa State University (since August 2006)
Instructor of cross-cultural and regular First-Year Composition courses (English 150 and English 250) and ESL courses for undergraduate (English 101B) and graduate students (English 180A; English 101D)

Iowa State University - College of Liberal Arts and Science (Spring 2013)
Designing and development of a fully online academic ESL writing course (English 101B)

Iowa State University – Lanzhou University (summer 2011)
Designing and development of an academic ESL writing course curriculum (English 101B) to be taught at Lanzhou University, China

Avant Assessment (January 2010-present)
Contractor Item Writer writing items for tests of language proficiency
Portuguese Target Language Expert (TLE) working on collecting passages and assisting in the writing, review, and revision of reading test items as well as assisting in the validation and approval of the projects

Avant Assessment (September 11-12, 2011)
Member of an Agoff-style panel to validate a reading and a listening English proficiency tests

Second Language Testing Inc. (SLTI) (December 2010-May 2011)
Portuguese Target Language Expert (TLE) working on collecting passages, writing test items, and assisting in review and revision of a reading and a listening test

Exchange teacher at the Alabama Language Institute/GSCC in Gadsden, AL, USA (January-March 2005)

International Language Institute/Aliança Francesa (2003–2005)
Teacher of specific English courses – Listening, Conversation, Grammar, Writing, and Phonetics.

Federal University of Viçosa – Center of Teaching and Extension (October 1999–July 2005)
Supervisor, Teacher Trainer, and English teacher at the Extension Course, which aims at making the learning and acquisition of the English language accessible to the academic and non-academic communities.

UFV/PEC – Teacher of English to advanced levels (6, 7 and 8) and TOEFL Preparation Course

Substitute Instructor at the Language Department of the Federal University of Vicosa (April 2001-April 2003)

Cultural Institute Brazil – United States – ICBEU (August 1999-March 2003)
English teacher to children, adolescents and adults – basic, elementary, and advanced courses.

Number One – English school (February-December 1999)
Teacher of English as a foreign language - basic and intermediate courses.

 PUBLICATIONS:

Lima, E. F. (2012). A comparative study of the perception of ITAs by native and nonnative undergraduate students. In. J. Levis & K. LeVelle (Eds.). Proceedings of the 3rd Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, Sept. 2011. (pp. 54-64), Ames, IA: Iowa State University.

Lima, E. F. (2011). [Review of the book English in Singapore: Phonetic Research on a Corpus]. World Englishes, 30(2), 286-288.

Lima, E. F. (2011). Language and nonlanguage factors affecting nonnative undergraduate students’ reactions to ITAs. In. J. Levis & K. LeVelle (Eds.). Proceedings of the 2nd Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, Sept. 2010. (pp. 43-55), Ames, IA: Iowa State University.

Lima, E. F. (2011). Issues in call: authenticity of materials. Proceedings of the International Research and Practice Conference: Traditions and innovations in teaching native and foreign languages at tertiary level (pp. 365-368). Ivanovo, Russia: Ivanovo State Power Engineering University.

SEMINARS/CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

Iowa State University (February 11, 2013)
IEOP BETUSA Program
Workshop presented: Technology and pronunciation instruction

Iowa State University (February 7, 2013)
IEOP BETUSA Program
Workshop presented: Pronunciation: An essential yet often overlooked aspect of L2 learning and teaching

Simon Fraser University - Vancouver, British Columbia
Fourth Annual Conference on Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (August 24-25, 2012)
Paper presented: Fundamental Considerations in Developing an Intelligibility Test for Nonnative Teaching Assistants (presentation delivered by Doctor John M. Levis)

Iowa State University
Third Annual Conference on Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (September 16-17, 2011)
Paper presented: A comparative study of the perception of ITAs by native and nonnative undergraduate students

Iowa State University
Second Annual Conference on Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Poster presented: Language and nonlanguage factors affecting nonnative undergrad students' reactions to ITAs

Iowa State University (October 2006)
Event: Workshops 2006 – W-Fair: Sharing Writing Activities
Work Presented: Working with ESL Students
Presenters: Edna Lima, Erik Voss, Jim Ranalli, Jing Xu

University of North Alabama - Florence, Alabama
Event: AMTESOL conference
January 28-29, 2005
Work presented: Marketing and Recruiting the Intensive English Program: A Case Study in Brazil

HONORS AND AWARDS
Teaching Excellence Award from the English Department at Iowa State University (Fall 2012)

LANGUAGES
Portuguese – native language
English – fluent
Spanish – advanced level – Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing

OTHERS

Reviewer of abstracts and proceedings papers for the Second, Third, and Fourth Conferences in Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLTT 2010 and 2011 at Iowa State University; PSLLT 2012 at Simon Fraser University in Canada)

Rater of the OECT (former SPEAK/TEACH Tests) for International TAs and of the English Placement Test (EPT) at Iowa State University

Former member of the TESL/ALT/IEOP Social Committee at ISU

Former Secretary of the Educational Video Interest Group at ISU

Specialist in Computer Assisted Language Teaching

Skills in Language Assessment

Translator (Portuguese to English) of academic/technical abstracts and articles since 1995

Translation (Portuguese to English) of three books on Botany (published in Brazil)

Titles: Orchids – Botany and Growing (2006), Bromeliads – Botany and Growing (2006), and Cactus – Botany and Growing (2006).