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[ Personal Details | Education | Work Experience | Interests ]

I have set up this website for the following reasons:

to demonstrate my webpage making and computing skills
promote my experience in language learning/teaching and marketing
provide webpages for the enjoyment of others
assist those who wish to set up their own webpages
exhibit my photographic works
provide a detailed background of John Twiname

Personal Details
I am a 38-year-old New Zealander living in Auckland, New Zealand. I am presently at the Auckland University School of Business studying marketing and management. I am married. I met my wife of 8 years in Taiwan while I was there studying Mandarin Chinese. I have travelled extensively throughout Asia and it was during this time that I developed a keen interest in language learning and teaching. I continue to have a keen interest in Asian culture (in particular Chinese culture) and languages.

Education
I am a graduate of The University of Auckland (1995) with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) in Chinese. I am also a graduate of The University of Waikato (1996) with a Diploma in Second Language Teaching (Dip SLT). I am currently studying toward a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in marketing at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. If you'd like to know even more, feel free to take a look at my latest online curriculum vitae presently available for users of Adobe Acrobat Reader. To read cv.pdf you will first need to email me to get the password.

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Work Experience
I am now working at the University of Auckland in the International Student Office as the International Marketing Assistant. From 1989 until recently I have been working as a language instructor, mostly teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), at several language schools around the world. In 1996 I started teaching at the University of Waikato Language Institute in Auckland, New Zealand and began working on the Certificate of Attainment course. In this time I have gained experience in development, adaption and implementation of curricula.

Interests
It was at the University of Waikato that I became interested in the world of multimedia and the Internet. I am at this moment exploring how evolving technologies can assist in foreign language instruction. Nowadays, I continue to follow developments in the ESL field and pursue my interests in the information superhighway in my spare time. Since then, as a budding designer of Websites I have become deeply interested in Web and multimedia developments. I am interested in:

having students design and produce class websites
English and word processing
helping English language schools develop webpages
internet marketing for English language schools
computer assisted language learning
interactive language learning using internet multimedia technology
materials design and development

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