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Sadasivan Neelakantan

Guest Services, English Electives Teacher
BANGALORE - 695013, India

Member since: Oct 08, 2008

Last active on: Nov 04, 2008 at 08:07 PM (EST)

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Teaching Preferences

Online Teaching

One-on-One at $40-50 per hour

Group Teaching at $20-30 per hour

In Person Teaching

One-on-One at $50-70 per hour

Group Teaching at $10-20 per hour

Offers free trial classes

Teaches following Subjects/Exams
Guest Services (Hotel and Hospitality)
Language of Instruction: English
English Electives (Bachelor of Arts: English)
Language of Instruction: English
Teaching Experience

English Lecturer/Professor/HoD

Govt of Kerala (8 Colleges.), India

Jun 1970 - Present

English LSRW skills, Vocabulary Boosting, Etiquette, Greetings, Partings, Phatic communion, Small talk, Group discussion, Interviews, Negotiation Skills, Motivation Talks


Honoured by the Oxford University for my thesis on Coastal Pidgins of India.Outstanding title by NELTS sponsor UPSC..Distinction for my M.Litt at CIEFL and for my disssertation on why Indian youth goof in English and which are their error zones..D.Litt Honoris Causa by Addis Ababa University for my seminal work Approximative Systems in Amharic Learners.Improved all the 4700 schools under me in the quality of ELT.

Trainer in English Accent/Etiquette

Various Colleges, India

Jun 1970 - Mar 2001

English Grammar, Literature, communication skills


I've motivated more than75000 students to a positiive outlook on life and success. 98 Civil Service boys/girls.Instructing in 7 B-Schools.Now training 600 employees in an IT company.Also 132 Air Hostess/flight Stewards at 3 different set ups..

Professional Experience
ELT Inspector General
University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Dec 1981 - Jul 1985

Improving English teaching quality ,Starting Question Banks in Schools,Engaging Demonstration Sessions for students,Standardising Question Papers/Exams,Initiating Book corners in classrooms,auditing actual classes in progress.Inculcating the right methods of Blackboard work and Eg-Rule teaching methodology.

Education

Refresher Course in English Language

Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, India

Jul 1998 - Sep 1998


Was voted Outstanding Student at the Course.Best Seminar paper on how Indian English speaking styles can be improved for global success in the job station.

Doctor of Letters

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Dec 1981 - Jul 1985


Honoured for my research work titled Approximative Systems of amharic Learners of English(1984)
Was the first expatriate to do such research for the benefit of the Ethiopian youth..

Professional Exams & Certifications

Chief ,ELT Forum in my City

Kerala, India

Year Of Passing: 2007

National English language Testing Service

NCERT /UPSC, India

Year Of Passing: 2001


Formally Certified as OUTSTANDING level on the basis of All-India performance.

Associations & Membership
English Speaking Union
United Kingdom
May 2004 - Present

Encouraged the students of 8 colleges so far in using English as a whole time campus language in preference to their own mother tongue.

Publications and Research
Perfect Your English
Dr N Sadasivan

This is a 100-Module programmed progress guide of sorts for any learner,with ample exercise material for self studyand feedback.

Sadasivan 's Public Activities on WizIQ

Recorded classes by Sadasivan
Cosmetizing your Spoken English to Succeed
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