Let me introduce you to our great team!  Anne.

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ANNE O KEEFFE, Director, B.Sc. TEFL

Anne spent nearly four years in Korea where she taught university students of all levels. She has also taught in Europe and Ireland.  Anne looks after recruitment & training, syllabus preparation, student assessment, social programme co-ordination, student accommodation, student assessment (placement & progress) and student Visa & student card requirements.  As Director of Celtic School of English, she has developed the school so that she knows every student and strives to help them. She recognises the difficulties students have when learning English and focuses on a student's weaknesses as well as strengths to help them improve.

ALISON BOARDMAN,  Director, BA, DELTA, MA

Alison started her career in English Language Teaching (ELT) in 1990 in Dublin (LCI) and subsequently taught in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Polytechnic) and Portugal (International House Lisbon, Porto and Braga).  She was promoted to senior teacher in Braga after completing her Diploma in TELF (DELTA), and then Director of Studies in Porto.  While working as Director of Studies at International House Porto, Alison developed a keen interest in student motivation/independent learning and computer assisted language learning.  Alison returned to Ireland to complete a degree (hons) in Informations Systems Management and her MA (by research) in Online Language Learning Strategies in 2000.  She has been a guest lecturer at the University of Limerick in the area of learner autonomy and computer applications in TEFL (ICT).  Alison is particularly interested in promoting learner independence/autonomy using the web and instructional design using Moodle.

DEIRDRE KEARNEY, BA, PGDE

Deirdre obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Education and a BA in Language & Cultural Studies from University College Cork and well as attending a number of TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language - French) courses.  Deirdre has worked for schools in both Ireland and France and has experience in teaching Cambridge Intermediate and Advanced General English to all age groups as well as English conversation classes to Asylum Seekers.

JEAN BRASSIL, BA, CELTA

Jean graduated with an honours degree in English and Classical Civilisation from NUI Galway. After earning her RELSA TEFL qualification, she spent over two years working in EFL in South Korea, working in Incheon National Maritime High School. She was involved in course design and assessment methods and marking criteria applied for General English and Maritime English modules.

GERARD BAMBURY, B.Ed, Diploma TESOL 

Gerard is an experienced teacher with a well-developed career in a variety of educational settings in both national and international fields. He has taught in Primary, Vocational and Tertiary Education in Ireland and the UAE.   After teaching in Ireland for 8 years, he moved to the UAE and remained there for over 17 years after realising the potential to experience cross-cultural interaction and teaching and also the opportunity to use varied learning resources and work with an international team of educators. With a particular interest in ‘learned helplessness’, Gerard likes students to be active and independent learners and always endeavours to promote independence among students.

JOANNE NI SHUILLEABHAIN, BA. Grad Dip EFL

Joanne  holds a BA in French and Russian from Trinity College.  She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Teaching English as a foreign Language from University of Limerick and a MA from University of Brighton.  Joanne is an IELTS speaking and writing examiner - first certified in 1998.  She has worked for the British Council in Moscow from 1997-99, and for the British Council in Rabat from 1999-2001.  She was also a tutor at the University of Sussex from 2001-2003, an  EFL Tutor for Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh - Research Associate in Applied Linguistics Dept. on a European funded project 2004-2005.  Joanne worked for the British Council in Rangoon from 2005-2006.

ABIGAIL MCDONNELL, BSc. CELTA, MSc

Abigail graduated from University College Cork (UCC) with an honours degree in Social Science in 2003. Having completed a CELTA (Certificate for English Language Teaching to Adults) in a language school in Barcelona, Spain she  went on to teach English as a foreign language in various international schools in Spain, Thailand and London. While in London, she studied modules in MA Medical Anthropology (School of Oriental and African Studies) before moving home to Ireland in 2008.  She has been teaching IELTS in the IT, Tralee since January 2011 while completing an MSc. thesis in Food Marketing (UCC).  Abigail has experience in teaching Advanced General English as well as attending regular inhouse training and induction sessions.

TARA KENNEDY, BA, CELTA

Tara graduated from the University of Limerick with an honours degree in Language and Cultural Studies and has completed a CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) from University College Cork.  Tara has experience of teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Qatar and Mexico, as well as teaching French and Spanish in Ireland.  Tara completed a module entitled ‘The Methodology of English Language Teaching’ whilst an Erasmus student at the University of Granada and obtained a congratulatory letter of recognition from the President of the University of Limerick for outstanding exam results.