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Curriculum
Vitae
Mr
Alexander Sokol
Address:
32,
Skolas Street
LV-1010
Riga
Latvia
Phone:
GSM: +371-9486240
E-mail: sokol@triz.riga.lv
Web:
home.delfi.lv/thinking-approach |
Personal
Information
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Age:
23
Nationality:
Jewish
Marital
Status:
single |
Academic
Education
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Master of Linguistics |
University
of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. |
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September
2000 – June 2002 |
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Bachelor of Humanities in English
Philology |
University
of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. |
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September 1995 – June
2000
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Bachelor
thesis: Text Technology as a Step to an Integrated OTSM-TRIZ
English Curriculum.
Grade:
10 |
Additional
Education
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Teacher Training Course
April
1997 |
Two-day
course conducted by the teachers from Newnham
Language Centre, Cambridge, England. |
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Obtained
a
Certificate of Attendance. |
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General Course in TRIZ
April
1989-May 1993 |
300
hour course in the Theory of
Inventive Problems Solving (TRIZ) taught at Riga
Re-qualification Centre. |
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Teachers:
Kreinina S., Kleimihina T. |
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TRIZ seminar
May
1992
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80
hour course at Riga Re-qualification Centre.
Teachers:
M.Rubin (Master of TRIZ), Y.Murashkovsky (Master of TRIZ) |
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TRIZ seminar
March
1991
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80
hour course at Riga Re-qualification Centre.
Teachers:
S.Ivanov (Master of TRIZ), Y.Murashkovsky (Master of TRIZ) |
Certificates
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TRIZ
Specialist
November
2000 |
Certificate
No. 9 issued by International Association of TRIZ |
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Certifies
a high level of TRIZ knowledge and a significant contribution to
the development and popularisation of TRIZ. |
Languages
Proficiency
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·
Russian
- mother tongue
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English
- excellent
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Latvian
- fluent
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German
- high command |
Professional
Experience
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Teacher of English
September
1996- present
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Herder Secondary School, Riga,
Latvia
Teaching
of English as a second foreign language to students in 10-12
forms.
Starting
from 1999 teaching of an Integrated OTSM-TRIZ English Course. |
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Teacher of English
September
1996- present
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Educational Centre “Profsistems”,
Riga, Latvia
Teaching
the following courses:
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English
Grammar;
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Text
Analysis;
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Film
Analysis;
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Conversation;
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English
for Computing
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Translator and
Interpreter
April
1998- present
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Real Estate Agency “Nirafonds”,
Riga, Latvia
Translation
of various documents, articles and agreements from Russian and
Latvian into English.
Interpreting
of business meetings and negotiations. |
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Teacher of TRIZ
January
95 - June 95
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Classical Gymnasium, Riga
Latvia
Taught
a 32-hour course “Introduction to TRIZ” to 9 -10 forms |
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President
of Scientific Society
September
1994 – June 1995
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Pushkin
Lyceum, Riga, Latvia
Regular
3-hour weekly lectures and workshops in TRIZ.
Assistance
in students research. |
Conducted
Seminars and Workshops
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January 1995
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Classical
Gymnasium Riga, Latvia
Assistant
teacher at Y.Murashkovsky’s seminar for teachers of humanities. |
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November 1994
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Classical
Gymnasium Riga, Latvia
Assistant
teacher at Y.Murashkovsky’s seminar for teachers of humanities. |
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January 1993
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Petrozavodsk,
Russia
Assistant
teacher at Y.Murashkovsky’s seminar for teachers of humanities. |
Conference
Participation
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June 1996
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The
fifth annual conference of the system of professional consultants,
developers and researchers “TRIZ-Chance” in St.Perersburg,
Russia. |
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June 1995
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The
fourth annual conference of the system of professional consultants,
developers and researchers “TRIZ-Chance” in St.Perersburg,
Russia. |
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February 1995
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The
third annual conference of the system of professional consultants,
developers and researchers “TRIZ-Chance” in St.Perersburg,
Russia. |
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June 1994
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The
second annual conference of the system of professional consultants,
developers and researchers “TRIZ-Chance” in St.Perersburg,
Russia. |
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July 1993
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Congress
of International TRIZ Association in Petrozavodsk, Russia.
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April
1992
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The
second annual conference of the system of professional consultants,
developers and researchers “TRIZ-Chance” in Petrozavodsk,
Russia. |
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June 1991
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Congress
of International TRIZ Association in Petrozavodsk.
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Articles and Papers |
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June 2000
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Text
Technology as a Step to an Integrated OTSM-TRIZ English Curriculum,
Bachelor thesis (in English)
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The
given paper deals with the Text Technology of language teaching
developed by the author. Unlike traditional approaches to ELT, it
provides the resolution of the key contradictions of language
learning and education. The paper contains a large practical part
comprising the material which has been put to practice with
various students.
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April 2000
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New
Models and Methodology for Teaching OTSM-TRIZ, together with
N.Khomenko (in English)
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The
paper written for the annual conference of the Altshuller
Institute, USA acquaints the readers with possible methodology of
TRIZ education which can be employed when dealing with fields
beyond engineering. |
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August 1994 |
A
Couple of Words about Language (in Russian) |
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A
short article showing possible approaches to modify language
teaching process. |
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May 1993
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What
write tomorrow,
together with Y.Murashkovsky (in Russian)
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An
article dealing with the tendencies of the theme development in
fictional
literature on the example of the development of the theme
of peasants in the Russian literature.
Published
in:
Ìóðàøêîâñêèé Þ., Ñîêîë À. Ïëþñ îäèí
ïðîöåíò. Ñåðèÿ «Ïîçíàíèå». Âûï.7.
Ðèãà. 1993. |