I use an established program of everyday topics to assist in natural, free-flowing conversation. I offer constructive feedback and assistance contextualizing subjects and expressions in American English that may be unfamiliar to foreigners. I will also use videos and print sources to aid in instruction.
I have studied three foreign language abroad in three different countries. I understand how frustrating it is to not be able to express yourself in a second language. I have informally tutored over two dozen students of English, in person and online, helping them to improve their fluency, grammar, pronunciation, comprehension, and vocabulary. I am able to teach common idiomatic expressions and everyday sayings, including ways to make your speech sound more natural and everyday. I want to help you make the most of your tutoring time, and to take your English to the next level.
I have a master's degree in Library Science and I am able to locate language aid instruction resources to assist you in your English learning needs. For example, I can locate resources for specialized vocabulary for particular industries.
I am an advanced speaker of Brazilian Portuguese. I have previous experience assisting Brazilians who wish to improve their conversation skill and pronunciation.
Emily Legutko
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Transferrable Skills
Transcription, Proofreading, Document Processing, Scanning and Records Digitization, Digital Records Management, Inventory Management, Supervisory Experience, Project Management, Supply Ordering, and Storage Solutions
Experience
Appen 03/2018 – 09/2018
Client Worksite: Financial Services Company (Confidential), New York, NY
Lead Transcriber
❏ Transcribed client phone calls using ELAN transcription software for a voice analytics project for internal compliance requirements
❏ Segmented and annotated audio files with tags for overlapped speech, background noises, hesitations, speaker inhalation and exhalation, silences, and foreign words
❏ Utilized glossaries of financial terminology and trading jargon
❏ Managed audio files in queue for transcription
❏ Proofread transcription text files for errors in format, spacing, and tagging
❏ Exported files to Microsoft SharePoint
New York City Law Department, Document and Data Processing Unit, New York, NY 09/2014 – 08/2016
Clerical Assistant / Proofreader
❏ Proofread transcriptions of investigative interviews conducted by the New York Police Department, New York City Department of Correction, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, and other city agencies
❏ Proofread legal documents for accuracy of legal citations and standard format
❏ Maintained progress of documents’ proofreading status in RMT Document Production Tracking software
The Winthrop Group, Inc. 04/2006 – 09/2014
Client Worksite: United Nations Archives and Records Management Section, New York, NY Archives Technician to Lead Archivist
❏ Supervised a team of five co-archivists in work assignments, production, and quality control
❏ Trained assistant archivists
❏ Coordinated record processing project design and workflow
❏ Employed procedures for the security of classified and sensitive documents
❏ Screened records at the item level
❏ Applied guidelines from record retention schedules and record taxonomies
❏ Produced series-level and collection-level description of records for public access
❏ Managed records transport requests
❏ Monitored identification badges, physical access to facilities, and climate control
❏ Compiled and analyzed daily and monthly productivity data
❏ Created discrete databases for archival collections using HP TRIM Records Management software
❏ Managed the physical storage of processed and unprocessed records in a systematic manner
Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, NY 09/2004 – 03/2006
Collection Assistant
❏ Performed and reconciled inventories of natural history specimens
❏ Monitored and created storage containers for specimens
❏ Wrote descriptive text of approximately 350 specimens for the museum’s website
❏ Assisted in developing the programming template for natural history specimens for Collections Central Online, the museum’s online catalog
Internships
The Osborne Association, Bronx, NY 03/2016 – 05/2016
Student Evaluator, Training to Work
❏ Coordinated with team members to conduct an evidence-based evaluation of the outcomes of Training to Work, a program that provides job training to formerly incarcerated men and women
Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, NY 09/2011 – 12/2011
Digital Imaging Intern
❏ Developed and implemented a digitization workflow for photographs, artwork, advertising materials, and documents related to archival collections of 1950s television shows
❏ Edited scans using Adobe Photoshop
❏ Created records for the museum's online collection catalog and uploaded edited images
Education and Training
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York, NY 2018
Master of Arts in Criminal Justice
❏ Advanced Certificate in Criminal Investigation
Queens College, CUNY, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, New York, NY 2012
Master of Arts in Library Science
❏ Certificate in Archives, Records Management, and Preservation
❏ Thesis, Authority in Biography: A Study of Source Citation, 1940-2010
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 2000
Bachelor of Arts in American Studies
Awards
David L. Boren Fellowship, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08/2016 – 07/2017
Awarded by the National Security Education Program, Alexandria, VA
Skills and Languages
Applications ELAN transcription software, Start-Stop transcription software, RMT Document Production Tracking software, HP TRIM Records Management software, The SAS System, The Museum System, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), SharePoint, Inmagic database software, Sound Organizer, SmugMug, GoToMeeting
Typing 60 WPM with 99% accuracy
Languages Brazilian Portuguese (Advanced), Polish (Basic)
Perfect! I am French and I moved to NYC at the beginning of October 2018. I have been taking one-on-one English lessons with Emily since my arrival. She is an amazing person and teacher: patient, extremely helpful and encouraging.
She is great at transferring knowledge, and I can tell that there is a serious effort and thought to prepare her own tools and tutoring. I have had a tremendous experience with Emily, she teaches me modern English and she is really involved with my progress. Now, I have reached a conversational level.
It's a real blessing for me to have met Emily!
It was a pleasure to work with Mélodie. We met for several months for regular, one-on-one English conversation lessons. She was a terrific student, motivated, and well perpared. She made excellent progress with her English conversation, and has become a capable and confident English speaker. In addition, Mélodie is very personable, gracious, and kind. She was open to different methods and approaches in language instruction, and she shared a lot of cool things with me about French culture, including an authentic French dessert! I tailored many of our lessons according to her interests and preferences. She was flexible about our meeting dates and always so friendly and welcoming. Mélodie was a wonderful student!
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