Zola Nompumelelo Zoleka Mfono , French Language Trainer

Zola Nompumelelo Zoleka Mfono

French Language Trainer

Transcentral

Location
South Africa - Pretoria
Education
Bachelor's degree, Education - PGCE
Experience
13 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months

French Language Trainer at Transcentral
  • South Africa - Pretoria
  • My current job since July 2022

Type of organization:
Service provider to Government department (International Relations and Cooperation)


Purpose:
To teach French online to diplomatic staff for six months per year. Student ages: adults


Duties:
- Lesson planning and delivery
- Developing assessments and marking
- Designing learning resources
- Incorporating international relations language into course


Highlights:

- Learning and incorporating Google classroom into course
- Being selected as service provider for three consecutive years

French Teacher at Alliance Française of Johannesburg
  • South Africa - Johannesburg
  • August 2017 to April 2022

Type of organization:
Language and cultural centre


Purpose:
Teaching French. Student ages: 5-18, adults


Duties:
- Language level assessment
- Evaluating manuals
- Lesson planning and teaching
- Exam preparation and internal assessments
- Conducting official exams as accredited examiner
- Promoting centre

- Attending staff training
- Collaboration with colleagues


Highlights:
- Fast-tracking students in official exam preparation

French Tutor at Light Learning Centre
  • South Africa - Johannesburg
  • April 2021 to April 2022

Type of organization:
Centre for the support of home-schooled students on the Cambridge Curriculum.


Purpose:
To teach French as a second language. Student ages: 11-17


Duties:
- Lesson planning and delivery
- Online tutoring of junior professional soccer players
- Exam preparation of IGCSE candidates
- Preparing assessments
- Participating in extra-curricular activities


Highlights:
- Learning the Cambridge marking procedure

French Tutor at Cooper College
  • South Africa - Johannesburg
  • April 2015 to December 2015

Type of organization:
Primary and secondary independent school on the Cambridge Curriculum.


Purpose:
To introduce French as a second language to a Cambridge curriculum private school. Student age 5-15


Duties:
- Decoration of classroom to create learning environment
- Planning and teaching age-appropriate lessons
- Assessments in line with school policies
- Marketing of school on social media
- Extra-curricular activities
- Communication with parents


Highlights
- Successfully introducing a new subject
- Developing excitement in children about the lessons

Facilitator - English for Professional Development (part-time) at Wits Language School
  • South Africa - Johannesburg
  • February 2015 to May 2015

Type of organization:
Language school at university.


Purpose:
To teach business English on Saturdays to speakers of other languages. Student ages: adult


Duties:
- Lesson planning and delivery - face to face

- Developing assessments


Highlights
- Being able to apply TESOL principles soon after qualification

Chemistry tutor and demonstrator (Part-time) at University of Cape Town
  • South Africa - Cape Town
  • March 1996 to November 2001

Type of organization:
University


Purpose:
To supervise the laboratory work of first year students. Student ages: 17-22


Duties:
- Assuring safe laboratory practices
- Explaining purpose and background of experiments
- Demonstrating correct use of laboratory equipment and chemicals
- Marking of preparatory assignment and practical reports
- Exam preparation


Highlights
- Developing schema to visualize experiment procedure

Education

Bachelor's degree, Education - PGCE
  • at University Of Johannesburg
  • December 2020

Specialisation: Life Sciences, Physical and Natural Sciences

Master's degree, Chemistry
  • at University of Fort Hare
  • May 2010

Research Masters in medicinal chemistry

Bachelor's degree, Chemistry
  • at University of Cape Town
  • December 1997

This was called an Honours degree. It is a fourth year following a three year degree. My research project was in organic chemistry.

Bachelor's degree, Chemistry, Biochemistry
  • at University of Cape Town
  • December 1996

High school or equivalent, High School
  • at Waterford KaMhlaba United World College
  • December 1993

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Specialties & Skills

Course Design
Group Work
Teaching Aids
Microsoft tools
Technology
ADMINISTRACIóN
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
LANGUAGES
MARKET RESEARCH
MICROSOFT EXCEL
MICROSOFT OFFICE
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

TESOL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2014

Hobbies

  • Foreign Language Learning
    I learned French well enough to teach it for more than six years. I am learning Spanish and am on track to pass the A2 exam.
  • Gardening
    I am enjoying cooking from my own garden - for me and my mother.
  • Fitness
    I completed the Comrades marathon (79km from Pietermaritzburg to Durban)