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Anna Sokol
: Suoyarvi, The Republic of Karelia, Russia.
e: +7-931-541-79-67
E-mail: Skype:
Nationality: Russian Date of birth:
Languages: Russian (Native Speaker), Finnish (Fluent), English (Fluent), Italian (Elementary), Swedish (Elementery)
Work Experience:
• Freelance Finnish teacher (November 2015 - Present)
Teaching finnish language to students and adults by Skype.
• Finnish teacher at “Lingvoru” language school - Saint-Petersburg, Russia (December 2015 - Present)
Teaching finnish to adults group twice a week, writing lessons planning, searching and selecting useful and relevant materials from internet for the lessons.

• Translator and interpreter at “YIT” finnish construction company - Saint-Petersburg, Russia (November 2014 – December 2015)
Duties:
• Interpreting weekly site meetings, head’s of construction site visits and his interviews with workers, construction project’s conferences by Skype, foreign audits.
• Translating weekly reports and transactions, tables and schedules, presentations of the sites, contracts, letters etc.
• Working as an assistance of finnish counsellor of construction at YIT-company on the building site. Helping him associate with another site’s coworkers and solving every day communication issues, writing letters and reports, walking around the building site and controlling of keeping safety rules.

• Interpreter and translator at Russian-Finnish Culture Forum – Novgorod, Russia (March 2013 – September 2013)

Duties:
• BEFORE Cultural forum: translating participation’s applying forms from Russian to Finnish and from Finnish to Russian.
• AT Cultural Forum: Interpreting in double-faced meetings between russian and finnish culture organizations.

• Finnish teacher at “Lennrot’s secondary school” - Petrozavodsk, Russia (September 2013 – November 2013)
Duties:
• Teaching finnish language to youngers (16-17 years old). Organizing teamwork during the learning priocess, playing motivating games using finnish language.
• Preparing lessons: writing finnish lessons planning every time before lesson, searching and selecting information and new materials for the lessons.
• Preparing students to school concerts and festivals, organizing meeting with the veterans of Second World War and children from Beslan school. Making gifts with youngers for teachers, taking part in discussion club’s meetings etc.

• Finnish language courses teacher at “Open University” - Petrozavodsk, Russia (October 2012 - May 2013)

Teaching finnish language courses to adults in Open University. Writing lessons planning, searching and selecting useful information and new materials for the lessons.

• Finnish and English teacher at “Kane” ensemble - Petrozavodsk, Russia (September 2012 - Aipril 2013)

Working as a Finnish language teacher for small children (aged 3-5 years) at “Kane” Karelian national ensemble. Teaching finnish and English languages on Preschool level. Singing simple finnish songs and playing learning games with the children of ensemble. Putting on the stage fairy-tales in finnish languge with children.

Volunteer Experience:
• Volunteer at “Pavlovsky orphanage” - Saint-Petersburg, Russia (August 2015 – September 2015)
Walking, communicating and befriending with the children, giving possible support to them.

• Volunteer at “E. ON IBU World Cup Biathlon” – Joensuu, Kontiolahti, Finland (March 2014)
In Joensuu: working in Sokos ho’s Sub Office. Selling biathlon production (T-shirts, bandanas, keychains etc.), informing guests and athletes about days of sprints, situation of stadium, buses timetable etc.
In Kontiolahti: working at the stadium Info Office. Meeting and informing guests about situation of their sitting, interpreting from Russian, Finnish and English languages, helping media-desk to solve conflicts between biathlon fans.

• Volunteer at “Sommelo Etno Music Festival” – Kuhmo, Finland (June 2011 – July 2011)
Helping in organization the exhibition of the festival, taking part in master-classes as interpreter of finnish language, selling tickets to guests for the traditional finnish sauna, looking after sauna.
• Volunteer at “AWARD association for young people” – Petrozavodsk, Russia (2006-2009)
Organizing different charitable evenings, meetings and exhibitions for all of needed groups (orphanages, aged and disabled people). Helping, communicating and befriending with the aged from Petrozavodsk retirement home. Taking part in Leaders school for yongers etc.

Education:
• Spetsialist Degree – 5 years (September 2009- June 2014) - Petrozavodsk State University of Russia.
Main courses: Finnish language, History of Finland, Translation studies, Pedagogy, Psychology.
Studying abroad and trainings:
• Exchange program at University of Eastern Finland (January 2014 – May 2014), Joensuu, Finland.
Field of studying is foreign languages and translations. Passed through such courses as Children literature, Academic Russian writing, Translation seminar, Authorized translation from Russian to Finnish language, Media-translation, translation from Finnish to Russian, English and communication skills.

• Media-courses at Petrozavodsk State University (November 2012- December 2012), Petrozavodsk, Russia.
Took part in media-courses that were organized by the support of University of Turku (Finland).

• International CIMO finnish language courses (June 2010 – July 2010), Savonlinna, Finland.
Two months length courses of finnish language and culture were intend for international students, that were studying finnish as a second language. Courses were organized by the support of CIMO (Center of International Mobility in Finland)

Personal skills and competences:
• Social skills: Sociable and easy-going, good verbal and written communication skills. There is an experience living abroad and communicating every day with international students in English and Finnish languages. Every time travelling abroad meets new friends all over the world. Also good at teamwork. Trying do all my best, being friendly and patient, helping my coworkers and giving them efficient tips, but not interfering in their work.
• Organizational skills: well-organized and good time-manager. Organized events during studying time at school and university.