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Nicolas ANDRÉ
 

DOB:  February 16, 1968 in Port-au-Prince, Haïti – married
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 (509) 3471-6886

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 nickandre@gmail.com, nickandre7@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE

Developing and sharing my knowledge and skills in the fields of linguistics, education and editing.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Associate Instructor

  • Indiana University (Indiana, USA): Haitian Creole (Elementary and Intermediate Courses) - French Language (replacement).
    (August 2006 –May 2009)

Editing Consultant

  • Communication Plus SA (Port-au-Prince, Haïti)
    (since June 2002)
  • Éditions haïtiennes (Pétion-Ville, Haïti): Creole-French bilingual dictionary project
    (September 2003 – August 2006)
  • Indiana University (Indiana, USA): Creole-English bilingual dictionary project (off site work)
    (June-October 2002 / January-March 2006)
  • Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libète (Port-au-Prince, Haïti): project «Li pou aprann»
    (October-December 2001 / July-November 2002)

Chief Editor Assistant

  • Le Matin – Daily Newspaper (Port-au-Prince, Haïti)
    (January-August 2006)

Research Assistant

  • Indiana University (USA): Creole-English bilingual dictionary project
    (January-June 2001 / January-June 2002 / September-December 2005)

Proofreader

  • Le Matin - Daily Newspaper (Port-au-Prince, Haïti)
    (January-August 2005)
  • Communication Plus (Port-au-Prince, Haïti): assistant to the Division Livres
    (December 1998-December 2000)
  • Le Nouvelliste - Daily Newspaper (Port-au-Prince, Haïti)
    (November 1994-October 1995)

Translator

  • Creole Trans (Miami, USA): in site and off site work
    (Freelance Translator since 1999)
  • Mission Civile Internationale en Haïti OEA/ONU (Port-au-Prince, Haïti)
    (May 1997-November 1998)

Instructor

  • Séminaire théologique évangélique de Port-au-Prince: Creole Linguistics and French
    (Spring 2004 and Spring 2005)
  • Centre Pétion-Bolivar (Pétion-Ville, Haïti): Creole course for foreigners
    (October 1996-June 1997)
  • Institut Delmas (Port-au-Prince, Haïti): French and English for beginners
    (1994-1997)

Presenter

  • Radio Lumière (Port-au-Prince, Haïti): co-responsible for a show on education
    (1997-1999)
  • Télé 13 (Port-au-Prince, Haïti): responsible for a show on classical music
    (1994-1995)

Chief officer

  • Secrétairerie d’État à l’Alphabétisation (Port-au-Prince, Haïti)
    (December 1994-May 1997)
    Research and documentation in Haitian Creole: creole language show coordinator (TNH) / Creole orthography show presenter (TNH, Radio éducative) / Public Relations : publication, press release, shows...

EDUCATION

  • Faculté de Linguistique Appliquée (Port-au-Prince, Haïti): BA in Linguistics (1988-1992)
  • Indiana University (Indiana, USA): MA in French Instruction (2006-2008)
  • Indiana University (Indiana, USA): PHD student in French Linguistics (incomplete - 2008- 2009)

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Indiana University (Indiana, USA): workshop on language proficiency assessment with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
    (Spring 2007 and Spring 2009)
  • Secrétairerie d’État à l’Alphabétisation (Port-au-Prince, Haïti): workshop on translation (December 1996) / workshop on linguistics (April-May 1995)
  • Woskshop (Lomé, Togo): litteracy workshop (November 12 - December 10, 1995)
  • Institut haïtiano-allemand (Port-au-Prince, Haïti): German course for beginners (1992-1994)
  • Centre de Recherches et d’Éducation Continue (Port-au-Prince, Haïti): American Accounting (1992-1993)

OTHER

Publications

Leisure

  • Musician composer and arranger: christian music

LANGUAGES

  • Haitian Creole - native
  • French - native
  • English - near native
  • Spanish - basic notions
  • German - basic notions

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