Hashiva Street 31/1 Netanya, 4230632 09-8337240 054-5792799 blustein.myra8@gmail.com Country of Origin: USA Year of Aliya: 1975 Languages: English Mother Tongue and Hebrew Fluent English Teaching, Lecturer and Writer Experience in teaching English at all levels. Main experience is in teaching English as a foreign language to adults. Wrote and developed curriculum for English courses. Experience in writing English textbooks. Computer Literate Presenter with Elana Shohamy at Sociolinguistics Symposium. University of Southampton, Southampton, England, Sept., 2010. “Do Speakers of a Power language Need to be Empowered?” Presenter at Language & Society Conference: Achva Academic College, Be’er Tuvia May 22,2011. “Do Speakers of a Power Language need to be Empowered?” Presenter at 12th Conference of Language & Society Association: Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, June 30, 2013. “Do Senior Citizen Speakers of a Power Language Need to be Empowered. Meira Blustein and Elana Shohamy, “Do Speakers of a Power Language Need to be Empowered?” Hed HaUlpan, Paper 99, Winter 2012 p. 99-106 (published in Hebrew). Meira Blustein, “Do senior-citizen speakers of a power language need to be empowered? The case of senior English-speaking immigrants to Israel. Michlol, A Multidisciplinary Journal, Edited by Ora Wiskind-Elper, Vol. 30, 2014, p. VIII – XXXVIII. August, 2014 Thesis Completed: “Do Senior Citizen Speakers of a Power Language Need to be Empowered?” Tel Aviv University. Work Experience Oct. 2017 –Feb., 2021: Shaarei Mishpat College, Hod HaSharon. English instructor in the EAP program, Trom Besisi B Level. 1980-2015: Municipality of Netanya, Adult Education. Bialik Center and David Center, Netanya. English Teacher at Language School and at Tichonit, Adults learning for high school equivalency diploma (TAGAT). Sept. 2014- June 2015 English teacher, Wingate Pre-Academic Program, Wingate College, Netanya July-Aug 2011; July-Aug 2012 Teacher of English for Academic Purposes, Open University, Haifa Jan – June 2011: Ministry of Education, Eldad Junior High School, Netanya. English Teacher 2009-1010: Storyteller in English for children, Solomon Library, Netanya. August- December, 1999: Erich Cohen Books, Freelance Writing projects. 1998: Byron English +: Teacher of Technical English. 1995: Ministry of Education, Uziel and Tachkemoni Schools, Netanya, English teacher for learning disabled children. Education Oct. 2005 – May 2009. M.A. in English Education, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv. 1996-1997. Technical Writing Course, Yeda School of Business & Technology, Tel Aviv.