Syed Afzal Hussain's Page

Profile Information

School / Work Affiliation: The Linguistic Centre (TLC)

Website: http://tlcenglishsince1987.com

Twitter / Plurk / Other Account: https://www.facebook.com/syed.a.hussain.357

About Me: Name: Syed Afzal Hussain
Age: 61 years
Marital Status: Married with three children.
Address: 2C 1/2, Nazimabad No.2., Karachi 74600, Pakistan
Office Phones: 6682378, 6609780 & 6707032
Mobiles: 0323 3535968 & 0323 2535969

My Working Status

I am Owner, Principal and Director of Studies of The Linguistic Centre, Karachi Pakistan. – one of the most leading institutions of Karachi, Pakistan for teaching English as a foreign language with international quality facilities. TLC has been rendering its services very successfully for the last 27 years. I also teach EFL to Intermediate and Advanced levels adult students besides Business English courses.

My EFL, ESL & Other Qualifications:

1. Certificate in TESOL from TEFL International Corporation, Phuket, Thailand in 2006
2. Diploma in English as a Second Language form Professional Career Development Institute USA in 2004
3. NLP Certified & Licensed Practitioner training from McKenna Breen Limited, London in 2003
4. International Teachers Training Course from Hilderstone College, Kent in 1999
5. Diploma in English as a Foreign Language from Shrewsbury English School, England in 1998
6. Overseas Teachers Development Course from GEOS Academy Brighton & Hove in 1998
7. Advanced Certificate in English language from St. Giles College, Central London in 1996
My EFL Teaching Experience:

Although nowadays my prime focus is on Intermediate and Advanced students, I used to teach Beginner, Elementary and Pre Intermediate classes. I have a experience of nearly about 20 years of teaching English as a foreign language. I have taught men and women of different ages and of various professions.

Apart from teaching I also evaluate and develop classrooms lessons and lessons plans for my staff teachers and other teachers of English language teaching of different schools, colleges and universities of Pakistan by using all available teaching EFL methodology and pedagogy. Every week I give my staff teachers teacher’s training and update them with the most modern available information in the progress of English language teaching. Besides I also conduct workshops and seminars on different aspects of teaching for different schools, colleges and universities .

Furthermore I also develop Multimedia and Interactive programmes for different levels of English language teaching. I have been creating CALL programmes for a quite long spell of time.