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Résumé
Jay Paul Dunkelman
5-14-4 Kitamachi, Nerima-ku
Tokyo, 179-0081, Japan
Phone: 813-3931-6915/4
Fax: 813-3931-6914
email: jay@puritycompany.com
Work Experience
Present~1997
Founder and President of Purity
Co., Ltd., which provides a variety of services, among them:
- Music and multimedia production and performances
- Preparation and narration of videos and presentations
- Desktop editing, design, layout, publishing and related
tasks
- Japanese to/from English translation, copy-writing,
proofreading and editing
- Web site content provider for the Japan
Association of Travel Agents, Clarion
Co., Ltd., the Yazaki Group
and others
- English as a second language (ESL) teaching, syllabus
design and curriculum development
- Purity Co., Ltd. clients include:
the Japan Association of Travel
Agents, Clarion Co., Ltd.,
the Yazaki Group, Japan
Crown Records, Kumon Institute
of Education, Dentsu, Yomiuri
Kokoku, National
Panasonic, Japan Automotive
News, the Embassy
of Israel in Japan, the Embassy
of Indonesia in Japan, Tokyo
News Service, the Tokyo Metropolitan Public School System, Gregg
International, the English Language
Education Council, among
others.
2003~1977
Chief Instructor at ELEC, the
English Language Education Council, Inc. (Eigo Kyouiku Kyogika) a
non-profit organization chartered by the Japanese Ministry
of Education. I am responsible for syllabus design,
curriculum development and the creation of original
teaching materials.
Present~1982
Senior Consultant, Yazaki Corporation
(Yazaki Sogyo K.K.).
My areas of responsibility include:
- World Wide Web page author and Web
Administrator for the Yazaki
Group
- Speech writing and correspondence for the president,
vice-president, directors and executive staff.
- Proofreading, translation and editing of international
business correspondences, technical specifications, documents and operation
manuals.
- Operation and maintenance of the office computers and
computer network.
- Preparation and narration of promotional and instructional
videos and presentations for Ford, General Motors, Saab, Volvo and others.
- Preparation of in-house English teaching curriculum
and materials.
- Various editorial and desktop publishing tasks, among
them: product pamphlets, brochures and catalogues, the Yazaki
News in-house newsletter, corporate profile, advertising and promotional
material.
Present~1984
Consultant on educational materials
for the Kumon Institute of Education. My work for the Educational Research
Center includes: research, compilation, and authoring of materials for
teaching English conversation and speed reading skills, and for teaching
Japanese to speakers of other languages.
Present~1980
Instructor at the Joto Medical
Association where I teach conversational and medical English classes to
physicians.
Present~1985
Translator, proofreader and copywriter for Yomiuri Kokoku, Dentsu, Japan Automotive News, Kodansha, among others.
Present~1986
Narrator and author of promotional
and instructional videos and slide presentations.
Present~1984
Translator and editor for the
Japanese Red Cross Medical Center (Nisseki Iriyo Center). On a
voluntary basis, I translate and edit symposium papers
for physicians; additionally, I translate educational pamphlets and materials,
which are distributed to the public by the Department
of Pediatric Health.
1988~84
Kabuki commentator for the
English language earphone guide at the Kabuki-za Theater. Each month commentators
prepare a narration describing the plot and background
for each play on the program. This narration is recorded and then broadcast
during the performance for the benefit of the non-Japanese
speaking audience.
1983~80
Editor and proofreader for
Canon Corporation (Canon K.K.), Musashi-Kosugi, Tokyo facility.
1980
Co-author of Strategic English
for Osaka Educational Press (Osaka Kyoiku Tosho K.K.). This
textbook is designed to help candidates prepare for
company entrance examinations in English.
1978~77
Private Tutor in English to
the Ambassador of El Salvador.
1977
Princeton University Teaching Associate at the Institute for International Studies and Training in
Fujinomiya, Japan.
1977~76
Scriptwriter for Blue Sky Film
Company, makers of documentary and educational films.
1977~70
Piano technician and tuner.
In addition to private clients, I was responsible for the repair, tuning
and maintenance of pianos at the State University
of New York at Stony Brook.
1975
Quality Control Officer for
the United States Postal Service Origin Destination Information Service
(ODIS).
1974~72
Director of Purchasing and Store Operations for the State University of New York at Stony Brook Food Cooperative.
Education
1997
M. A. in Linguistics (TESOL), University
of Surrey, Great Britain.
1980~77
Graduate, ELEC Japanese Language School.
1977~76
Post-graduate study in computer science and mathematics
at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
1974~70
B.A. in Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony
Brook.
1971
Scholarship student at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1970~67
Apprenticed piano technician, Baldwin Piano Company.
Publications
1997
The Application of Selected Sociolinguistic Concepts
to Second Language Syllabus Design, University
of Surrey, Great Britain.(See also: Abstract
or Complete Dissertation.)
1980
Strategic English, Osaka Educational Press (Osaka Kyoiku Tosho K.K.).
Organizations
Member of the Jewish Community of Japan and Vice President
of the Board of Directors from 1991~1995.
Instructor at Kuwamori Aikido Dojo, Tokyo, Japan.
Member of the International Aikido Federation, the world-wide
federation of Aikido practitioners.
Member of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages).
Member of JALT (Japanese Association of Language Teachers).
Founding member and officer of the International Friends
of Kabuki.
Personal
Citizenship: United States of America
Visa status in Japan: Permanent Resident (Eiju-ken)
Languages: English (Native); Japanese (Fluent)
I was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on February 6, 1952,
am married with three children, and in excellent health.
My interests include computers, the Internet, Japanese and Chinese martial
arts, Kabuki, philosophy, and psychology.
References upon request.
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