Naira Smbatyan has been teaching at AUA Open Education since 2008. She has over 15 years of teaching experience. She holds a Certificate in TEFL. She has an MA degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from AUA. Also, she completed the postgraduate program (ABD) in General and Comparative Linguistics at the European University.
Naira worked as a high school teacher/supervisor for the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL) via distance learning in 2005. In 2006, she started teaching English for Academic and Specific (Law/International Relations) Purposes at the European University of Armenia. Naira is the author of the textbook “The Language of Politics through Political Speeches” intended for students of the faculty of International Relations.
“My teaching philosophy is based on the belief that a positive classroom atmosphere is one of the keys to student success. If students are emotionally prepared to learn, they start enjoying every moment in their learning process and make progress.”