Rebecca+Rudy



Rebecca has four pets: ﻿﻿ three dogs ( a Husky named Sky, a Chihuahua mix named Coco, & a Chow Mix named Bear) and one cat (Zeek). She also has two ﻿older sisters (Rachael & Brittany) and a ﻿younger brother (Kaleb). She graduated high school in Dinuba, CA. Rebecca recently lived in Turkey for 8 months (April-December 2010) to be near her fiancée, a marine that was stationed there for a year.They actually "officially" got engaged in June, but have been together for 6 years. The wedding is set ﻿for mid October, 2011. Rebecca also enjoys fly fishing and backpacking with her dad﻿ in Sequoia National Park ﻿and the Sierra National Forest﻿﻿.
 * Background: **

Rebecca obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Fresno in linguistics with an emphasis ﻿in teaching English as a second language. She also tutored two EFL (English as a foreign language) learners while living in Turkey and considered that to be a very educational experience!
 * Education: **

Rebecca decided to pursue an English teaching credential at CSU Fresno because she wants to become an English as a second language (ESL) teacher in a high school. Rebecca was inspired to become an ESL teacher because while in high school she noticed that many students in the south Valley flunked out of high school because they were not proficient in English reading and/or writing. Rebecca felt compassion for these students and made it her goal to help them succeed. Rebecca just so happened to take a linguistics class in college and found that the material covered was applicable to helping non-English speakers. Thus, she pursued a degree in linguistics with the intent to help students new to the United States succeed. Rebecca would like to teach in a foreign country like Spain or would like to teach in the Valley.
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Original Draft By: Rachael Ong Revised by Ben Caulder Approved by: Rebecca Rudy