About Naomi Epstein
Hello! I’m Naomi Epstein, a teacher and national counselor of English as a FOREIGN language to deaf and hard of hearing students in Israel. I have been doing this for over 25 years.
I was born in Philadelphia, Penn., U.S.A, then spent my elementary school years in Brookline, Mass. When I was 11 years old I moved to Israel. Here I got my B.A in Education of the deaf, My B.E.D in EFL and my M.A in Curriculum Development. I published two coursebooks; “Apples and Zebras” (a beginners workbook) and “The Book of Keys” (for weak high-school students).
I currently work five days a week at Yehud Comprehensive High-School (though I began as an elemenatry school teacher) which has the largest program for deaf and hard of hearing students in a regular high-school in the country. On the sixth day I’m a “Shema” national counselor, mainly for teachers of pupils who are mainstreamed. And on the seventh day, I rest!
My favorite way to rest is to read a book! I also enjoy watching movies and a bit of bird watching.
I currently live in Kiryat-Ono, Israel, with my husband and two sons.
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If you would like to connect our classrooms, I am teaching World History this year and we just finished a unit on Israel! I am sure my students would love to meet other Deaf from around the world. During our studies I always try to bring in a bit of Deaf Culture and search for Deaf within the area.
Isn’t that amazing that you just finished a unit on Israel and then I found your fascinating!
lets discuss options for connecting students by email!
Hi Naomi,
I love your Puffin! Before coming into teaching I was a seabird biologist in the UK and have handled hundreds of these biting little treasures!
Now I teach in a central London language school and also on a public housing estate in south London where my learners are immigrants & asylum-seekers. Some are illiterate or semi-literate in their L1 and my task is to teach reading and writing so they can progress to entry level classes. It’s slow but I enjoy it, and I’d love to share materials etc. with you if it would help.
Clare
Clare!
I saw this puffin “eyeball to eyeball” on Skellig Michael Island in Ireland!
You definetly have your work cut out for you! I would love to swap info!