Ron Morrain

Ron Morrain is an American (Houston, Texas), and currently lives and works in Germany. He is the founder and Director of Studies at the Language Learning Centers Europe which is headquartered in Duisburg, Germany. He is also the Educational Consultant for Syntax Solutions located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He has been working as an Educational Consultant and Business Communications Trainer for over 25 years internationally. Ron speaks three languages fluently (English, German, and Spanish), but gets along with several other languages as well.

Ron Morrain is the innovator of the graphic facilitation concept of *Ready-made Mind Maps *(RMMs), which promotes learning/teaching methodologies E.g. - TBL (Task-based Learning) and PBL (Project-based Learning), Content and language integrated learning (CLIL), and Content-based Instruction (CBI). His Language Coaching sessions for L2 and L1 learners are also facilitated by RMMs. Ron has been promoting the concept of Graphic Facilitation and Mind Mapping with TBL and PBL at conferences, universities, teacher workshops, and webinars internationally since 1992. He is a specialist in Transversal Skills Development in EFL Language Learning and Teaching and has recently taken on the topic of Artificial Intelligence for EFL Lesson Planning.

He has worked on personnel development and education-related projects in:
Houston, New York, San Francisco, and Washington D.C., (USA)
Mexico City (Mexico)
Hong Kong, (China)
London (UK)
Glasgow, (Scotland)
Geneva, and Zurich (Switzerland)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brussels, Belgium
Paris, France
Vienna, Austria
Valetta, Malta
Berlin, Bonn, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Cologne, Krefeld, Freiburg, Stuttgart, Bochum, Hagen,
Dortmund, Erfurt, Hamm, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Munich (Germany)
Athens, and Thessaloniki (Greece)
Moscow, and Yaroslavl (Russia)
Osaka, Nagoya, Fukui, Sendai, Morioka (Japan)
Cairo, Egypt - RELO Mentor Programme - U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs.
Alexandria, Egypt - Educast International Conferences
Rabat, Morroco - Université Mohammed V de Rebat , Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion Marrakech, Association Marocaine du Marketing, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Performance et Compétitivité
Mumbai, India - Association of English Teachers (AINET)
Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Delhi - Business Communication Facilitators Association of India (BCFAI)
Dakhla, Morocco - Dakhla Teachers College

During his academic career, he has held (or still holds) the following positions:
- Lecturing Professor for Business Administration at Euro-Business-College and University (Düsseldorf, Germany)
- Lecturing Professor for Organisational Psychology at the Cologne Business School (Cologne, Germany)
- Lecturing Professor for the Executive MBA Programme at the University Südwestfalen (Hagen, Germany)
- Lecturing Professor for Business Administration at International University (Erfurt, Germany)
- Director for the Office of Development at The International School of Management (Dortmund, Germany)
- Seminar Coordinator for the Academy of Social and Labour Law (Herten, Germany)
- Personnel Development Planner and Trainer at University Duisburg-Essen (Duisburg and Essen, Germany)
- Educational Consultant - Syntax Solutions - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Educational Consultant - Educast International Conferences - Alexandria, Egypt

Ron works with many Fortune 500 and DAX companies as a consultant or coach for:
- Organizational Learning and Development (L+D)
- Instructional Design for Elearning and Online Learning Programs
- Corporate Language and Communications Training (Development, Design, Implementation, and Assessment)
- Employee Recruitment, Orientation, Evaluation, and Onboarding
- Language Assessment Centers (Corporate or University Clients Only - Worldwide)
- Management and Executive Language Coaching
- Teacher Training, Train-the-Trainer (Internationally)
- EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) for Corporate and Academic Learning Environments
- Artificial Intelligence for Instructional Design and EFL Learning

Ron is an active member of the following teacher organizations:
- ELTA Rhein- Germany (English Language Teachers Association)
- IATEFL - England (International Association of Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
- BELTA - Belgium (Belgium English Language Teachers Association)
- TESOL - France (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
- TESOL - Greece (Athens and Thessaloniki)

He also is an active contributor to the following publications:
- *Business Issues* (Magazine for BESIG IATEFL)
- *BELTA Bulletin* (Magazine for the Belgium Teachers Association)
- *EFL Magazine (the Internet magazine for English language teachers)

He is highly engaged in local politics and community affairs and has served on the board of directors for NPOs like:
- The Duisburg Library Foundation
- The German-American Society (Lower Rhein)
- The Lions Club International Concordia

Ron describes himself as a seasoned traveler, avid art collector, and life-long learner. In his free time, he enjoys walks with his dog, team cooking, conversations with friends, playing DJ for an international teachers group, and trying out his singing talents at his favorite local pub.

Find Ron on Social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075943461750
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-morrain-b73619167/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonMorrain
Syntax Solutions: https://www.syntaxsolutions.net/

Website: https://www.syntaxsolutions.net
Twitter: @RonMorrain

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