I have been passionate about languages most of my life and I enjoy learning languages no less than teaching them. Searching for the most efficient language acquisition methods has become my personal and professional endeavor and an ordeal for my students. I have been polishing my skills over the last 10 years teaching English and Russian as a foreign language both individually and in groups, in person and online.

After moving to Israel in 2017 I started serving as a language teacher at LinguaCom – a private language center where I worked with students who had learning disabilities – and later at Global One where I got to teach the employees of the Bank of Israel, E&Y, HP, etc. Two years later I joined the world of academia and I am now delivering English courses to the students of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the students of Art and Design at Bezalel.

I hold an MA in International Relations with the State Linguistic University ‘N. A. Dobrolyubov’.  Soon after graduation I decided to change my field and started teaching, continuously acquiring pedagogical skills by means of self-education, peer learning and multiple online courses.

I consider non-verbal communication as fascinating as languages which explains my second life-long passion – dancing. I am also into all things psychological.

Born in Israel, 1974 

Shirly is a lecturer at the Jewelry and Fashion Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem (Since 2001). She holds a BFA (1999), and an MFA (2005) - from the Jewelry Department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

Her works have been exhibited internationally and included in the permanent collections of the Tel Aviv museum of Art, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem and other private collections.

She has been awarded several prizes including the prestigious Andy Prize for Contemporary Crafts (2012), British Council BI Arts Grant for studies abroad (2002), the Ministry of Science and Culture and Sport Award for Design, Israel (2007).

Shirly presented a solo exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2012), at Gallery Loupe for Contemporary Art Jewelry, New York (2013), and at the Munich jewelry week (2018). She gave artist talks at Brooklyn metal work, at Y92, New York, at the Cass School of Art and Design in London, and at the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIFT).

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