UPMRC holds 10-day communication workshop to deal with Covid 19 pandemic
June 29, 2020
English Language Specialist Kristina Dixon facilitates a 10-day virtual communication workshop for Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation front line staff.
Class Notes: Lee University to offer in-person, online hybrid courses in July despite COVID-19 pandemic, and more education news
June 29, 2020
Jill Tyson, a former Lee University and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga faculty member, has been selected as an English Language Specialist by the U.S. Department of State for an eight weeks virtual project focusing on teacher training and sup
CNM Instructor Receives Prestigious State Department Appointment
June 15, 2020
Amy Christensen was recently appointed as a one of four English Language Specialists who will be in charge of leading weekly structured chat sessions for up to 200 Indian educators on how to better teach academic reading and writing.
Institute MA TESOL Program Receives U.S. State Department Award
January 3, 2020
Dr. David Chiesa MATESOL '10 says the MA TESOL program's "commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion for all learners and teachers of English, aligned admirably with the U.S. Department of State’s English Language Fellow Program’s ideology of
Marymount educator to provide English-language support in Pakistan
November 18, 2019
Dr. Ana Lado, a professor in Marymount University’s Department of Education, has been selected as an English Language Specialist for an Interactive Radio Instruction program in Pakistan. Lado will be working with the U.S. embassy team and the POWE
Specialist assesses English needs of Venezuelan refugees in Trinidad and Tobago
October 28, 2019
Associate Professor Dr. Kristen Lindahl, of the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, recently participated as an English Language Specialist in Trinidad and Tobago to support the needs of the Venezuelan refugees who have resettled in the islan
More than ESP: International Experts on How to Teach English Effectively in Higher Education
October 25, 2019
English Language Specialist Ann Mabbott, Professor Emeritus, Hamline University, USA: To make a successful content course in English, one has to first give students clear instructions so that they can understand what they are learning. Mathematics,
Joliet Junior College tutor picked to train English instructors in Egypt
October 15, 2019
A Joliet Junior College English tutor recently helped English-language instructors in Egypt as part of an assignment through the U.S. State Department. Christine Fiorite was among 80 U.S. citizens selected for the English Language Specialist&nbs
Mobile Teacher
October 8, 2019
This summer, Guevara was selected to lead a Mobile Teacher project in Ecuador with grant funding from the U.S. Department of State English Language Fellow Program. She helped get the app off the ground in remote Afro-Ecuadorian, Quechua-speaking and
Providence student selected for prestigious English Language Specialist Assignment
September 30, 2019