- Mini Courses
- Speaking and Writing Studio
- Advising
- TESOL Teacher Preparation Courses
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- ELI 390: Community-Engaged Learning in ESL Teaching Contexts
- ELI 393/ELI 591: Teaching English Internationally
- Academic English Workshops
This course prepares students to go abroad and teach English as a Second/Foreign Language. It introduces participants to the basics of classroom methodologies and best practices in ESL pedagogy. Participants learn how to develop appropriate materials and resources for an engaging and interactive communicative classroom, and how to employ these materials in various cultural contexts. Course work includes:
- Reading assignments
- Reflective discussions
- Lesson development
- Mini-presentations of lessons with peer and instructor feedback
- Foreign language classroom observations and reflections
- Final Lesson plan and project
Note: ELI 591 (for Master’s-Level Students) requires instructor permission and includes an additional research paper on a situated classroom topic.
(3 credits)
Praveen Loganathan
Praveen, a recent graduate of the Ross Business School, shares how ELI 393 not only prepared him for the Peace Corps, but also helped him learn more about himself.
Naruka Yoshino
Naruka, who earned her B.A. in 2016 from the College of LSA, discusses how taking ELI 393 prepared her to teach English as a Second Language abroad.
