English Language Institute
2002Newsletter
From the director's desk . .
  ELI joins CHEP  
  Scholarships for Peace  
  Scholarship designated for Central American students  
  Conditional Admissions Program provides linguistic and legal bridge  
  Congratulations to CAP graduates  
  Federal grant partnership with U.S. and Ecuador law schools continues  
  ELI trains Ukrainian legal and business professionals  
  American Law and Legal Institute  
  Special programs  
  PreMBA program  
  New class: Broadway Musicals  
  Sewin' at Shoin  
  Corporate tutoring  
  Evening program steams ahead  
  Profiles  
  Classroom notes  
  A typical day in the tutoring center  
  ELI founder to retire  
  Professional activities  
  Graduation 2002: as good as it gets  
  Two countries, maybe more, under one roof  
  New faces in the Christina School District ESL program  
  Evaluation of the Christina School District bilingual program  
  Personnel notes  
  In memoriam  
  Greetings to our alumni  
  Alumni news  

Special programs

ELI served a dozen special groups in 2002, including students and professionals from Chile, Colombia, Germany, Japan, Korea, Russia and Spain, as well as teaching assistants from around the world. These programs were coordinated by ELI faculty Walt Babich, Janet Louise and Grant Wolf, Assistant Director Joe Matterer, Associate Director Kathy Schneider and orientation assistants Marleny Casey and John Pickett.

Incheon City teacher training program
In January 2002, ELI hosted 18 teachers from the Office of Education of Incheon City, South Korea. During the four-week program, designed to further develop their English language abilities and their knowledge of current foreign language teaching methodology, the teachers attended regular ELI classes, special classes for teacher training and language development and numerous seminars and workshops on the teaching of English. To experience America and American culture, the participants visited local schools and points of interest such as New York City, Niagara Falls and Washington, D.C.

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies sent two groups of students to ELI in 2002. In January, escort Joong-Hoon Jung accompanied 21 students for eight weeks of study. Six months later, another 28 students, with their escort Sin-Ae Hwang, spent July and August in ELI classes.

In the University of Delaware's College of Arts and Sciences, five Hankuk University students -- including one ELI graduate -- are currently pursuing their second year of study in the dual degree program. When these students graduate, they will be the first group to receive diplomas from both Hankuk University and the University of Delaware.

Experience America
In February, ELI hosted 18 English teachers from Berlin and eastern Germany for a two-week in-depth experiential view of U.S. culture. Sponsored by the Ministry of Education of Saxony-Anhalt and the Checkpoint Charlie Stiftung Foun-dation, the middle school and high school teachers were housed with area families while they attended seminars on U.S. history, culture, youth and education. They also visited several area schools and met with members of the Delaware Department of Education and state legislators in Dover.

International Teaching Assistants

International Teaching Assistants
International teaching assistants in Sandy Nickel's class extended their circle of friends while improving their oral English skills through a drama-based approach.


Ninety-seven graduate students from 25 countries participated in the four-week summer ITA program during July and August. Classes in oral intelligibility and in culture and pedagogy taught by Heidi Altman, Leslie Criston, Ken Hyde, Sandy Nickel, Sarah Petersen and Kathy Vodvarka helped prepare them to teach in 17 departments across campus, with the largest numbers coming from chemistry/biochemisty, chemical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering and physics. In addition, a fall intelligibility tutoring program was provided by ELI for ITAs who needed to develop their English language speaking skills further.

Colfuturo
Eighteen Colombian professionals, arriving from March through September, studied at ELI through the auspices of the Fundacion Para el Futuro de Colombia (Colfuturo). The agency has sent Colombian nationals to the Institute for language training since 1996.

Linguistic Gymnasium 91
For the fourth consecutive summer, students from Linguistic Gymnasium 91 in Ufa, Russia, attended classes at ELI for 20 days in August. The five students were escorted by Inna Fenina, an English teacher at the school who has organized and escorted each of the groups.

Daegu teacher training program

Daegu teacher group
The Daegu teacher training group received a warm welcome at several local schools. They are pictured here in front of Mt. Pleasant High School in north Wilmington with school principal Dr. Dennis Runyan.


Twenty-two English as a Foreign Language teachers from Daegu, South Korea, spent four weeks in July and August at ELI. Sponsored by their local Office of Education, the middle school and high school teachers attended regular ELI classes, as well as a special communication and pedagogy class taught by ELI faculty Dr. Barbara Gillette and Grant Wolf, in addition to afternoon seminars.

 

 

Shoin students
Shoin university students Kieko Aramaki and Michiko Ota helped prepare lunch at the hope dining room, a service for needy people in Newark.

Kobe Shoin Women's University
Ten students from Kobe Shoin Women's University, Kobe, Japan, accompanied by escort Mitsuko Shimoda, arrived in late August for a three-week program which included a week of cultural orientation and oral skills training provided by instructor Janet Louise, two weeks of regular classes and a hectic schedule of cultural trips and visits to local schools and community centers. The entire group stayed with area families and were accompanied on the return leg of their trip by Jan Lefebvre, UD exchange professor at Kobe Shoin.

 


Castellon Business students

Castellon group
Business students from Castellon, Spain, with teachers Marybeth Worrilow (top, center) and June Quigley (second row, right).


On the last segment of an international MBA program sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce in Castellon, Spain, 20 Spanish students came to the University of Delaware in July for an intensive four-week program organized by the Center for International Studies. The students attended classes in the College of Business and Economics while taking Business English classes at ELI taught by instructors June Quigley and Mary Beth Worrilow. The students were slated to receive their master's degrees upon their return to Spain.

Chilean Ministry of Education
Twenty-two teachers from all regions of Chile arrived in November for five weeks of study. Sponsored by the national Ministry of Education, the elementary and high school teachers were the fourth group to be selected to study at ELI through a highly competitive process now part of the government's educational reform program. The educators attended both regular ELI classes and special classes and seminars in methods of teaching English as a foreign language, culminating in a final conference in which they presented portfolios of materials they had assembled to share with their colleagues upon their return to Chile.

Mombusho group
Mombu-kagaku-sho participants and host family members celebrate with program coordinator Walt Babich, front right, after their graduation.

Japanese Ministry of Education
ELI hosted four Japanese English teachers sponsored by Mombu-Kagaku-Sho, the Japanese Ministry of Education. The teachers spent eight weeks in June through August honing their English skills before going to California to receive instruction in teaching methodology. While the teachers were in Delaware, they lived with homestay families and participated in many ELI activities, including playing on soccer teams in ELI's "World Cup" tournament.