English Language Institute
2003 Newsletter
  From the director's desk
  Algerian professors welcome ELI training course  
  ELI director, faculty teach in MA TESL Program  
  New teacher training program  
  Conditional admissions  
  UD teaching assistant returns favor  
  Delaware-trained Ecuadorian lawyers  
  Chilean teacher training follow up  
  New law program to specialize in corporate and commercial law  
  American Law Institute prepares students for success  
  Special programs  
  Kobe Shoin teachers exchange grows  
  Department of Labor sponsors newest Americans at ELI  
  ELI evening classes offer new option  
  Christina School District ESL program  
  Profiles  
  Classroom notes  
  Tutoring Center news  
  TOEFL -- the next generation  
  Graduate keeps ELI T-shirt, wins UD art award  
  Professional activities of faculty and staff  
  Personnel notes  
  Mutual rewards abound in homestay/host family programs  
  The Rising Sun homestay community  
  Orientation news  
  Portrait of a language partner  
  Graduation 2003  
  A sampler of ELI students  
  Holiday greetings to our alumni  
  Alumni news  
   
   

Professional activities of faculty and staff

Through their presentations and leadership, ELI faculty and administrators served their profession and the community in 2003.

Susan Coakley, Faculty
Presentations:
"Using Action Research and Video in Teacher Training: Intercultural Communication,” Colloquium 2002, Paris, France, November 2002.

"Cultural Needs of ESOL Students and Teachers,” 37th Annual TESOL Convention, Baltimore, MD, March 25-29, 2003.

Jo Gielow, Faculty
Presentations:
"Techniques for Helping LEP Children in Mainstream Classes,” Bayard Elementary School Teacher Workshop,Wilmington, DE, March 15, 2003.

"Independent Study Centers for ESL Students,” 37th Annual TESOL Convention, Baltimore, MD, March 25-29, 2003.

Barbara Gillette, Faculty
Presentation:
"Teaching listening, culture, and pronunciation through newscasts,” 37th Annual TESOL Convention, Baltimore, MD, March 25-29, 2003.

Barbara Morris, Faculty
Presentations:
"Imaging and Imagining through Print and Video Projects,” PennTESOLEast Fall Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 16, 2002.

"The Student Voice in Video Production” (with Jennifer Epstein, Fairfax County Public Schools, Dorothy Foster and Candith Pallandre, Georgetown University), 37th Annual TESOL Convention, Baltimore, MD, March 25-29, 2003.

Leadership Position:
Chair, TESOL Video Interest Section, 2003-2004.

Patrick Ruffin, Tutor
Presentation: “Minimizing Metalanguage in Grammar,” Community College of Philadelphia Conference for Adjunct Faculty, Philadelphia, PA, October 12, 2002.

Scott Stevens, Director
Presentations: “ATESL Forum: A panel of leaders discuss current issues,” NAFSA 55th Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, May 28, 2003.

"Culture, language, and the law: International TAs and U.S. sexual harassment laws” (with Maureen Burke and Diane Finnerty), NAFSA 55th Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, May 28, 2003.

"Retooling for new challenges in ESL” (with Liz England, Laura Latulippe, John Schmidt and Paul Taylor), NAFSA 55th Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, May 29, 2003.

Leadership Position:
Past President, Consortium of University and College Intensive English Programs (UCIEP), 2003.

Grant Wolf, Faculty
Presentation:
"Putting Your Class on Broadway,” 37th Annual TESOL Convention, Baltimore, MD, March 25-29, 2003.