by mprobertsganim | Jun 20, 2024 | Pedagogy, Teaching Abroad
In this blog post, we will explore the advantages and disadvantages of different jobs teaching English abroad. ELI staff and students who have taught abroad will also share key pieces of advice to follow when searching for a program teaching English in another country.
by aquizoncolquitt | Apr 9, 2024 | Board Game Group, Casual Offerings, Pedagogy
Featured Image caption: The Board Game Group and Shane Dunkle (center right) enjoy Insomnia cookies to celebrate the final BGG meeting of Winter Quarter. (Photo taken by Asia Quizon-Colquitt) Author: Madeleine Roberts-Ganim The ELI is in the news! Last month, the...
by asamawi | Jun 28, 2022 | American Culture, Excursions, Reading Group
After we completed the extremely challenging novel, we decided it would be nice to take a walk around the area to see the apartments where Algren lived while writing the novel and in the years after and to see if we could find any evidence of the community that he described seventy years ago. The language in the novel is difficult and the story line is often depressing, so the weather we had for our walk seemed to be a perfect match.
by asamawi | Apr 4, 2022 | Board Game Group, Conversation Hour
The ELI was pleasantly surprised when a welcomed visitor dropped by our Board Game Group at the end of Autumn Quarter.
by Denise Slavinski (Operations Manager) | May 15, 2019 | Pedagogy, Pronunciation, TESOL
On March 15, 2019, Paul Quaintance, one of our pedagogy specialists, presented a teaching tip at TESOL, titled “Sequencing, Practicing, and Assessing Prosodic Features.” TESOL is the largest international professional association that advances the quality of English...