TESOL and Teaching Foreign Language

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   In the News,  News Stories

   Balkans Course Takes Peace Corps Volunteer Back to Her Post

   April 11, 2024 | by Nadia Pshonyak

   Students traveled to Kosovo and North Macedonia over spring break to explore nationalism and new state formation – including one student who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the region. as a part of the Nationalism and the Formation of New States in the Balkans global course. This year’s iteration of the trip was held over spring break and was led by Dr. Anne Campbell and Dr. Phil Murphy, two MIIS faculty members with ties to the region, as well as two students who had served as Peace Corps volunteers in North Macedonia. 

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   People

   Where Are They Now? Catching Up with Language Education Alumni

   March 6, 2024 | by Sierra Abukins

   Our TESOL and TFL graduates are working and studying all over the world. Read what our alumni and faculty have been up to lately.

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   News Stories

   TESOL Program Inspires and Fuels Educator’s Learning Circle on the Opposite Coast

   March 4, 2024 | by Mark C. Anderson

   Educator Kara Mollano is taking what she’s learning in her TESOL courses at the Middlebury Institute and not only putting them to work in her classroom, but sharing them in a learning circle with her colleagues.

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   News Stories

   TESOL Students and Alums Put Their Talents to Work during the English Language School in Monterey

   March 1, 2024 | by Mark C. Anderson

   The unique—and intensive—Middlebury English program focuses on exploration, career and camaraderie. Besides an incredible location on the California coast, the program taps into the talent of Middlebury’s TESOL students and alumni.

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   News Stories

   The Language of Impact: Classwork Benefits the Community Thanks to Library Collaboration

   February 5, 2024 | by Mark C. Anderson

   This fall, students studying Spanish at the Institute teamed up with community members learning English to create a local bilingual job-seeker’s guide. 

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   News Stories

   TESOL Alum Selected by State Department for Prestigious Teaching Fellowship

   January 31, 2024 | by Sierra Abukins

   Nicole Pareene is one of only 200 Americans selected for the 2023-2024 English Language Fellow Program. She is teaching at Naresuan University in Thailand.

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   News Stories

   Winter Commencement Culminates a Journey That Has Forged Lasting Bonds

   December 18, 2023 | by Jason Warburg

   Family, friends, faculty and staff gathered on a sunny Saturday to celebrate the achievements of 42 graduates from eight homelands at the Institute’s Winter 2023 Commencement ceremony.

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   People

   Where Are They Now? Checking In With Language Education Alumni

   November 8, 2023 | by Jason Martel

   Our TESOL and TFL graduates are working and studying all over the world. Read what a few of them are up to now.
    

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   News Stories

   Putting Research into Action to Redesign Curriculum at the Defense Language Institute

   November 3, 2023 | by Jessa Zerpoli

   When Claire Eagle completed her degree in teaching foreign language, her dream was to teach at a school like the Middlebury Institute. Now she’s redesigning curriculum at one of the biggest language schools in the world.

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    News Stories

    TESOL Faculty and Alumni Lead Program to Accelerate English Learning for Bangladeshi and Afghan Women in STEM

    November 1, 2023 | by Jason Warburg

    Middlebury faculty, staff, alumni, and one current student collaborated this summer to develop and deliver a custom intensive English program for the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh.