EFL Educators from UNRWA, Amman, Jordan




High School Teachers, Chonju, Korea




Guezane Chaimite & Isabel Monjane
EFL Educators in Maputo, Mozambique




EFL Educators, Tripoli, Libya




iEARN Online Exchange Project
Islamic High School, Bangkok, Thailand

ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING

The AEI is a leader in providing online teacher training programs for language teachers. We have been offering videoconferencing and online distance education courses to EFL teachers throughout the world since 1996. Programs have included topics in: 

• General Language Teaching Pedagogy, Trends, and Best Practices.
• Critical Thinking in the Language Learning Classroom
• Computers and Language Learning.
• Business English.
• English for Specific Purposes.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Leslie Opp-Beckman, AEI Director of Distance Education
Email: leslieob@uoregon.edu

 

SHORT-TERM TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS

The AEI offers specially designed teacher training programs for groups on campus for 4 weeks or more. Programs can be designed for universities, government agencies, and schools and often include instruction on theory and practice, hands-on practice, visits to public schools, and teacher observations of classes using the latest teaching methods. AEI faculty provide practical workshops on a variety of topics.

For more information, please contact:
Ms. Jill Cargile, AEI Director of Special Programs
Email: jcargile@uoregon.edu

 

OVERSEAS CONSULTING AND WORKSHOPS

AEI faculty members are available for overseas consulting and workshops.  They have conducted teacher training workshops in various countries, including:

• Europe: Austria, France, Germany, Holland, Italy and others.
• Eastern Europe: The Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
• North, Central, and South America: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Chile, and Peru.
• Middle East: Bahrain, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Syria, U.A.E., and Yemen.
• Africa: Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia.
• Asia: Burma, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

For more information, please contact:
Ms. Cynthia Kieffer, AEI Director
Email: ckieffer@uoregon.edu

M.A. IN LINGUISTICS

The Linguistics Department offers a 5-term Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Linguistics with a Language Teaching Specialization. This program combines theory and practice with many opportunities to observe classes and to practice teaching. Several of the AEI faculty members who have PhD degrees teach in this program.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Keli Yerian, MA LTS Director
Email: yerian@uoregon.edu

JOINT TESOL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

The UO Linguistics Department offers a joint 6-month TESOL Certificate Program in Korea with a leading Korean university. Students from the Hanyang-UO Joint Program in Korea may transfer credits to the UO Linguistics Department to complete the M.A. degree at University of Oregon. The credits may also be transferred to M.A. programs at several other U.S. universities.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Spike Gildea, Hanyang-Oregon Joint Program Director in Oregon
Email: spike@uoregon.edu

SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING CERTIFICATE

Undergraduates and post-baccalaureate students can earn a Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) certificate in order to learn about second language acquisition and teaching. Students earning this certificate are typically interested in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) internationally, and many of them find jobs overseas after graduating.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Spike Gildea, Linguistics Department
Email:  spike@uoregon.edu