DISCUSSION GUEST SPEAKERS, CONTENT AREAS
This course will run weekly discussions centered around content areas, technology and pedagogical topics. We welcome the following expert guest speakers for each of the course content areas: Entrepreneurship, Civic Education and HIV-AIDS.
Randy Swangard
Topic: Entrepreneurship Education
October 15 - November 2, 2001
Randy Swangard is the Director of the Lundquist Center of Entrepreneurship at the Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon. This Center is responsible for all entrepreneurship classes, programs and activities for University of Oregon students. He also teaches undergraduate courses in Entrepreneurship and does private consulting in both private and public companies to assist in business development.
http://lcb.uoregon.edu/lce/index.htmlDr. Carl Bybee
Topic: Civic Education
November 5 - 23, 2001
Dr. Carl Bybee is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. His course specialties are mass media & democracy and the interrelationship between language, politics, and culture. He recently won the School of Journalism special teaching award for innovative teaching.
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/Annie Dochnahl
Topic: HIV-AIDS Education
November 26 - December 14, 2001
Annie Dochnahl received her M.S. in Health Education and Exercise Physiology at the University of Oregon in 1991. Since that time, she has worked as a Health Educator at the University of Oregon Health Center where she teaches courses on personal health and coordinates programs in health promotion. HIV education is an important part of the health program for students.
http://healthcenter.uoregon.edu/
DISCUSSION GUEST SPEAKERS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING SKILL AREAS
Bonny Tibbitts
Topic: Reading
November 5-16, 2002
http://aei.uoregon.edu/
Bonny Tibbitts is an instructor at the American English Institute at the University of Oregon. She has taught English as a Second/Foreign Language for about 20 years. She has specialized in teaching reading and writing. She has worked training ESL teachers in Kenya, and in developing literacy materials for dying languages of Central and South America. She has lived in Kenya, India, Nepal, Libya, Nigeria, Brazil, and Nicaragua.Bill Walker
Topic: Vocabulary
November 12-21, 2001
Bill Walker is a Core Instructor at the University of Oregon's American English Institute. He has been teaching for 17 years and specializes in reading and vocabulary acquisition. He has lived and worked in Germany, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
http://aei.uoregon.edu/Alison Evans
Topic: Writing
November 19-30, 2001
http://aei.uoregon.edu/
Alison Evans is a senior instructor and Coordinator of the Academic English for International Students (AEIS) program at the University of Oregon. She teaches advanced writing and listening comprehension. Alison taught extensively in Thailand and Vietnam before coming to Oregon.Jim Mischler:
Topic: Listening-Speaking
November 26 - December 7, 2001
Jim Mischler is an instructor at the American English Institute, the University of Oregon. He has taught ESL/EFL for twelve years, including two years in Japan. He currently teaches oral skills and reading/writing for college-level international students. His professional interests in teaching include fluency in speaking, academic writing and study skills, language assessment, and CALL.
http://aei.uoregon.edu/Pat Bryan:
Topic: HIV-AIDS in the English Classroom
November 26 - December 7, 2001
Pat Bryan is a Core Instructor and Academic Adviser at the University of Oregon's American English Institute. She has taught English for 12 years and specializes in cross-cultural communication. She has created and used an HIV/AIDS curriculum in her ESL classes.
http://aei.uoregon.edu/
Peggy Dame
Email: pdame@oregon.uoregon.edu
Peggy Dame is a Senior Instructor and Director of Special Programs at the University of Oregon's American English Institute. She has taught English for more than 20 years and specializes in program and curriculum design. She has lived and worked overseas in Ecuador, Japan, Ukraine, and England.
http://aei.uoregon.edu/Leslie Opp-Beckman
Email: leslieob@oregon.uoregon.edu
Homepage: http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/
Leslie Opp-Beckman is a Core Instructor and Technology Coordinator at the University of Oregon's American English Institute. She has taught English for more than 20 years and specializs in Computer Assisted Language Learning and Distance Education. She has lived and worked overseas in Japan, Turkey, Qatar and Egypt.
http://aei.uoregon.edu/Mailing Address and International Phone Numbers For Peggy and Leslie
University of Oregon, American English Institute
107 Pacific
Eugene, Oregon 97403-5212 U.S.A.
Office Phone: 1-541-346-3945
Office FAX: 1-541-346-3917
