News from Graduates
News from Michelle Murphy, 11/15/2007
I just wanted you to know that I finally got a job--well, two in fact! I applied to the Hawthorne School District and landed two jobs! I will be working as an instructional aide for Bud Carson Middle School from 8:30am-11:30am and Prairie Vista Middle School from 12:00pm-3:00pm--and it’s good pay! I will go to the schools tomorrow to get my fingerprints done and do my paper work. Both schools are within walking distance from my house. Thank you all so much for your help and advice.
News from Christine N. Arrozal, 11/08/2007
In late August 2007, Christine N. Arrozal, a linguistics alumna, started her one-year appointment as an English Teaching Assistant in an all-girl high school in Jeju, an island off the south coast of South Korea. The school has ten classes in total. Christine meets each of them twice a week with various arrangements. She stays with a host family of four, who live in the same building with the host sister’s two sisters and their families. Aside from her teaching, Christine has made a few short trips to Pusan, Jinju, Seoul, and Gyeonju.
Mingo Terakado (second from the left)
News from Mingo Terakado, 11/5/2007
I was invited to an elementary school as a guest teacher. It was an event for promoting international understanding. Children meet people from other part of the world and learn about other cultures. It was lots of fun.
News from Tom Nicksick, 10/30/2007
Thank you for your continued support regarding work in ESL/EFL. Currently I am teaching EFL in Japan, but I am always interested in what is being offered at other institutions. Thank you very much for your sincere interest in my professional career.
News from Peter Bohan, 6/15/2007
I was offered a full time job which I accepted (one year not tenure track but full time/part time for one year) as a community college ESL credit teacher at Imperial Valley College. I start there in August; the temperature ought to be about 115 Fahrenheit. Send me cool thoughts!
News from Valerie Humphrey, 5/6/2007
I have recently returned from teaching EFL in Japan. I had a great year there and I am so glad I could experience teaching and living there.
News from Jennilee Yoon, 4/2007
I am teaching at International Graduate School of English. It is a small graduate school with two majors- Master’s in TEFL (M.A.) and M.A. in TEFL Materials Development. I am working for the Materials Development dept as a full time instructor teaching advanced Spoken Communication (English) and English Teaching Methodology. I am in the Ed. D external program at Central Queensland University, Australia and my main interest is World Englishes. I am planning to write my thesis on Korean advanced English speakers’ perception on different English varieties and how they evaluate “good English".
Before working at International Graduate School of English (IGSE)- I worked at Konkuk University, Seoul campus as a TESOL certificate program instructor (full time) and taught Introduction to Linguistics and Academic writing and How to teach English grammar.