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— Instrutores

Inglês  

Ensinar uma língua requer muito mais do que simplesmente falá-la bem. É na verdade, uma arte que combina o conhecimento de como aprendemos a língua com o porquê de aprendermos aquela determinada língua em particular. Bons professores ajudam os estudantes a obter sucesso em momentos onde eles estão sujeitos a parecer ridículos, e bons professores mostram aos estudantes uma janela para dentro de novos mundos que uma segunda língua pode oferecer.

No I.E.P., nós selecionamos instrutores que conheçam bem a língua e que entendam a variedade de possibilidades para que os estudantes se tornem bons usuários da língua. Nós ensinamos o Inglês como ele é realmente utilizado e oferecemos aos estudantes muitas oportunidades de aprendizado em situações cotidianas. Além disso, os instrutores e tutores são selecionados de usuários internacionais nativos da língua Inglesa assim como de aprendizes de Inglês como segunda língua.

Trudeau PhotoBill Trudeau is Director of the International English Program. He worked for ten years at a rural campus of the University of Alaska Southeast, where he was responsible for international student admissions and the second language English program. After a six month sabbatical teaching in Russia’s Far East, he began focusing on language acquisition and returned to school at Northern Arizona University to earn an MA-TESL degree. At NAU, he taught in the writing and in the intensive English programs, inaugurating in both a web-based instructional component. He also taught for three years in the English Language Center at Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey. Academically, he is interested in the role of reading in non-native language development and the use of technology for language teaching.
Willems PhotoBetty Willems was born and raised in Belgium and is a second language learner of English. She is fluent in Dutch and French, with scholastic knowledge of German. She earned a degree in teaching and moved to Hull, England where she taught French and Dutch to young adolescents. In Belgium, she became a full-time teacher in English as a Second Language and Life Skills. In South-Korea, she volunteered at the International School and for the last six years has volunteered in the Carl Junction schools and at Joplin NALA. She teaches French at Discovery School, Joplin.
She loves to read, cook, entertain friends, but above all to travel. She has visited many places around the world and enjoys making new friends and learning about other cultures.
Feng Lei is a Chinese university English lecturer. She has a Bachelor of English Education and Masters in English Linguistics. After graduation from Beijing Foreign Studies University, she became an English teacher at Beijing Jiaotong University. She puts her heart on how to help students acquire the English language. She pursues proficiency in English linguistics and applies that knowledge to teaching English as a second language. She also uses computer-assisted language learning, as well as other new teaching strategies. She is passionate and energetic about learning new ways to aid international students to understand and enjoy the study of English.
She loves to make friends from different cultural backgrounds and share their life experiences. She is here at Missouri Southern for the fall semster on a J-1 scholars visa.