AY 2006-2007 Projects - Europe and Eurasia

Country                       Denmark       
City                             Nuuk Greenland
Host Institution          Inerisaavik, Greenland Home Rule Government   

Project Description
The EL Fellow will assist the host institution, Inerisaavik, in the development of a multi-year English language development plan for teaching English in grades 1-10 throughout all of Greenland; and engage in a number of "mini-projects" to be developed by Inerisaavik and the Fellow and designed to have a direct and immediate impact on improving English teaching and English language skills in grades 1-10. In order to assist Inerisaavik in developing the English language development plan, the Fellow will have to review pre-existing reports, studies, and information on education in Greenland. In addition, the Fellow will need to observe, and perhaps even teach, some classes and to talk to teachers about their concerns and observations. The Fellow will then need to apply his or her knowledge of TEFL to his/her new-acquired knowledge and information about Greenland in order to help Inerisaavik write an English language development plan that is based on facts and research applicable to the learning structure and culture of Greenland. The Fellow will be engaged in a number of "mini projects" to be jointly developed by Inerisaavik and the Fellow and designed to have a direct and immediate impact on improving English teaching and English skills in grades 1-10. The Fellow will conduct periodic travel to live and teach for 1-2 weeks in villages where there is no English teacher. The purpose of such travel would be to assess the usefulness of the concept of a "traveling teacher," which, if effective, could become a feature of the English language development plan. It would be ideal if the Fellow had some experience with Inuit languages and culture.