| Country Sri Lanka
City Columbo
Host Institution Bandaranaike Center for International Studies, South Eastern University Project Description
The EL Fellow will strengthen and coordinate an English language program at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS). In addition to his/her work at BCIS, the Fellow will work English teacher training programs at Eastern and South Eastern Universities in Batticaloa and Oluvil, including an Internet component that will open the door for direct access to American culture, values, and technical expertise. The Fellow will also continue to identify opportunities for cooperation with English language training programs at other facilities in the East. The Fellow will coordinate with the Ministry of Education on a teacher training program based on an American paradigm of training. This involves selecting twenty teachers to become trainers, providing them with materials developed by the Senior EL Fellow in Thailand, and then enabling each trainee to train twenty teachers on a regular basis in the local community throughout the school year, resulting in four hundred teachers receiving regular training modules through the school year. The Fellow will also work, on a limited basis, with Sri Lanka’s new ACCESS program. Fifty-six students are currently enrolled in a two-year English course through ACCESS and the Fellow will work with the provider to enhance the courses and bring more American culture and values to the program. | 
