AY 2007-2008 Projects - East Asia and Pacific

Country                       Mongolia
City                              Ulaanbaatar
Host Institution           University of Education

Project Description
The University of Education is keen on hosting the EL Fellow. S/he will teach courses in methodology and speaking for graduate students and speaking for undergraduates, for a total of twelve hours a week. Providing such classroom teaching would be very valuable in Mongolia because access to native speakers and to new methodologies and ideas is limited. The University of Education understands the need to share the excellent resource that the EL Fellow represents, so the EL Fellow will also conduct teacher training workshops at other universities and schools. As a secondary project, the EL Fellow will have regular opportunities to engage Mongolian youth. S/he will conduct a weekly evening English hour or English through American culture hour at post’s American Corner. Programs at the American Center, located in the Ulaanbaatar Public Library, are open to the public and attract university students and English teachers. In addition, the EL Fellow will meet with Access Microscholarship students in Ulaanbaatar once a month for a one hour program focusing on American culture. This would provide an enhancement activity for the Access Microscholarship students as well as an opportunity for the EL Fellow to meet Mongolian high school students. It is in our national interest that Mongolians not only learn English, but that they also learn about the United States and its values through their study of English. The EL Fellow will be an important resource in this effort. 

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