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Country Belarus
City Grodno
Host Institution Grodno State University
Project Description
The EL Fellow will be affiliated with the Department of Theory and Practice of English at the Grodno State University (GrSU). For the last three academic years GrSU has had a highly successful experience hosting three EL Fellows. Their ELT work, involving teaching English to undergraduate students as well as versatile outreach and community service with a special focus on teaching English, has been much appreciated by the host institution as well as the local community. The new EL Fellow will be in charge of teaching English language courses to undergraduate students as well as facilitating faculty development. English courses requested by the host institution to be taught during academic year 2007-2008 include: English Conversation, TESOL Methodology, and Cultural Awareness in Teaching English.
Project Objectives
To model and demonstrate best classroom practices; to enhance teachers' and students' communication skills; to provide updated information related to U.S. values, democracy, free enterprise, and the rule of law; to contribute to teachers' professional development; and to demonstrate new methodologies of teaching English to undergraduates.
About the Host Institution
GrSU was originally founded as a regional teacher training institute. In 1978, it acquired the status of a university and, since then, it has been one of the largest and leading institutions of higher education in western Belarus. The University's 11 schools, including the renowned School of Philology, provide academic and professional training to more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students. GrSU cooperates with educational and research centers in Russia, the U.S., Poland, Sweden, France, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, and other countries. The university works to develop joint projects that are supported by international foundations like TEMPUS, TACIS, and the Eurasia Foundation. The Department of Theory and Practice of English hosted the first EL Fellow in the 2003-2004 academic year. The department that the EL Fellow will be affiliated with is in charge of training English teachers for local schools. The Department has an extensive American Studies collection provided to GrSU by the U.S. Embassy. Highly enthusiastic and dedicated faculty and students would make a Fellow’s stay in Grodno professionally stimulating and memorable. This year, Post would like to focus its ELF activities outside of Minsk given that other U.S. visitors and scholars are more frequently based in Minsk. Post highly recommends GrSU as the most appropriate institution to host an EL Fellow outside of Minsk.
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