Tag Archives: English
Learning to teach English to speakers of other languages
The seminar and practicum within the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certificate program at UM-Flint helps students fine-tune their teaching skills by contributing within the community.
UM-Flint Grad Using Fulbright Grant to Teach in Kosovo
Cassandra Ganzak is spending this current school year teaching English in Kosovo. She graduated last April with a master's degree in secondary education with a concentration in urban education.
UM-Flint English Students Reassemble Shakespeare's "King Lear" in Flint
While Shakespeare's King Lear was set in a mythical kingdom somewhere in England, a class of University of Michigan-Flint English majors has adapted the play for a contemporary Flint context.
UM-Flint to Host Author of "Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City"
Young is the author of the 2013 book Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City, built around his quixotic search for reconnection to his roots growing up in north Flint's Civic Park.
UM-Flint Winegarden Visiting Professor Announced for 2013-14
Included among his dozens of research visits to the United States was a six-week tour funded by the Fulbright Commission
Faculty Member Mary Ellen Raleigh Remembered
Mary Ellen taught in the College of Arts and Sciences for 20 years.
UM-Flint Physical Therapy, English, ITS & Other Departments Team Up to Improve Healthcare Training in Nigeria
The Physical Therapy Department has joined with a number of other University of Michigan-Flint departments to help improve healthcare in the African country of Nigeria. In late August 2011, 16 graduate students from seven different Nigerian universities will begin online studies to earn a Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT) degree.
UM-Flint Faculty Member Helps to Link Two Cultures
Her idea is to get graduate students working in an experimental online group with Kazakhstani students.