The full-time TESOL Program faculty specialize in a variety of fields related to language teacher education including applied linguistics, ESOL methodology, testing and evaluation, and instructional systems development.
Part-time faculty add a significant and important variety of professional expertise to the program. Together, the program's instructional staff have had considerable experience with P-12, adult, and university programs, both TESOL and bilingual, throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Program Director
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Educational linguistics, language policy and planning, linguistic landscapes, multilingual education, sustainability, TESOL methods, and transdisciplinarity.
Faculty Page: https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/francis-m-hult/
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
ESOL/FL testing and evaluation, linguistics, second language learning.
Faculty Page: https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/jiyoon-lee-2/
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Second language learning, literacy, fanfiction and fan practices, language learning in the digital wilds, task-based language teaching, telecollaboration/virtual exchange.
Faculty Page: https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/shannon-sauro/
Online/Off-Campus Coordinator
M.A., UMBC
TESOL pedagogy, English grammar, instructional design, language learning theory.
Faculty Page: https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/mary-tabaa/
M.A., UMBC
Human learning and cognition
M.A., UMBC
Certification internship
M.A., UMBC
Language learning theory
M.A., UMBC
Intercultural communication, dual language immersion
M.A., Notre Dame of Maryland University
TESOL Methods
M.A., McDaniel College
Educational technology, instructional design
M.A., UMBC
Reading and writing instruction
M.A., UMBC
ESOL and special education
M.A., UMBC
TESOL methods, project seminar
M.A., UMBC
Reading and writing instruction, adult ESOL, English grammar
Ph.D., UMBC
Intercultural communication, dual language immersion
Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology
Speaking and listening instruction and assessment, adult TESOL
M.A., UMBC
Reading and writing instruction
M.A., UMBC
TESOL methods, educational technology
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