July 11, 2022
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This week’s student spotlight is on Niki, a current student in LTS getting ready to graduate in about a month! Hello Niki! Tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, and how your path brought you to LTS It’s great … Continue reading
August 15, 2018
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LTS students can publish too! Lia Myers graduated from LTS in 2015 and recently published her MA project in the ORTESOL Journal. Her project title was Integrating Instruction on Pragmatically Appropriate English Oral Requests into IEP Courses in the U.S. What … Continue reading
July 21, 2018
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LTS faculty often travel internationally as part of their work, since language teaching and learning is often very connected to international interactions. This week’s blog feature’s LTS Director Keli Yerian’s unusually far-reaching travel this past week in early July – … Continue reading
July 13, 2018
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This summer term we are highlighting the final M.A. projects of the soon to be graduating LTS cohort members. This week we are pleased to feature Logan Matz and Ngan Vu. Hi Logan! What is your M.A. project about? My … Continue reading
April 14, 2018
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This week’s post highlights Emily Letcher, who graduated in 2016 from LTS. Emily began thinking about a future in language teaching as an undergraduate at UO, taking Second Language Acquisition and Teaching classes. She finished her MA degree with a … Continue reading
June 30, 2017
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Student Spotlight – Jiyoon Lee Tell us about yourself! Where are you from? What work have you done? Any hobbies? I was born in Cheongju, South Korea, but when it was time to go to university, I moved to Seoul, … Continue reading
August 3, 2016
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Emily Letcher is from the Eugene area and is an alumnus of both the University of Oregon and the Second Language Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT) certificate program. This Fall she will begin teaching in Bangkok, Thailand. What is the title of … Continue reading
April 6, 2016
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Meet Sirilak Sitthiwong, or Siri. After working as an English teacher/military officer at the Royal Thai Armed Forces Language Institute, Thailand, for 3 years, she got a scholarship from the Armed Forces to pursue her master’s degree. After graduation, she will go back there … Continue reading
February 22, 2016
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Julie M. Sykes is the Director of the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (casls.uoregon.edu) at the University of Oregon. In the LTS program, she teaches courses on the teaching and learning of second language pragmatics and technology and language … Continue reading
January 2, 2016
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Maile Warrington just finished her capstone MA project in the LTS program, titled “Authentic Japanese Media Materials for Teaching Keigo (Honorific Speech) and Different Speech Styles to JFL Learners”. What is your MA project? I developed a teaching portfolio that … Continue reading