OUr MethodsClassroom instruction is structured around current research in adult language acquisition and takes into account the needs of the current student population. Lessons center around topics about living in the United States and provide ample opportunities for practicing using English in realistic settings. Students also learn life skills that will prepare them for life-long learning even after the leave the ELC.
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Student levels are assessed with oral interviews before being placed in a class that caters to their specific English language acquisition needs. Our curriculum includes topics such as:
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Kate Udall
Adult Education manager of IdahoKate spent 12 years working with multi-lingual students at Boise State and CWI before beginning in her current position of Adult Education Manager at Idaho Office for Refugees. She enjoys her role building partners across Idaho to work with in developing and supporting English programming for new Americans. She has taught English in Portugal, Korea and Mexico and has worked in higher education partner development in Asia and Latin America.
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Chelsea Jordan
Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator
Chelsea has worked with refugees and multi-lingual students for the past 7 years. Her career started at the English Language Center as a service-learning volunteer and research assistant at Boise State before going to Northern Arizona University for her Master's in Teaching English as a Second Language. She then worked as a English instructor at a university in Ankara, Turkey for two years. She recently re-joined the ELC in the summer of 2019 and enjoys creating engaging lessons and developing the ELC's curriculum as part of her role.
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Ashley Hislop
SERVICES TO OLDER REFUGEES COORDINATOR
Following a year of AmeriCorps VISTA service at the ELC, Ashley became the Services to Older Refugees Coordinator at the end of 2017. Ashley taught English in Mongolia as a Peace Corps volunteer after graduating from Boise State University with a degree in Anthropology and finished a graduate program in Crisis and Emergency Management in 2019.
Ashley is semi-fluent in Mongolian and has dabbled in a variety of other languages; she is currently taking an online course in Norwegian. She is half-way through her dream of visiting every continent and enjoys reading, watercolor painting, writing, and studying folk-lore. |
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DEVON JANCIN
ESL INSTRUCTOR
Devon has spent the last 10 years teaching English all over the world to a wide variety of students. She has taught elementary, high school, and university students in the United States, Uganda, China, and Indonesia. She has worked as a teacher trainer as a Peace Corps Volunteer and an English Language Fellow. While earning her Master’s in TESOL, Devon worked in Colorado State University’s writing center, which fostered her interest in literacy and diverse populations. She continued teaching and learning from her students as an Instructor in CSU’s Academic English Program, a curriculum supervisor at a high school in Beijing, and a professor at a Muslim university in Indonesia. Devon is thrilled to continue her educational journey as an Instructor at the English Language Center. |
TARA BRAnDENBURG-WEEKS
ESL Instructor
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