Dr. De Zhang presents.
On Nov. 22, graduates of the M.A. in ESL program, Emmanuel (Bayo) Ifonlaja and Teri Anne Lott, along with Saint Mary’s alumna Tara Ryks and ESL Program Director Shannon Tanghe co-presented on their summer experiences in Colombia in a presentation titled “Global Teacher Education: English Language Teaching Experiences in Colombia” at the Minnesota English Language Education (MELEd) conference in St. Paul. Tanghe and M.A. in ESL faculty member Dr. De Zhang, also co-presented a session titled “Multinational Telecollaborative Projects in an M.A. Second Language Acquisition Course: A Focus on Design.” The conference was attended by more than 1,200 teachers, administrators, coordinators, teacher educators, paraprofessionals, students, advocates, and researchers in the field of English language teaching.
Photo caption: From left, Shannon Tanghe, Tara Ryks, Teri Anne Lott, Emmanuel (Bayo) Ifonlaja present at the Minnesota English Language Education (MELEd) conference.