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 Silvia Rodriguez Spence, M.Ed. TESL
(Teaching English as a Second Language)
Associate Professor or TESOL
 
Graduate Language Studies Program:
Writing the Research Paper (GLS 470)
Grammar for Writers (GLS 471)
Team Work/ Oral Presentation (GLS 472)
 
Intensive English Program:
Grammar Courses- Level 5
Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Grammar, and Culture Studies - Levels 3 and 4
 
Continuing Education:
Beginning Spanish
 
TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language):
Curriculum Development and Design (EFL 504)
Supervised Practice Teaching (EFL 599)
 
Undergraduate Program:
Fundamentals of Writing for International Students (English 101 I)
 
Online Course Development:
Graduate Research Strategies (GLS 570)
Effective Management Communication (GLS 572)

 
My professional interests and research areas include second/foreign language teacher education and curriculum development, Computer-Assisted Language Learning, ESOL-mainstream teacher collaboration and assessment accommodations for English Language Learners.   
 
During the Spring of 2008, I am serving as Fulbright Scholar at the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico, working with teachers in the Programa Institucional de Ingles.  You can visit  the project blog: http://english4uady.edublogs.org
 
I am active in several professional organizations:
 
 TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)  www.tesol.org
 
Northern New England TESOL  www.nnetesol.org
 
New Hampshire ESOL Teachers' Network
 
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
 
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
 
 
 

s.spence@snhu.edu

Photo by Vigran (Nathan) Sultornsanee