The Independent Professional Project (IPP) is a written thesis from the Master of Arts in TESOL Programs. Intended for second language teachers, it details a significant personal experience that is of interest and value to others in the profession. It may take the form of an academic research paper, a classroom-based action research project, a materials development project, an exchange group leadership project, or a language/culture study abroad project.
Submissions from 2000
ESL Mentoring: An Empowering Tool, Maria Cristina Tur
Error Analysis and Curriculum Development in an EFL Classroom in Taiwan, Meng Teh Wu
Submissions from 1999
Council in the Classroom: New Ways of Knowing, Being and Interacting, Ximena Allub
Internet Users’ Manual for English Language Teaching Professionals: Enjoyable Internet Understanding, Jack Bailey
International Business and Culture Course Development and Teacher Growth, Deborah Lang Bainbridge
Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Blocks of Time in Relationship to Teaching and Learning: An Independent Professional Project, Susan W. Chilson
Toward Student-Led Reading Discussion in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Journey with Reader Response, Judy Davis
Timed Conversation: One Routine for Engaging Large Classes of Non-Motivated Learners in Meaningful Oral Communication, Bradley J. Deacon
Closure: A Forgotten Aspect of English as a Second Language Teaching Pedagogy, Connie J. Douglass
Defining Humanistic Philosophy, Pedagogy and Teaching Practices in Relation to English Language Teaching, Robert G. Emigh
Adapting the C-L/CLL Approach to a Conventional Textbook Setting: A Novice Teacher’s Reality, Laura Fleher
English Teachers in the Former G.D.R. Ten Years After the WENDE: What’s New?, Renée Flibotte-Lüskow
Language Learning Strategies: A Primer, Carol Lindenbrock Fujii
The Transition to a Project-Based Curriculum, Cheryl Hoffman
Serving ESOL Recipients in a Welfare to Work Program, Dawn Elizabeth Jackman
Submissions from 1987
Using a Community Language Learning Approach in Large Classes in Japanese Universities, Carl Russel Adams
An Introduction to Reading Comprehension Through Exercise for Intermediate English as a Second Language and English for Foreign Language Students, Natalie Barbera
Second Language Acquisition in the Field: A Personal Experience, Mary Chase Dindorf
Living to Learn in Italy, Margo L. Connell
“RITMOS” Rhythmic Spanish Poems and Dialogues, Veronica Darer
Meetings Without Measure: A Process of Understanding, Lassie (M.F.) Dudley
Planning Task-Oriented Field Trips for Beginning ESL Students, Nikki Sarita Ellman
In Preparation: Lesson Plans for an Intensive German Course, Renate Falk Cammin
Choices, Changes and Challenges: A Skills-Building Game for the ESL Classroom, Mark Feder
The Advantages of the Shared Reading Experience for Bilingual Elementary Students, Barbara A.T. Franceschini
An Eclectic Approach to Teaching a French Intermediate Class, Sylvia Marie Gaudet
A Beginner’s Guide to Teaching ESL Abroad, Peter Goldstone
Country Music: Access to American Culture in the ESL Classroom, Deborah Hadas
A Video Curriculum for the Listening Comprehension Classes of the Center for Intensive English Language Studies in Islamabad, Pakistan, John J. Hagedorn
Listening Formative Test Description and Samples Based on the Curriculum Open Lines 1, Eko Deddy Haryanto
Storytelling in a Second-language and Cross-cultural Education: A Positive Approach to the Learner’s Unconscious Potential, Cynthia A. Jaffe
“Real-Life Situations in the United States” A Cross-Cultural Handbook, Jeetendra Raj Joshee
Increasing Cultural Awareness Through Writing Activities, Blaire Rankin Kibley
Teaching Teachers: Starting, Sharing, Shaping, Synthesizing, Emilie Anne Krustapentus
Analysis of the Learning Problems Experienced by Japanese LEP Students and Suggestions for Global Bilingual Assessment, Ryuko Kubota
Listening Comprehension in a First-Year Spanish Comprehension Course: Background and Activities, Lois F. Lafferty
Motivation: Issues and Implications for the Classroom, Steven J. Lonning
A Self-Awareness Centered Approach to Curriculum Development, Elaine Lucas Hayes
The Cartoon Cookbook – A Collection of Stories for Teaching ESL, Carolyn Marie Manzi
Transactions: Chapter 1 of a Proposed 10 Chapter Business English Video Text, Clifford Trevor Meyers
The Migrant Reading Program at San Elizario, Texas; an Examination of the Activities of 1986-87, Robert Scott Morris
Model Exercises for Learning Communication Strategies, Daryl Newton
Teaching/Training Social Language in Galang Refugee Camp: A Learning Process, Jon Phillips
Listening to Natural English: A Manual for Teachers, William Robbins
Dyslexia and Language Acquisition, Bridget Ann Siedler
Attitude and Perception Differences When Speaking in a Second Language, Keith Douglas Smith
SHORTCUTS A Text and Workbook, Fred Eric Startz
Ten Basic Grammar Hurdles for Mandarin Chinese Speakers: A Contrastive Guide for the Beginning Teacher of Adult Mandarin Chinese EFL Students, Mark Anthony Steele
Handbook for Prospective ESL Teachers to Japan, Linda Veno-Kan
Lesson Plans for the First Day of Class, Debra Lillian Weber-Fincher
A Planning Paper Monolingual to Bilingual: The Conceptualization and Transformation of a Colombian School, Eileen Nancy Whelan
Teaching in the Silent Way With a Focus on Idioms, Cynthia S. Wiseman
CAVEPEOPLE! And Other Roleplays for Students of English as a Second Language, James Zorn
Submissions from 1986
A Ten-Week Internship Teaching Literacy to Adult Refugees: Pre-Literate, Semi-Literate and Non-Literate., Rebecca Ann Boon
Readings in American History and Culture for Japanese College Students A Materials Development Program, Teresa Bruner Cox
Eighteen Language Teaching Techniques: A Report on a Chinese Tutorial, Yalin Chen
ESL Curriculum Development in Southeast Asia: A Personal Account, Kathleen M. Corey
With Assumptions in Mind, Claire Eleanor Creelman
Using and Teaching Language in an Emerging World Culture, Anna Cecelia Dahland
A Teacher Training Program Focusing on Communicative Methodology for Brazilian Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Alberto de Paula Santos
Materials Development Project: The Development of an ESL Program at MCI-Framingham, Sara Dunham
In Preparation Lesson Plans for an Intensive German Course, Renate Falk Cammin
Beyond the Classroom: Teaching ESL to Adult Indochinese Refugees via Experiential Activities, Andres Ray F. Reyes
“El Puente” An Advanced Spanish Reader for Cultural Exposure, Angela Maria Garcia Mast
Conducting Workshops That Assist Content Area Teachers With ESL Students: Two Models, Janet Sue Gerba
A Collection of Original Stories and Lessons for Teaching Idiomatic Expressions, Elisabeth C. Glister
Becoming Professional, Shawn Elyn Gutshall
A Communicative Approach to Teaching Phrasal Verbs, Kathleen Ann Ivins
Using a Computer With the Language Experience Approach, Carol Marie Jennings
Welcome to New York City Community Orientation Programs for International Students, Stacey Klein
Using Music to Teach Spanish, Isabel Lowrie Childs
English for Operating a Small Business, Joseph Thomas McBride Jr.
Recipes for Teaching English as a Second Language, Lynn McMichael
Beginning an ESL Program: Underlying Issues and Site-Specific Recommendations, Jonathan D. Reasoner
Beginning ESL Reader – A Teacher’s Guide, Ann Catherine Smith
The Subjunctive as an ESL Teaching Tool With Emphasis on the Modal Verbs, Burr Thomas
A Cultural Program: Cultural Awareness Activities for American High School Students, Susan Leslie Tomasello
Combining Process and Product in a Business Writing Course, Stephen Ellis Turner
Presenting Cultural Awareness, Andrew Willimetz
Independence in Language Learning: How can Teachers Encourage it?, Diane Ethel Witters
Submissions from 1985
The Letter Writing Technique, Linda Mae Axelrod
The Realities of Being a Part-time ESL Teacher, Rebecca Jean Banken
Teacher’s Manual SRA Based Listening Course, (KC) Kathleen Ann Cassidy Barnes
Guidelines for Prospective ESL Teachers in Saudi Arabia, Constance Boerner Joy
Teaching the Modal Auxiliary Verbs Focusing on Those Used for Suggestion and Advice, Deborah Dewing Dewing
Symbols of America Standard-Bearer of a New World Order An Autobiographical Interpretation of U.S. Culture and Civilization in the Twentieth Century, Andrew J. DiMauro
Conjoined Sentences and Relative Clauses: Error Analysis and Lesson Plans for Correction, Kim Mary Fine
Teaching Writing Through the Principles of Dialogue: Key Issues and an Approach to Composition, Dennis Huffman
Teaching ESL in an American Public School: A Case Study, Kimberley A. Keller
Ten Crossword Puzzles for the ESL Classroom, Sheri Kramer Georgiadis
Developing and Using Foreign Language Materials: A Case Study for Polish, Tadeusz Krol
Learning Patterns: Inborn or Acquired Stubbborness? or To Hell and Back, June Levinsohn
A Teacher Training Plan for Refugees as ESL Teachers, Estela Libas-Novell
Teaching Reading with Worlds in Color In a Home Schooling Environment, Grace Indoccio Matty
The Psychological Issues Involved With Teaching ESL to Incarcerated Hispanic Males in an American Prison System, Sharon Morrison
An Advanced Study and Discussion Guide to Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse- Five, with Exercises in Grammar, Vocabulary Development, Idiomatic Expressions, and Creative Thinking., Kevin James O’Brien
Mini-Course in Demystifying American Spelling: An Historical And Comparative Perspective, Ingrid Prouty
ESL Training Guide for Prospective Refugee Teachers, Gail Virginia Reynolds