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 1985
Developing Awareness of Individuals in a Group Learning Context: A Self-Lesson Plan, Leslie Maria Turpin
Dialects in Discourse: Regional Speech of United States English, Laura Wilson Bergan
Submissions from 1984
Student Files: Their Use in the Informal Evaluation of Writing, Christina Brooks Herbert
Teachers and Their Communities: A Group Self-Assessment, Using a Cross-Cultural Approach, Timothy Butterworth
Characters in the Classroom, Tamara Carlin
Sayonara: Anatomy of a Novel, Girard Richard Christmas
American Culture as Seen Through Magazine Advertisements, David Edward Cignoni
Exercises for Student-Generated Social and Political Issues in the ESL Classroom, William Michael Conley
English in Movies: Using Scenes From Movies to Teach English, Timothy M. Cook
The Evolution of a Humanistic Teacher, May M. Coryell
Developing a Personal Approach to Language Instruction, Ruth Epstein
Using Personal Photos in the ESL Classroom, Patricia C. Farkas
Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Issues, Perspectives and Practices, Evelyn Elizabeth Fella
Halloween Spooks in the ESL Classroom: Holidays as a Means of Introducing Culture, Sonya Fletcher Kennedy
Dress in the United States: A Language and Cultural Perspective, Loretta Diane Garden
Different ≠ Better (or Worse) – An American English Reader, Shirley Hayes
Ticket to the United States, Wang Jiali
An Individualized Approach to Translator Training, Susan G. Kaufmann
Baraha af Ingirtiska: A Resource for Somali Teachers ff English, Joan Jemison Mason
50 Functions for the E.S.L. Classroom, Paul Dennis Moss
A Demonstration Unit for a Proposed Intermediate Reading Skills Workbook for ESL Students Preparing for Careers in the Health Care Professions, Price Daniel Norman
What’s Cooking? Food and Eating Habits in the United States, Donald Francis Occhiuzzo
Gestures: A Contrastive Collection American English and Mexican Spanish, Karen Sue Overn
A Manual for Teaching Spanish Pronunciation and Orthography, Leslie Verne Potter
Reading American Culture: A Curriculum for Intermediate and Advanced ESL Students, Katherine Ann Reed
Naming the World: Writing, Reading, and Culture in a Refugee ESL Class, Nancy Ann Reuschel
Preparation for Pronunciation Work: A Guide for ESL Teachers, Constance Stout-Gustafsson
Language Learning One on One: A Personal Assessment, Elliot G. Wheelwright
A Series of Writing Activities for an Intermediate to Advanced ESL Class, John W. Yarrington
Submissions from 1983
Implementing an Eclectic Approach to Teaching Adults in an Intensive ESL Course Based on Student-Generated Material, Marian Elizabeth Aldred
Language Acquisition Diaries: Developing an Awareness of Personal Learning Strategies, Abby Asher
Teacher-Training Across Cultures: A Workshop Given in the People's Republic of China, Victoria Rose Badalamenti
Acquisition of English "Wh" Questions by Native Haitian Creole Speakers: Evidence for a Rule Governed Interlanguage, Francis Marion Bailey
Housewife's Curriculum: Survival English and Cultural Orientation for Vietnamese Housewives, Gaylord Barr
An Experiment Language Training Program Under the Microscope, Shari Joy Berman
An Experience in Training Chinese E.S.L. Teachers in the People's Republic of China, Albert Camhi
An Introductory Course on Computers for ESL Students, Anne Christenson Rice
Sounds of Culture, Vera Dibov
Alternatives in American Education: A Reader for Advanced ESL Students, Ellen Dussourd
The Martinique Workshops: In-Service Teacher Training, James Fenelon
Development of Awareness and Skills in Teaching: How I Learned Teaching Through the Internship, Ge Fengzhu
An Introduction to French Daily Life Cultural Activities for use in the Language Classroom, Noel Gembarowski
Creating and Producing a Major Stage Production, Kristine Gjemre
A Journal Through Tulancingo, Loretta Gray
Van Gogh’s Irises and Other Things to Read for the ESL Student, Thomas Griffin
Shifting Responsibility for Learning From the Teacher to the Student, John W. Harmsen
A Case Study of a Child’s Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language, Jonathan Julian
An ESL Program for A Bilingual Elementary School, Mary Kelly
The Development of Self-Confidence in a Novice ESL Teacher, Helene Phyllis Kendler
Adjusting to Life in Mexico – One Couple’s Adaptation Process and Suggestions for Coping, Michael D. Krauss
American Humor as a Vehicle for Teaching Esl and Understanding American Culture, Marguerite Kruse
Teaching Communicative Competence to Adult Learners: An Intensive Foreign Language Program in China, Wang Lingjun
The Drama Approach in E.S.L. Teaching An Exploration of the Richard Via Approach, George Edward Matthews
Grammar Charts for Advanced ESL Levels: A Teacher’s Reference, Francis Mausley
Using Student Generated Material in a Student Centered Classroom, Katherine Rawson
Two Paces East An Introspective View of a Cross-Cultural Experience, Rebecca Ann Reagan
A Primer in Computer Literacy For Students of English in a Second Language, David Allen Reynolds
The Cultural Entry Process in Japan and Mexico – Cultural Factors to be Considered, David C. Riggs
Towards a Way of Conducting Ongoing Evaluation of Individual Students, Bruce H. Rindler
Original Readings for ESL Learners, Robert G. Schnelle Jr.
Authentic English for Italian Professionals, Kristin Single Hagge
Art Activities for the ESL Classroom, Sally Elizabeth Stocking
Beyond Minimal Pairs, Erica Tesdell
A Manual for Teachers of Tutorial Courses, Eduardo Reyes Torres
From Haiti to the ESL Class: Working with Adult Haitian ESL Learners in the US, Dona A. Vassall-Paquiot
Subliminal Correction Strategies of Student Composition in the Bilingual First Grade Classroom: A Personal Guideline, Margaret Jean Watral-Chavez
55 and Over: A Study of Success for the Senior Student, Kathleen Watson Quinby
The Process of Lesson Planning, Ren Zhen
A Retrospective-Introspective Look at Second Language Acquisition, Janet R. Zinner
Submissions from 1982
Three Bible Stories : Creation, Ruth and the Birth of Jesus according to Matthew, Judy M. Barber
Meeting the Challenges of a Multi-Level Class, Valerie Berger
A Supplementary Reference Guide for Non-native English Speakers on the Communicative and Cultural Aspects in the ESL Miscellany, Joanne Ching Chao
An Introduction to Rods : Grammar and Story Telling, Edward A. Combes
A Personal Approach to Teaching as Applied in Three Situations, Carol Lee Converse
American Cultural Values : A Look at One's Own Cultural Identity, Judith Day and Jane Farrell
Development and Use of Student-Conducted Interviews with Native Speakers for Use in the Language Class, Janie L. Duncan
The Independent Professional Point: Use of a recorded musical story, entitled The Point, for teaching English to speakers of other languages, Robert Stuart Duncan
Ways; Socio-Cultural Aspects of TESL in Japan, Linda Hiroko Enga
Increasing Cultural Awareness Through Effective Classroom Dynamics, Maria Cristina Enriquez y Arcaraz
Sources of Security and Community in the EFL Class in Mexico: Student Teaching Paper, Cynthia Jeanne Flamm
Teaching ESL Literacy to the Functionally Illiterate Adult: Using Language Experience and Words in Color, Kimberly Gerould
Teaching Advanced Writing: the Critical Essay. A Community Language Learning Based Approach, Kathleen Patricia Graves
Techniques for Teaching ESL to Refugees, James A. Gregory
Just Like the Dutch Kids: A Sociolinguistic Study of a Child's Early Acquisition of Dutch as a Second Language, Judith Marlow Herby
Latin American Legends and Exercises for Beginning and Intermediate High School Students of Spanish, Jeanne Joyce Jensen
A Handbook for ESL Teacher Training at Okinawa Christian School, Dan Jerome
A Set of Student-Invested Materials for A Conversation Class, David J. Kehe and Peggy Dustin Kehe
Submissions from 1981
On the Radio: Using Radio in ESL Classes, Mary Ann Barnes
Situations: An ESL Learner's Handbook, David B. Bell
An Overview of Error Correction: Cultural Dimensions and Techniques, Kathleen Carty and Joseph Reilly
Suggestopedia: New Use of Innate Mental Capacities, Phyllis Lorraine Crowell
A Practical Guide for Teaching Cultural Awareness Using the Community as a Resource, Elaine R. Ford and Steven Cass
A Voyage to a Culture: A Special Collection of Teaching Techniques ( Imaginary trip Becomes Real in a Classroom), Silvana Hage
Communication Modules: Student-Generated Language Arts Projects for Bilingual Education, Annie Katherine Hawkinson
Suggestions for Using Films in the English as a Second Language Classroom. A Sample Unit: But What if the Dream Comes True, Charmaine Ann Horvath
Teaching ESL Through Creative Writing, Nancy Husari
College LIfe: U.S.A. A Teaching resource packet to prepare foreign students for the social side of attending a college in the United States., Mark Koncewicz
English Through Drama: Rationale and Description of Materials Developed in an ESL Drama Project in Israel, Enid Carol Kumin
The Haitian Boat People: An Overview of the Present Situation Concerning Their Illegal Immigration to Florida, Peter Gordon LaLime