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.

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Submissions from 1981

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English Through Drama: Rationale and Description of Materials Developed in an ESL Drama Project in Israel, Enid Carol Kumin

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The Haitian Boat People: An Overview of the Present Situation Concerning Their Illegal Immigration to Florida, Peter Gordon LaLime

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Facilitating the Learning of How to Learn: The Development of Active, Resourceful, and Responsible Learners in an Experiential, Cross-Cultural, Academic Program, Teryl Lee Lundquist

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Responsibility - A Foreign Perspective on Four Issues in the Master of Arts in Teaching Program, Margaret Elizabeth McDonald

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Teaching Spanish The Silent Way (A Summary of Student Teaching), David Miller-Siegel

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An Orientation to the United States, Charles Wayman Mitchell and Marie Eileen Mitchell

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Friday Night at the Mayaguez Mall: A Rationale With Examples on the Use of Drama in the Notional-Functional Classroom, Stephen Newman

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Games and Activities Based on Grammatical Areas Which are Problems for the Intermediate ESL Student, Cheryl Olson and Susan Shalek

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Units of Study on Eight American Patriotic Holidays, Nina Pearson

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A Hodge-Podge of Written Realia, Suzanne Petrick

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ESL/EFL Homework: Philosophical Considerations and their Application in ESL/EFL Homework Design, David Anderson Plumb

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Using a Case Study Method to Teach Culture in the ESL Classroom, William Peter Polaski

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Use of Rapid Question and Answer Exercises in the ESL Classroom, Alfred B. Porter Jr.

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Language Conflict: A Case Study of National Language Selection in Iran, Kenneth Pransky

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Language and Culture in Two Worlds: Teaching English to Hmong Refugees, Sherry Lieberman Preiss and Cammille Smith

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Live...from the Language Lab., Ursula H. Raeth

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Working with Mexican ESL Teachers: Description of a Teacher Training Experience, Hilary Russell

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A Practical Handbook for Untrained English Teachers of Lao Refugees in Vermont, Robert Ruud-Prestebak and Michael McAlister Kennedy

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Implementing My Philosophy of Education as a School Administrator, Joseph T. Sefcheck

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Teaching ESL Through American Songs: A Sourcebook, Julia Ann Somers

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Teaching and the Boarding School Environment at TASIS England, William Bradley Stevenson

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English Language Program Proposal for the Instituto Mexicano De Commercio Exterior, Sharon L. Voss

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Developing a Conversational English as a Second Language and Acculturation Program for a Social Service Agency Engaged in the Resettlement of Soviet Jewish Immigrants, Robert Charles Wachman

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A Personal Guideline for the Use of Correction in the Classroom, Carol Ann Wilson

Submissions from 1980

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Teaching Culture - A Texas Model: Materials Development for Teaching American Culture, Focusing on Regional Variations, Melanie Anne Dando

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Planning a Vacation in the U.S.: a Multipurpose Theme in the ESL Classroom, Janet Lynne Entersz

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A Classification of Teaching Techniques for the Development of Language Learning Skills, Cecilie L. French

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Teaching Oral Communication Skills via Authentic Material: A Description and Analysis of a Learning Experience in Japan, Philip B. Graham

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A Handbook for Foreign Graduate Students at Rutgers University: A Statistical Assessment of Their Problems and Needs, Habib Hosseiny

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Hospital Care in Ten Departments, Abram Troy Lassiter

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The Questioning Process: An Approach to ESOL That Combines the Teaching and Learning of English with the Facilitation of Growth in Self and Cultural Awareness, Gordon Mathews

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Joint TEFL Training of Peace Corps Volunteers and Host Country Nationals in Tongo: An Experience and Recommendations, Ruth A. Pierson

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Materials for Teaching Indonesian by "Silent Way", Thomas Ray Ross

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An ESL Program with Laotian Refugees, Patricia A. Ryan-Croes

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An Approach for Teaching the Illiterate ESL Student How to Read and Write, Mary Sween

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Community and the Second Language Learner: a study of the concept of community in theory and practice and its implications for English language programs, Joseph E. Terbieten

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The Live Lab: Guidelines and Exercises for the Teacher-Produced Language Laboratory, Susan E. Treadgold

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Oracle: A Game of Cultural Awareness, Allyn Willey-Billings

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Community-Oriented Activities in the Teaching of ESL, Laura Katherine Yost

Submissions from 1979

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Bengali Sound-Color Fidel and Spelling Charts and Their Analysis, Husne Jahan Alam

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Teaching Overseas, Maria Angeles Albarracin Boggs

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ESL Teacher Training: A Fifteen Hour Introductory Course in TESL Methodology, Helene Ellen Becker

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Observations on the Language Acquisition of a Thai/English Bilingual Child, Michael A. Betcher

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Teaching Pronunciation in an Undefined Curriculum, Joan Elaine Branson

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A Cultural Observation Project for Outbound Students to France, Fiona Stewart Cook

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Designing and Implementing a University Level English as a Second Language Program, Janice Gallagher

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Of Time and Tense: An Analysis of the English Verb Tense System for the ESL Teacher, William David Helz

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Nursery Rhymes and Songs for Teaching English as a Second Language to Children, Nancy R. Hendricks

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Techniques for Remediating Errors Made by Spanish Speakers of ESL, Edmundo J. Mora

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A Generative Language Approach to ESL for Children: Considerations and Activities, Monique H.W.C. Noyons Gehman

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A File of Student-Invested Activities for the Foreign Language Classroom, Sue Rogers and Marion Macdonald

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A Reading Program Designed for Nursery School Children, Marlene Rubin

Submissions from 1978

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Charts that Show Basic Transformations in English, Lawrence Fuller Allen

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A Resource and Idea Book ( for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages ), Eleanor C. Boone, Rick Gildea, and Pat Moran

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A Handbook for Teaching Technical English, Kathleen Bogue Caissie

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Composing and Using Poetry as an ESL Teaching Tool, Roland Caissie

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A Handful of English: An Inventory of Typical American Gestures, Margaret L. Clement

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Visual Developmental Dyslexia in Children (Specific Language Disability), Sue Golden

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Pictopairs: A Minimal Pair Portfolio, Marks Greenberg

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Interference of Brazilian Portuguese on Learning English, Tizuko Hirose and Tsizuco Iwase

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Space, Time and Movement: The Context for Spoken Language, Nancy Leach

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Self-Concept, Self-Image Improvement Activities for the Classroom, Daniel Mack

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A Language Arts Project Involving the Construction of a Solar Greenhouse by Navajo Children, Daniel J. McLaughlin

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Communication Practice Exercises: Values Clarification Techniques at Work in the ESL Classroom, Frederick H. O'Connor and Edwin E. Lombard

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Claire's School: An account of the Development of a One-Room School, as Recorded in Taped Interviews with Claire Oglesby, Barbara B. Pfeil

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Spoken Bakhtiari, Gholam Hossein Rahmanian

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Advising an Institution: A Report to the Administration of Deerfield Academy Regarding Thier Foreign Students, Stuart P. Salomon

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Methods and Materials for ESL Literacy, Ann Ebersole Strauch

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The Cultural Problems Encountered in Teaching Basic English to Russian Jew Refugees as an Initial Step to Entering an English Speaking Society, James Edwin Traver

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Pointing the Way, Jennifer Upton-Doty

Submissions from 1977

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CLL: An Approach to Teaching Advanced Conversation (Student Teaching Report), Betsy Bedell

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The Application of Proverbs to the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Cesar Romero Borrome

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Approaching American Culture Through Art and Poetry (An Exploration of Ten Themes), Emily M. Bufferd

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An Annotated Bibliography of M.A.T. Projects, Reports and Papers in the S.I.T. Library, David Michael Bumbar

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The Importance of Including in an ESL Program: A Study of Intonation Patterns Used in Everyday Spoken English and Some Suggestions for Working with Intonation in the Classroom, A. Rebecca Cardozo

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Using Music to Teach English as a Second Language: A Guide to the Use of Song Lyrics, Peter M. Carney

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The a as in at book, Robert P. Carvutto

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Tres Cuentos, Beatriz Cespedes de Fantini

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Teaching English in Zanjan, Iran; A Western Woman's Experience, Kathleen B. Doyle

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The Importance of Cross-Cultural Training for the TESOL Teacher, Susan Ginsberg Emanuel

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A Series of Dialogues for Foreign Students Who Have Just Arrived in the United States, Stephen B. Gelman

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Suggested Activities for Using the Newspaper in the ESL Classroom, Carol Gordenstein

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Practice in English and Orientation to Brattleboro and Vermont: Classroom and Resource Materials Prepared for the English Language Department at the School for International Training, Elizabeth Van Horn

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English Language in the Akamba Classroom: Competition and Culture, Nancy E. Horn

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English Language Instruction in Iran, Zarrin Khatami

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Proposal for the Creation of an English Language Program at Emporia Kansas State College, Kathryn J. Lattimer

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Tooning into English ( A Rationale for the Use of Cartoons in the English Language Classroom Plus Cartoons and Lesson Plans ), Timothy James Maciel

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Pronunciation and the Silent Way Fidel, Bonnie Mennell Moyer

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Proposal for "An Introduction to Adult Literacy" as an Elective Course in the MAT Program, Ruth Ellen Passo

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Teaching Dari to English Speakers, Sajia Sultany

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National Michigan Test Score Improvement Averages for the International Students of English at the School for International Training of Ten Programs from January 1974 through June 1976, Robert J. Thomas

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Teacher-Training in the Use of Individualized Instruction at the University of San Carlos Guatemala City, Guatemala, Carol Fedyk Williams and Terrence Lee Williams

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A Handbook of Operations for Use in the ESL, Thomas Andrew Winters and Gayle Laverne Nelson

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Theater Games and Group Problem-Solving Exercises for the Foreign Language Classroom, Larraine Ruth Wright

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The Use of the American Heritage New Illustrated History of the United States in an Advanced ESL Class, Karen L. Yablonski-Toll

Submissions from 1976

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Readings with Exercises for Advanced ESL Students, Vincent D. Antonelli

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Strategies with the Rods, Joseph Barrett

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"The Typical American" Source Materials, Laurence D. Ebner

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Some Thoughts on the Effects ESL Teachers Can Have in a World Community, Ann Frentzen and Ann Brooks

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The Use of the Language Laboratory for Language Learning in Japan (English), Hideko Fukuhara