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 1976
Teaching English to Japanese, Kayoko Hisano
And What Did the Dr. Say? Readings, Exercises, and Activities for the Foreign Physician, Karen Kale
Fourteen Life Stories of Foreign Students in the U.S.A.: Reader for Students of English as a Second Language, Manoon Karuthanang
A Workbook on Advanced English Vocabulary for Portuguese Speakers, Rosana Pereira Lima
An Adaptation of Reading Materials for Students of Science in English as a Second Language, Susan Maguiro
Adult Illiteracy and Literacy Volunteers: a report of the efforts of one organization to alleviate the problem of adult illiteracy in the United States, Marilyn McGillen
Second Language Teaching Methodologies : An Introduction Using Video Tapes, David Prince, Sonia Beker, Carl Kelley, and Nadine Pawlak-Prince
Preparing and Adapting Reading Materials for ESL Adults, Kathryn L. Riley
Motion Picture Screen Plays for the Study of English as a Second Language, Frances Vivian Rudolph
The Reading Process and Alphablanks, Dale Saul and Linda Driver
An Annotated Bibliography of English as a Second Language Text Books at SIT, Simin Ghane Shirazi
Learning to Listen: Teaching ESL as a Tool for Individual Personal Growth, Dan Turin
Two_Word and Three Word-Verbs, Toshihiro Umehara
A Reference Manual of French, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish Regular Verb Tense Formation, John Zioze
High Interest Readings for the Adult Beginning ESL Student, Judith Anne Zoebelein
Submissions from 1975
English as a Second Language in Up With People: A Proposal and Plan for Implementation, Cynthia Gay Barnes
A Booklet of Narratives for the ESL Classroom, Alice Raidl Blount
Popurri Espanol: A Resource Book for Spanish Teachers, Louis Carmine Cornelio
Training Teachers of English-as-a-Second Language: Four In-Service Workshop Presentation Plans, Ruth L. Crouthamel
A Comparison of English and Persian for the Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Ali A. Eftekhary
A Handbook of Ideas and Activities for Teaching English as Second Language to Pre-Schoolers, Laurie Jean Emel
"The Humanistic Teacher: A Student Directed Exploration", A Syllabus in Human Relations and a Report on its Use, Christina Tischler Gibbons
A Report on One Year's Experience as the Advisor to the Board of Directors of Binational Center in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, Elliott S. Glazer
Lipson Boxes: Square or Not, Edna Christina Graef
Leadership in Mexico: A Guide to Reassessing the MAT Student-Teaching Experience, Danuta U. Guzowski
A Guide for Teaching English at Language Schools in Osaka & Kyoto, Japan - a description and analysis with job hunting reports, Kimiko Kunii
Training Program for Teachers of English as a Second Language Service English Program/American Peace Corps, Iran, 1974, Vernon Arthur Nelson
An Introspective Workshop on the Teaching/Learning Process, Prentiss Wharton Phillips
Second Chance Language Learning: A study of what the slow language learner's problems are, why they exist, and how to give the slow language learner help on a remedial basis., Pamela S. Plimpton and Helen Kalaya
Visual English: a method of language education for the deaf, adapted for the ESL classroom, Dennis Sayers
Teacher's Manual for "The Magnetic Sentence": a Classroom Aid for Teaching English as a Second Language, Jeffrey Smith
Submissions from 1974
Teaching One Student, Thalia Ellen Alberts
An Intensive Teacher Training Program: 1973 ICT-TEFL Module, Mary Katherine Anzinger
E.S.L. at Borrego Pass School: The Program for Kindergarten through Second Grade, Anne Bermant
A Descriptive Report of a Teacher Training Workshop at the School for International Training, August, 1973, Peter McLeod Boggs
The Rationale and Techniques of Individualizing Language Instruction, Arthur A. Burrows
Random Reality: On How to Develop a Set of Visual Aids for the ESL Classroom, Edward A. Chmelewski
Films in French: Suggestions for Use and Selected Examples, Rosemary Ann Cook
Values Clarification in the Language Classroom, John Croes, Diane Goldsmith, Ruth Howell, and Jock Montgomery
Report on Leadership to Castres, France, Enid Larimer Dangerfield
Teacher Training and Coordination in an Intensive French Language Program : SOLT/ Vermont Academy, William P. Dant
A Summer's Learning Experience, Arlene Feskanich
Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Younger Japanese Children, Viviane D. Fleischer
A Teacher's Pronunciation Manual, Nancy Iglehart Foote
A Critique of Language Learning and Theory in the Audio-Lingual Method of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Stephen Gregory Hanchey
The Linguistic, Cultural, and Developmental Considerations Inheritent in the Design and Implementation of an ESL Program for Navajo Children at Borrego Pass School, Charles E. Hancock
Student-Teaching in Greece: Organization, Precision, and Awareness in the Classroom, Frederica Hermansen
A Report on Leading a Group to Germany, 1973, katharine E. Hill
A Model Teacher Training Schedule for the Intensive Language Programs of the Foreign Language Office at the School for International Training, Richard Jagger
A Manual of Self-Instructional Techniques for Learning a Foreign Language, Michael Jerald
The Teaching of English in Africa: An Evaluation through Interviews with Former Teachers, Lucy Lawson
A Collection of Recipes for Students of English as a Second Language, Caroline Wright Lovejoy
Teaching Language In-Country: A report on the Use of the Environment while Teaching Spanish at the Language Camp in Oaxtepec, Mexico, Jesus Burgos Marin
An Open Corridor ESL Workshop: A Supplemental English Program at SIT, John B. Millett Jr.
A Folio of Drawings for Language Teaching and Learning, Patrick Russell Moran
Examining Values: A Comparative Cultures Course at SIT for non-English Speakers, Ann L. Munch
Binational Centers in Particular, the Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, Ellen Fehl Musser
A Guide to Writing TEFL Materials for Groups of 3-5 Students: Rationale and Techniques, Richard G. Price
Toward Community: A Tentative Theory of Group Process, and its Implications for Teachers, Elizabeth Ann Sparks
A Basic Survival English Course for Adult Spanish Speaking Migrant Workers, Elizabeth Ward Tannenbaum
A Program to Introduce Intermediate and Advanced ESL Students to America through Boston, Catherine T. Tansey
The Community Issues and Social and Cultural Activities Component of the Japanese Teachers' Program at Boston University, Summer 1973, Karen M. Zeller
Submissions from 1973
Some Aspects of the Biological Bases of Language, Lydia Artiola
Exercises in Aural and Oral Skills for Beginning Students of English, Marcia M. Augustine
Learning English as a Second Language through Exploring Prenumerical and Numerical Concepts, Maria Angeles Barrero
An Experiential Learning Seminar for the Master of Arts in Teaching Program, Rosalyn R. Bennett
A Sample Collection of Music for ESL Classroom Use, Ann E. Bush
Using the Environment in Teaching English as a Second Language: The Use of the Telephone, the Newspaper, and Nearby Places of Business in an ESL Classroom, Helen Marie Derrick
Planning as an Adaptive Behavior: An Overview of My Experiences in Two Distinct ESOL Environments, Janet Rose Levy Feigenbaum
Summer Student Teaching at S.I.T.: A Subjective Account, Susan Jill Garner
The Resource Center: An Open Classroom for Teachers, Judith B. Glass
Report on Supplementary ESL Reading Course, David B. Hopkins
Teaching English as a Second Language at Two New York State Hospitals: Rockland State Hospital and Letchworth Village, Donice R. Horton
Situational Reinforcement: An Evaluation of the Method and Suggestions for Supplementary Lessons, Jo Anne Isenburg
Student-Teaching in Japan: Some Background and Suggestions, Priscilla Jones
Study Guides for Use in Independent Study Projects, Peter J. Kenny
Report on a Student Teaching Experience: Planning and Implementing an Individualized Spanish Program, Christine Lynn MacCormack
Teaching a Foreign Language in the Country: The Non-Native Speaker in the Country Where the Language is Spoken, Georgia Lee Martin
Rapport: Its Essence and Institution in the Classroom, Oden L. Oak
The Teaching of Poetry for Language Learning, Susan Jane O' Leary
Teaching Latin American Culture: A Values Oriented Approach, Willis E. Poole
Japan - An Orientation Handbook for MAT/ESL Student Teachers, Rene Diane Rabideau
Using the Reading Lab for Foreign Students, Sheila Rich
A Report on Teaching Level One ESL to Children and Adults in Orizaba, Mexico, Katherine Bowen Riggs
English and Cross-Cultural Orientation for Foreign Medical Graduates: A Report and Proposal, Karen Breen Robinson
ESL Practice Teaching Program for MAT Candidates, Margaret E. Ryder
Daily Lessons for a 3 Week Intensive Japanese Course, Chiyo Masaki Soroken
The Foreign Professional Institute of Language Instruction as a Prospective Place of Employment: Berlitz as a Focal Case Study: Boon or Brothel, Paul E. Soroken
M.A.T. Teaching Internships in Japan - 1973, Nancy Dodd Uhl
The English as Second language Program, Phillips Academy Summer Session 1973: A Description and an Evaluation with Reccomendations for Future Programs, Ronnie Wallach and Manjula Bhaskaran
On Becoming a Leader, Patricia A. Wall
African Literature for Use, Jan Wortendyke
Materials in the Billingual Kindergarten: Student Teaching at the Carew Street School, Diane Wunderlich
Submissions from 1972
Oaxtepec: A Summer Language Camp for Children, Susan Adams
An Introductory Transformational Grammar Course, Omar Antonio Aguilar O.
Games People Play in Language Learning, Marilyn Bean
The Hierarchy of Vocabularies in the Study of Foreign Languages, Manju Bhushan