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 1972
Games People Play in Language Learning, Marilyn Bean
The Hierarchy of Vocabularies in the Study of Foreign Languages, Manju Bhushan
Aspects of an ESL Program in an Immigrant Community: A Compilation of Work Written for the Ibero-American Center in Fall River, Massachusetts, Donald L. Bouchard
Coordinating the English-in-Action Program of the Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia, Lucy Caldwell
Team Teaching in the Language Classroom: A Practice-Teaching Experience, Virginia Ellen Charlton
Language Games, Cindy Chwang
A Description and Evaluation of the Summer Camp on Pawleys Island, South Carolina - OPERATION COMPENSO, Shirlee Eames
Max: An Independent Professional Project, Elleen Gillespie
Realia, Mouldi Hadiji
A Teacher Manual of Self-Learning Instruction, William C. Harshbarger
Word Puzzles for Advanced ESL Students, Bruce A. Kahn
A Report on Classroom Use of the Poly Training Tape Material (English Level II, Units I-X), Judith L. Keen
A Teacher's Guide to Accompany E.I.L. Foreign Language Textbooks, Guy R. MacMillin
Supervision of MAT Practice Teaching: Individualized Supervision, Carlos A. Maeztu
Creative Teaching Through Cultural Realia, Meg Moloney
A Report on the MAT-TA Workshop for French and Spanish Teachers, Felinda Mottino
Home is New York .... A Self-Study Vocabulary Builder for Students of English as a Second Language, Arun Narang
Placement and Career Service, Marjorie Popkin
Easy Readings in English for Foreign Students: An Annotated Bibliography, Ronald Rojas
Teaching and Leadership, Monica Seng
A Tapescript Accompanying 17 English Language Lessons, Marilyn Spaventa, Lou Spaventa, and Edgar Sather
Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child: An Approach to the Teaching of English the Silent Way, Betty J. Stone
Proposal: MATL Program 1971-72 , Double Degree (Part II), Susan Stuckey
Submissions from 1971
Rhythm and Music in Language: a Help and Training Device for Teachers and Students, Ronald W. Bradley and Mary-Ellen Everhart
Workbook of Letters, Ruthanne Brown
PETECA English Language Institute: Summer 1971, Description and Proposal, Patricia Lynn Byrd
Korean Folk Tales (adapted to teach specific patterns), John Cushing
Teaching Strategies for Use in the ESL Class and in ESL Texts, Marc Steven Gold
A Feasibility Study and Proposal for a Day Care Program at SIT, Patricia Hamilton
Predicting Pronunciation from Spelling: Applying the Insights of Transformational Grammar to the Teaching of English: Tense and Lax Vowels, Barbara Hancock
Toward Teacher Competence: Evaluation of the Beginning Teacher, Blanche M. Harrison
Some Cultural and Linguistic Background Information for a Beginning Teacher on the Navajo Reservation, G. Scott Harrison
Social Studies in a Second Language, Anita E. Herman
A Guide to Overseas Employment for the Language Teacher, W. Brent Mosher
Living in the Classroom in Montreal, Quebec and the Problems of Discipline, Frank Ploener
Songs to Learn English by, Marcia Rollin
Proposal: MATL Program 1971-72, Double Degree, Susan Stuckey
Cross-Reference of Grammatical Structures, Margretta A. Winters
Submissions from 1970
Teaching Spanish Culture Through Music, Carnetta Peterson