THE NEW SCHOOL LAUNCHES SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

Students in a New School TESOL course. (Matthew Sussman/The New School, 2011)

NEW YORK, February 27, 2012 - The New School for Public Engagement announces its new Summer Institute for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The two-week residential program offers a unique opportunity for intensive study of language pedagogy with hands-on experience in the heart of the nation's most diverse city.

"As a global capital, there is nowhere on earth like New York City, and there is no better place to study the teaching of English," said Gabriel Diaz Maggioli, Chair of English Language Studies, The New School for Public Engagement. "The New School's new Summer Institute takes full advantage of New York's international spirit while at the same offering pedagogical instruction at the vanguard of the TESOL field."

The TESOL Summer Institute offers of three thematic workshops, including Teaching English to Young Learners, Teaching Language Teachers, and The Resourceful Teacher, which trains teachers to work with peers and communities to continuously develop their skills. In addition to classroom instruction, students will engage in professional activities like lectures, workshops, and book presentations, as well as museum visits, neighborhood tours, and other activities that showcase New York's unparalleled cultural offerings.

The New School's English Language Studies is one of the world's most prestigious and well-reputed English Language pedagogy programs. Core faculty includes leaders in the field like Diaz Maggioli, Scott Thornbury, Jeremy Harmer, and John F. Fanselow. Welcoming ESL professionals from around the world, English Language Studies at The New School offers experiential learning both online and on-site at our Greenwich Village Campus. In addition to the Summer Institute, the department offers a TESOL certificate and a master's of arts degree, from which graduates have gone on to teach in language schools and universities in the United States to Belize, Tunisia, Brazil, Poland, Turkey, Korea and Japan and elsewhere.

Applications for the 2012 Summer TESOL institute are currently being accepted through April 15. For more information visit www.newschool.edu/tesolsi .

ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School, based in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village, is a legendary, progressive university inspiring undergraduates, graduate students and others to catalyze change in an inconstant world. Founded in 1919 as a hub of intellectual freedom by a group that included Charles Beard, James Harvey Robinson, John Dewey, and Thorstein Veblen, The New School today is a major degree-granting university comprised of distinct academic divisions. The university's 10,500 students are enrolled in 88 degree programs in the humanities and social sciences, design, administration and management, and the performing arts. In addition, the university's campus welcomes 3,544 adult learners in more than 650 continuing education courses every year. The New School holds hundreds of public programs that exemplify its commitment to democratic practice and social justice. For more information, visit www.newschool.edu.

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