The Department of Language Studies offers a series of four ESL workshops designed for individuals who work or plan to work with young adult and adult students whose native language is not English. Participants who satisfactorily complete all four workshops for academic credit will receive certificates of completion. The certificate does not meet the requirements for the Illinois ESL/ bilingual education approval for certified teachers. Workshops may be used as electives in a variety of NLU programs (such as the M.Ed. in ESL/BE). Please check with your advisor.
The ESL Practitioner Workshops are held at the Chicago Campus, 122 S. Michigan Ave in Chicago unless indicated otherwise.
All workshops take place from 9:30am - 4:30pm. The schedule for Summer 2009 - Spring 2010 is posted below.
| Workshop Title (Course Number) |
Summer 2009
|
Fall 2009 |
Winter 2010 |
Spring 2010 |
Overview of Language (LANG 486A)
|
July 11
|
September 26
|
January 23
|
not offered
|
| Second Language Acquisition (LANG 486D) |
July 25
|
October 10
|
February 6
|
not offered
|
| ESL Teaching Methodologies (LANG 486C) |
August 8
|
October 24
|
February 20
|
not offered
|
| ESL Assessment (LANG 486B) |
August 22
|
November 7
|
March 6
|
not offered
|
Music and Movement in the Adult ESL Classroom (LANG 486E)
|
not offered
|
December 12
|
not offered
|
May 15 (North Shore Campus)
|
Registration Options
These workshops can be taken for credit (1SH / 1QH) OR as a non-credit option (CEU). The prices are posted in this year's student catalog. If you are looking for CPDUs, you should register as a non-credit student. Each of our ESL workshops are worth 6 CPDUs.
To Register
If you would like to register for any of the workshops, please download and fill out our ESL Workshop Registration Form. To submit the form to Lilian Santowski you can:
- Fax it to 312-261-3356
- Email it to lilian.santowski@nl.edu
- Mail it to National-Louis University, Department of Language Studies (3rd floor), 122 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
- If you can not mail, fax or email the form, please call Lilian for assistance at 312-261-3356
If less than 5 students are registered for a workshop, the week before the workshop is scheduled to run, you will be notified of the cancellation.
Please remember to check your email.
To Withdrawal from ESL Workshops
In order to officially withdraw from a workshop and obtain a refund, a student must do so in writing through the Registrar’s Office no later than the day before the workshop date. Please contact the Registrar's Office at 312-261-3190 or see the 2008-2009 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog for more information.
For information about other Academic Outreach opportunities at NLU, please contact Don Grady at Don.Grady@nl.edu.
