April 11, 2006 Source: :
http://www.twu.ca/news/view-specific.aspx?newsID=492 TESOL legacy passed to TWU Acceptance reception celebrates the late Janet Essig On Friday, April 21, the master of arts in teaching English to speakers of other languages (MA TESOL) department at Trinity Western University will formally accept a significant donation to their research library. Endowed by the late Janet Essig, a much loved ESL and TESOL professor, the gift consists of over a hundred books and audiocassettes on the subject matter. The evening reception takes place on the TWU campus, and anyone with interest in the TESOL field is welcome to attend. Essig spent the last 30 years of her career as a professor at Vancouver Community College. She is warmly remembered for her extraordinary commitment to students, as well as her unique pronunciation classes. These classes were designed to improve English pronunciation in her students, primarily recent immigrants and international students. The innovative teaching techniques and practice materials which Ms. Essig herself created and then further developed over the course of her career, resulted in great and incessant demand for the seats in her classes. Her dedication to pronunciation instruction is demonstrated in her generous donation to TWU's TESOL program. "Acquiring these books and recordings from the Essig estate is a substantial and invaluable addition to our collection," says Bill Acton, PhD, director of the MA TESOL program. "Many of the texts are now out of print, yet most of Ms. Essig's collection is in near perfect condition. Thanks to these resources we will now have most of the published, seminal works on second language instruction." "Our vision," continues Acton, "is to continue widening our resource base for both teachers in training and researchers, making it one of the best collections of its kind in North America." Among the speakers at the event will be Patricia Wakefield, a second language educator and former chair of the ESL Department at Vancouver Community College. Event: MA TESOL donation acceptance reception
Speaker: VCC's Patricia Wakefield
Date: Friday, April 21, 2006
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Alumni Hall at Trinity Western University, 7600 Glover Rd, Langley, BC.
Cost: No charge
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