Under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Office of English Language Programs offers seven innovative, on-line, graduate level classes to English teaching professionals abroad through two different U.S. universities. The E-Teacher Scholarship Program explores seven major areas of the academic specialty of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL):

• Critical Thinking in the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Curriculum (PDF) - through the University of Oregon, Linguistics/American English Institute
• Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) (PDF) – through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, English Language Center
• Building Teaching Skills through the Interactive Web (PDF) – through the University of Oregon, Linguistics/American English Institute
• English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Best Practices (PDF) – through the University of Oregon, Linguistics/American English Institute
• English as a Foreign Language Assessment (PDF) – through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, English Language Center
• Methods Course I: Survey of Best Practices in TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) (PDF) – through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, English Language Center
• Methods Course II: Developing EFL Literacy through Project-Based Learning (PDF) – through the University of Oregon, Linguistics/American English Institute

The courses introduce the most recent English language teaching methods and techniques, offer the opportunity to engage in an innovative distance-learning program that employs the latest in modern technology, and provide direct access to U.S. experts with whom participants might not normally have the opportunity to interact. The E-Teacher Scholarship Program is open to candidates worldwide. All participants must be nominated through U.S. embassies.

For more detailed information on course content, click on the course of your choice above to access a one-page Adobe PDF file.

Candidate Submission Information
Posts can submit one primary candidate for each of the courses with four alternates in rank order.  Only U.S. embassies can submit nominations.

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