Pax et bonum! (Peace & goodness)
Welcome to the unofficial newsletter written for, and by adult ESL teachers in Pennsylvania. Here you can add your voice, knowledge and experience to our profession, or ask any question about ESL, plumbing our collective wisdom.
My name is Martin E. Senger, and I have been an ESL/EFL teacher for over a decade. I have a degree in Russian Language. I started teaching EFL to refugees in the former Yugoslavia as a humanitarian aid. Upon my return to the US, I became the Adult ESL Teacher for the largest non-profit in the state, the Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC), pronounced "jee-kak" in Erie, Pa.
Since then, I have participated in devloping the recently released Adult ESL Content Standards for the PA Department of Education (PDE). I am also one of the founding members of the NWPA Adult ESL Network, sponsored by the NW Professional Development Center (PDC). I have also been on the board of Three Rivers TESOL (Pittsburgh), an organization dealing primarily with the academic aspect of ESL.
In the past year, I was appointed to be co-chair of the ESL Division for PAACE, the Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education, along with Cathie (Cat) Whitmire and Susan Adams. Together we are attempting to put a state-wide face on ESL teachers in Pennsylvania.
In addition to my full-time job of ESL teaching, I am also a private tutor for professional ESL students. I am also facilitating on-line courses for K-12 certified teachers to get their ESL certificate.
I hope that this blog will provide you with many opportunities to increase your own knowledge of teaching ESL, while enriching ours.
Thanx!
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