Center for English Language Studies

Practice your vowels and build muscle memory! Elizabeth Marner-Brooks, CELS faculty who teaches listening/speaking and leads the Pronunciation Group at The New School, created this resource for the Voice of America (VoA) Learning English website. English has 16 different vowel sounds so building memory for the correct tongue position is especially important, she notes. #Englishlanguage #faculty #highlight https://lnkd.in/eN7sw2X7

We??????? language learning and our wonderful community of?New School students, faculty and staff who support and celebrate linguistic?diversity!?Happy Valentine's Day from the Center for English Language Studies ?? There's SO much to love about speaking more than one language! Here are just a few... Improve academic performance Enhance your career and business Build deeper connections with people Improve your memory and concentration Appreciate other cultures increase capacity for empathy and tolerance Sharpen your decision-making Strengthen?communication skills Expand your world! Comment below if there are other reasons why you enjoy working in the language?learning and teaching environment! Sources:?How learning a new language changes your brain (? 2025 Cambridge University Press & Assessment)?|?The Benefits of Learning Languages' (? 2025?Language Connects Foundation)

The FIRST in person TESOL Methods Toolkit in 5 years is happening NOW! Faculty and staff from across The New School have come together for this two-day workshop to learn supportive strategies for teaching and working with international and multilingual students. It's so important to take time for professional development and community building with colleagues! The TESOL Methods Toolkit is part of CELS' Language Support Initiative, a capacity-building model dedicated to promoting TESOL best practices and pedagogies with the ultimate goal of creating the most effective learning environment for all learners at The New School. #TESOL #Reading #Speaking #Groupwork #Writing

The free pronunciation workshop for Spring 2025 is now open for sign ups! This group is open to the whole New School community — students, visiting scholars, staff, and faculty — who wish to improve the clarity of their speech and build their confidence?in?speaking English. Scan the Qr Code today and join us next Friday on Zoom!?

New School faculty and staff are feeling?"inspired, enlightened, supported, renewed, aware, and grateful" after completing the TESOL Methods Intensive this week where they learned how to apply TESOL best practices to their varied contexts.?What a great way to start the?semester! See the class photo for more positive feedback on the training.??Congratulations to this wonderful January 2025 cohort!? #TheNewSchool #faculties #staffs #languagesupport

We are excited to kick off Spring?2025 with the?TESOL Methods Intensive for Faculty and Staff?starting today!?Drawing from?TESOL?pedagogy, this comprehensive 5-day training explores?best practices?for supporting international and multilingual learners across disciplines and in various teaching or service contexts. Participants share their expertise and build connections with colleagues from diverse disciplines in a supportive environment. All the participants will receive this Language Support Trained?digital?badge after they successfully complete the training. The?badge is displayed?in email signatures to signal preparedness for?working with?our culturally and linguistically diverse students.?We are so PROUD of the hundreds of dedicated New School faculty and staff who have completed this course!?

These are some snapshots of Jessica's ESL+ Listening/Speaking final project. Students did a semester-long book analysis project to work on critical thinking skills, presentation skills, annotation, and of course, all the other skills involved in listening and speaking such as body language, pronunciation, and projection. Each student chose their own book which ranged from graphic novels to YA mysteries. As a final presentation, they presented on character and story arcs, surface and deeper meanings, and their own review of the text. #WilderGirl #PercyJackson #HotelManifique #MilesMorales #MrCigar

CELS had its first in-person faculty meeting since 2020! It felt amazing to be together to share our successes and challenges and ideas for navigating the year ahead. There is no greater support and resource than each other. So grateful for this community! #esl #cte #parsonesl

CELS is happy to be part of the lineup of International Education Week: Wednesday, November 20, 6 PM: Virtual Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages CTE Information Session IEW is a nationally recognized week that helps us celebrate and highlight the strong international footprint of The New School. Universities and organizations nationwide participate this week to showcase the benefits of international education and international opportunities available. This year’s theme is "explore". Let's celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide together! #international #education

Check out the spring 2025 class schedules! Certificate in English Teaching is a fully online program. It is designed for both aspiring and working ESL teachers as well as people looking to gain skills for working with international and multilingual populations. Emphasizing communicative, student-centered, culturally sensitive learning, the program equips students with skills that are readily applicable to online and in-person classroom teaching and tutoring in the United States and abroad. #spring #semester #CourseCatalog