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Goals of the English Language Fellow Program

The English Language Fellows program is designed to enhance English teaching capacity overseas in order to provide foreign teachers and students with:

  • Communications skills they will need to participate in the global economy.
  • Improved access to a diverse perspectives on a broad variety of issues.
  • Information that will better enable them to understand and convey concepts about American values, democratic representative government, free enterprise, and the rule of law.

As appropriate in the institutions where they work, Fellows may introduce appropriate contemporary issues (civic and environmental education, health, current events). They model and demonstrate classroom practices that help create thoughtful and responsible behavior in students (critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, etc.)

The EL Fellow Program has a strong impact on the improvement of EFL instruction at host institutions as well as in the greater academic community, providing teachers in the host countries with the knowledge and tools to continue English language training in an increasing number of schools and at all levels. With knowledge of the language comes a greater awareness of English-speaking cultures and the democratic philosophies they share. Fellows return home with an increased sense of the rich culture and heritage of their respective host countries and expertise on how Americans can better communicate with their colleagues throughout the world.

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