Brother Guillaume Yame: ESL Classroom Assistant

For the spring 2019 semester, the De La Salle Language Institute welcomes back Br. Guillaume Yame. Originally from Togo, West Africa, Br. Guillaume traveled to SMU in order to improve his English language skills before beginning his graduate studies. This summer, Br....

Students Helping Students

Students from Dr. Karen Sorvaag’s ED445 Advanced Literacy Methods for Diverse Learners course have been observing ESL teaching and learning strategies within a number of the language institute’s classes. The ED445 students have also been paired with international...

Have a Wonderful Break!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Spanish: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo Italian: Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo French: Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année Arabic: .جميلة سنة لكم اتمني .سعيدة جديدة سنة ،مجيد ميلاد Chinese: Merry Christmas: 圣诞快乐 (sheng dan kuai le),...

ESL Classroom Visits

This past month, students from Jan Dimmitt-Olson’s EDUC 585 Advanced Literacy Methods for Diverse Learners course visited the De La Salle Language Institute’s ESL Reading class.  These M.A. in Teaching students not only observed instructional methods used to support...

MELEd Conference Presentation

On November 17th in Minneapolis, ESL instructor Lorraine Vassallo presented at the Minnesota English Learner Education (MELEd) Conference. Lorraine’s interactive session, Identifying Effective ESL Programs to Help English Learners Close the Achievement Gap, was...