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Archives: ESLA

Friday, October 25, 2024

Celebrating David Wood’s Recognition by TESL Ontario

We are overjoyed to share that David Wood (Professor Emeritus) has been honoured with the 2024 Distinguished Contribution Award by TESL Ontario. This award celebrates David’s incredible dedication and long-term contributions to English Language training. David has always been a cornerstone of our School, and he is known for his unwavering... More

Friday, October 20, 2023

Julie McCarroll Receives Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award for 2023

Congratulations to Julie McCarroll for receiving Carleton University's Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award for 2023. This award, presented by Teaching and Learning Services, recognizes exceptional educators who excel in blended, HyFlex, and online teaching. It is a well-deserved honour for Julie, who joins the esteemed ranks of... More

Monday, May 4, 2020

SLaLS brings online experiences to workshops

With the shift to online classes, the Teaching and Learning Services unit has been offering a wide range of support services, especially the "Welcome to my Online classroom" series. Many SLaLS instructors report attending and benefiting from the experience. Last Friday's session was delivered by ESLA instructor Peggy Hartwick and the May 8th... More

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

SLaLS well-represented at TESL Ottawa

There was a great presence of Carleton University people at the TESL Ottawa Winter PD Conference. It was held at Algonquin College on Saturday, February 8, 2020. Carleton was represented in the audience and the presenters. Dr. Geoffrey Pinchbeck gave the first plenary on “Using diagnostic vocabulary tests and text analysis software to match... More

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

LLRC downsizing book collection

“We should be choosing what we want to keep, not what we want to get rid of.” ― Marie Kondō (The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing) “Weeding is the removal of materials (books, periodicals, encyclopedias, videos etc.) from a library collection in a planned and systematic way.... More

Friday, April 26, 2019

Julia Carey retires

SLaLS bids a fond farewell to long-time ESLA instructor Julia Carey. Julia began teaching in SLaLS in 1982 and has, over the past 20+ years, played an influential role in the evolution and conscious development of the Academic English as a Second Language program at Carleton. Her vision has had a lasting impact on... More

Friday, March 29, 2019

Former ESLA student receives award for community service

Former ESLA student and soon to be Economics grad, Frohan Foroutan, received the 2019 Board of Governors Award for Outstanding Community Achievement, an award which recognizes a graduating student’s exceptional voluntary involvement while studying at... More

Monday, February 4, 2019

Screencasting feedback at TESL Ottawa

On Feb. 2, Mike Murphy hosted a workshop on using screencasts to provide L2 writing feedback at TESL-Ottawa’s Winter PD Event at Algonquin College. The workshop focused on Mike’s recent adoption of video screen capture technology as a way to respond to writing assignments by his ESLA students. The audience, which included EAL instructors... More

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

ESLA Instructor Julie McCarroll receives award & grant

Congratulations to ESLA instructor Julie McCarroll on winning a 2018 Contract Instructor Teaching Award. This award recognizes teaching excellence by Carleton University contract instructors McCarroll was also a recipient of a Contract Instructor Innovation Grant for her ongoing research of the effectiveness of ePortfolios as a pedagogical... More

Friday, May 22, 2015

Former ESLA student receives award

Congratulations today to former ESLA student Frohan Foroutan on receiving one of this year’s Provost Scholar Awards given in recognition of outstanding undergraduate student academics in research, community engagement, immersive learning, and/or international activities. Since arriving at Carleton, Frohan has thrown herself into her university... More