University of Michigan. English Language Institute.

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University department responsible in part for the development of materials for the teaching of English as a second language.

From the description of English Language Institute (University of Michigan) records, 1940-2004. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778193

From the description of English Language Institute (University of Michigan) records, 1940-1982. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420769

The English Language Institute (ELI) was founded by Charles C. Fries in 1941 as the first full-time intensive English Language Institute in the United States, and was in the forefront of English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching and ESL teacher training. ELI's special interest and involvement in language testing began more than fifty years ago with the work of Robert Lado. Since the early 1950s, ELI has been developing and administering various language tests, some designed for use within the University of Michigan and others for use nationally and internationally. By the late 1950s the ELI had international language programs in countries on five continents. One of the most extensive was the Southeast Asian Regional English Project (SEAREP), with a budget of nearly two million dollars under contract to the United States Agency for International Development (AID). During the 1960s and 70s, ELI developed experimental teaching methods, materials, and teacher training programs to aid in the teaching of English as a second or foreign language. Large-scale research and development of teaching materials including textbooks and audio-tapes were produced and marketed through the University of Michigan Press.

In 1986, the ELI adopted a new mission: to provide a full range of courses in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) for non-native speaking students, staff, visiting scholars, and faculty at the University of Michigan and to carry out relevant research. The new courses were designed to help non-native speakers enhance their linguistic and communicative skills to become effective, fully participating members of the academic community both during their campus career and beyond. In support of this new mission in the university, the ELI has engaged in research and development across a number of key areas, including ESP instruction and particularly task-based instruction, applied to discourse analysis, language assessment, applications of audio and video technology within language instruction, and adult second language acquisition.

At present ELI has forged links with the world, providing research facilities and consultation for visiting scholars from China, Tadzhikistan, South Africa, Sweden, and Brazil, to name a few. The Morley Scholarship Fund, established under director John Swales, has provided financial support for several researchers. The testing program has also expanded from two to three overseas testing operations, and on campus the ELI offers thirty courses at the graduate and undergraduate level for students, researchers, visiting scholars, and university staff in a variety of subjects. Other offerings include International Graduate Student Instructor spring and summer workshops for LS&A and Engineering, speaking and writing clinics, and pre-sessional summer programs in EAP: English for Business Studies, and English for Legal Studies. The ELI website can be found at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eli/.

  • 1941 - 1956 : Charles Carpenter Fries
  • 1956 - 1960 : Robert Lado
  • 1960 - 1962 : A.H. Marckwardt, Acting Director and Director
  • 1963 - 1964 : E.M. Anthony, Acting Director
  • 1964 - 1975 : J.C. Catford, Director
  • 1976: H.D. Brown, Acting Director
  • 1976 - 1977 : Ken Pike, Director
  • 1977 - 1982 : L. Selinker
  • 1982 - 1984 : E. Rabkin, Interim Director
  • 1984 - 2002 : John Swales, Acting Director and Director
  • 2002 - : Diane Larsen-Freeman

From the guide to the English Language Institute (University of Michigan), records, 1940-2004, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)

Relation Name
associatedWith Adams, James P. 1895-1969. person
associatedWith Adams, James P. (James Pickwell), 1895-1969 person
associatedWith Anthony, Edward Mason, 1922- person
associatedWith Dana, Samuel Trask, 1883-1978. person
associatedWith Deming, Olcott Hawthorne, 1909- person
associatedWith Eggertsen, Claude A. 1909- person
associatedWith Forsythe, Warren Ellsworth, 1885-1960. person
associatedWith Fries, Charles C. 1887-1967. person
associatedWith Gale, Esson M. 1884-1964. person
associatedWith Graf, Otto G. person
associatedWith Graf, Otto G. person
associatedWith Hok, Ruth. person
associatedWith Hopkins, Louis Allen. person
associatedWith Keniston, Hayward, b. 1883. person
associatedWith Kraus, Edward Henry, 1875-1973. person
associatedWith Kurath, Hans, 1891- person
associatedWith Lado, Robert, 1915-1995. person
associatedWith Luther, George Edwin. person
associatedWith Luther, George Edwin. person
associatedWith Marckwardt, Albert H. 1903-1975. person
associatedWith Marquardt, William F. person
associatedWith Pike, Kenneth L. 1912-2000. person
associatedWith Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971. person
associatedWith Sawyer, Ralph A. 1895-1978. person
associatedWith Schaadt, Leonard A. person
associatedWith Schaadt, Leonard A. person
associatedWith Shiel, Francis C. person
associatedWith Shiel, Francis C. person
associatedWith Traver, Aileen. person
associatedWith Traver, Aileen. person
associatedWith Tuttle, Mildred L. person
associatedWith Tuttle, Mildred L. person
associatedWith University of Michigan corporateBody
associatedWith Yoakum, Clarence Stone, 1879-1945. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Thailand.
Laos.
Michigan--Ann Arbor
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Cambodia.
Asia, Southeastern.
Vietnam.
Subject
Education
English language
Students, Foreign
Students, Foreign
Language and languages
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1940

Active 2004

Americans

English

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