English Language Center
1000 E. University Ave. Dept. 3707
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 1-307-766-3630
Email: elc@uwyo.edu
The UW English Language Center is pleased to build long term, sustainable partnerships with international universities for training, and student and faculty exchanges. The English Language Center is currently working on grant awards from the American Councils on International Education UniCen programs and a development grant with Tashkent Embassy.
In special programs partners, the ELC has worked with the esteemed Engineering College at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan to deliver an English-based freshman bridge program and Summer English enrichment for senior undergraduates and graduate students.
In support of a multi-year program with Shanghai University of Sport, the ELC has been pivotal in graduate student preparation and enrichment programs including a summer-long Wyoming Study Tour for Sports and Kinesiology English.
The ELC is proud to be leaders in curricular advancement of EFL, cultural exchange and experiential learning, and faculty professional development programs.
The English Language Center is currently active in two grants projects in Uzbekistan. One with the American CouncilsUnicen Projects in Central Asiaand one award with the US State Dept through the Tashkent Embassy. Our focus in these grants are to improve educational infrastructures for Tourism ESL across several Universities and with the production of a Tourism ESL textbook tailored to Uzbek Tourism.
Uzbekistan is home to a host of valuable historic sites including the World Heritage site at Samarkand. The University of Wyoming has unique experiences and resources that make this a rich and valuable exchange with Uzbekistan's development on the world stage.
The English Language Center is also focused on working with the growing need for Professional English for academics overseas who are working in the medium of Language of Instruction English. Professionalization in their fields often requires essential discipline specific English skills to publish and participate in real time, now, from all over the world.
STEM English development and ESP pedagogy are also areas of great depth in the ELC talent pool. Plans for proposals include experiential teaching and learning opportunities for K-12 international Science Teacher Education which include using unique Wyoming resources like the Teton Science School and the University of Wyoming National Parks Research Center in Yellowstone.
English Language Center
1000 E. University Ave. Dept. 3707
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 1-307-766-3630
Email: elc@uwyo.edu