The English Language Institute (ELI), established in 1941, recently
moved to the TCF Building, 401 E. Liberty St., Suite 350. The institute,
previously in the North University Building, continues to offer
services and courses for international students, graduate student
instructors and scholars to enhance their linguistic and communicative
skills in the academic context. Under a new director, Diane Larsen-Freeman,
ELI has increased its efforts in teacher and migrant education
and continues to support the assessment and understanding of Englishvia
international test development and the Michigan Corpus of Academic
Spoken English project. Pictured here is lecturer Melinda Matice
(right) working with International Visiting Scholars to improve
their confidence and ability in using academic English. At left
is Hyun Hee Kim from South Korea and at center is Tamia Baibich
from Brazil. (Photo by Marcia Ledford, U-M Photo Services) |