Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Faculty & Staff
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Trish Skillman (1993)
Office: MH260D Office Hours: by appointment Phone:
(360) 650-4949 Trish Skillman has been teaching English to adults and school age children in the United States and internationally for over twenty years, and has trained over 1,000 ESL/EFL teachers. Trish has worked with the TESOL program since 1993, and has served as Director since 1998. Currently her main area of research is in effective methodology for teaching Academic English language skills. Trish regularly teaches three TESOL methodology courses, which focus on social language (BICS) development, academic language (CALP) development, and the incorporation of work on English structural patterns into academic classes. Trish is active in presenting at state and national conferences for TESOL, and her publications include a listening and speaking strategies book entitled, Springboard to Success. Trish is passionate about cross-cultural education and language teaching and believes it can make a difference in our world. Married to a French citizen, she is raising her own children bilingually and bi-culturally. |
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Dr. Catherine Collier (2003)
Office: HU369 |
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Diane Majors (1998)
Office: MH263 Office Hours: By appointment Phone:
(360) 650-2551 Diane
started in the TESOL program part time in 1998 teaching the
linguistics (401) course while also teaching in the Intensive
English Program on campus. In March of 2005, she began working
full-time in TESOL. |
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Maria Timmons Flores (2008)
Office: MH260B Office Hours: By appointment Phone:
(360) 650-4559 Maria
Timmons Flores has been teaching culturally and linguistically
diverse students in schools, communities, and wilderness for over 25
years. It was her students in these settings that inspired her
commitment to social justice and motivated Maria to earn a PhD in
Bilingual/Multicultural Education. Maria’s teaching and research
focus primarily on supporting teachers to understand the influence
of language and culture on learning. She teaches courses in
bilingual and multicultural education, learning and development, and
teaching strategies to support ALL learners. Believing in the power
of collaborative learning communities, she has worked extensively
with new teacher researchers and with teachers from Rethinking
Schools. Maria presents regularly and has taken on leadership roles
with the American Educational Research Association and the American
Anthropology Association. Maria’s current research is transnational,
exploring the “funds of knowledge” that students bring to school
from their homes and communities in the
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Carmen Avila Office: MH263 Office Hours: By appointment Phone:
(360) 650-7781 Carmen
Avila has been a TESOL professional since 1996. She got a TESOL
Certificate from Centro Cultural de Lenguas in
Carmen was a homeroom teacher in English full-immersion as well as
in English-Spanish bilingual schools at the kindergarten and
elementary levels in
Carmen joined |
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David Kehe (2003) Office: off campus Office Hours: by appointment Phone:
(360) 650-4949
Dave
Kehe has been teaching ESL for over 25 years, starting with the
Peace Corps in Niger. He also taught for 12 years in Japan and
one year on a Greek Island. Stateside, prior to his present
position as Advanced ESLA Coordinator at Whatcom Community College,
he was an ESL coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point for 4 years. He has an MAT degree from The School for
International Training in Brattleboro, VT. At WWU, He has been
teaching TESOL 421 in winter, 420 and 421 in summer. He has
published 6 ESL textbooks and is presently finishing a 7th.
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Donna Germaine Office: SP200 Office Hours: by appointment Phone:
(360) 650-7662
For the past ten years, Donna has
taught academic communication, conversation and pronunciation as
well as many other classes in the IEP program. Her main focus is
using current TESOL methods and creativity to enhance language
learning and fluency. Teaching in the TESOL program at WWU and
supervising TESOL practicum students has helped her create a bridge
between the two programs. TESOL students work with IEP students,
assisting and learning from each other throughout the quarter. |
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Marsha Riddle Buly (1999)
Faculty Office: MH260E Office Hours: by appointment Phone:
(360) 650-7348 Marsha Riddle Buly is an alumni of Western Washington University. She joined Woodring College of Education's faculty in 1999. Dr. Riddle Buly brings over 20 years of experience working in K-12 schools as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and mentor teacher in Spain, California, and Washington. She teaches bilingual methods courses for the TESOL department and literacy courses for the College of Education. Her current research focuses on bilingual education and specifically how English Language Learners and native English speakers learn in a bilingual setting. |
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Lori French (2005) Office: off campus Office Hours: by appointment Phone:
(360) 650-4949 Lori began working with English language learners in 1988 when Western and Asia University developed an English language and cultural orientation program for Asia University students. She received her BA in Education and Spanish from WWU in 1990. Her experience with the Asian students at Western prompted her to accept a job in Arvin, California. Arvin High School is a migrant school, 91% Hispanic with a very large ESL program. Lori taught ESL and Spanish for Native Speakers at Arvin High until 1996. During this time she also worked in leadership and gave in-service training to Kern County teachers in the BCLAD and CLAD programs (Bilingual/Cross-Cultural, Language and Academic Development). Due to the increase of second language learners in the Bellingham Public Schools, in 1997 Lori was able to return to Bellingham to teach ELL and Spanish classes. She established an ELL program for Squalicum High School and coordinated that program until the spring of 2004. Lori received her MA in Education from Grand Canyon University. Currently, she is a Spanish teacher at Bellingham High and part-time instructor for ELL courses with the TESOL program at WWU. |
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Meredith Josey
(2006)
Office: Phone:
(360) 650-4949
Meredith
was born in Atlanta, Georgia. After secondary school, she attended
L’Institut de Touraine in Tours, France and the University of
Georgia, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in French.
After teaching primary and secondary school French for several
years, Meredith went on to graduate school in Linguistics at New
York University. Having developed an interest in second language
acquisition and ESL during graduate school, she also taught ESL in
Slovakia and in Paris. |
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Joanne Cady
Office: WCC CAS152 Office Hours: by appointment Phone:
(360) 616-2170 ext 3476 |
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Holly Childs (2000)
Office: MH263 Office Hours: M 8-4:30, T & W 8-3:30, Th 8-2:30 Phone:
(360) 650-4949 Holly has worked for the TESOL Program since July 2000 and manages the administrative responsibilities of the program. She is a Western alumni with a BS in Community Health Education. She is an excellent resource if you have any questions. |
Marsha Riddle Buly
