Laura Eyler

Laura Eyler

English Language Program

Laura received a BA in French with an undeclared minor in English from Bradley University in Peoria, IL.  She spent a year at the Sorbonne in Paris, France to learn the language. In 1992, Laura entered the Applied Linguistic program at Southern Illinois University and in 1994, received a MA in Applied Linguistics with a minor in TESL. Her thesis focused on fossilization in a non-contrastive error analysis of native speakers of Arabic in an English language program. She taught abroad from 1994-1999 in Mexico, Poland, and Saipan, MP.  Altogether, Laura has just over 20 years experience teaching ESL, English as a foreign language, and English Composition.  Her work-related interests are in Applied Linguistics, TESOL, reading acquisition, curriculum development, and Quality Matters.

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