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English Language
Centre Tel: (204)474-8664 Fax: (204)275-8098 |
I am the Director of the English Language Centre. The Centre provides full-time and part-time programs in academic English, Homestay, and other English language services specific to faculties of the University of Manitoba. The ELC is also an official test site for CanTEST.
In 2000, I introduced a special section of the credit course, Introduction to University (99.111W), reserved for international students. I have presented at national and international conferences on the advantages for international students in specialized sections, especially in the area of academic adjustment.
I am also interested in corpus linguistics and, in particular, the use of concordancing for language teaching. I am using WordSmith Tools on the British National Corpus on my own computer. For information on this program or to download a demo version visit Mike Scott's Web.