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I grew up in Bitburg (Eifel), which is located near the western border of Germany with Luxemburg. There I attended the St.Willibrord Gymnasium and later studied English Language and Literature, History, and Education at the Universität Trier and the Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, where I completed a Master's Degree in English Linguistics, with minors in English Literature and Medieval/Modern History (see links to my resume). Studies in the U.S. took me to the University of Missouri, where I received a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction (English Education). Having taught English for Business and Economics for a few years, I was fascinated by the subject matter and felt that I really needed to know more about the concepts of business in order to teach it well, so I began an MBA program at the University of Colorado at Boulder and completed my MBA at the University of Vermont, when my husband and I relocated to the beautiful Green Mountain State of Vermont in 1986. I have been an ESL instructor since 1977, both in Germany and in the U.S. At Saint Michael's College, I have been teaching in the Intensive English Program and the Academic English Program (bridge) since 1986, and in the MATESL Program since 1994. I have also co-directed and directed the Intensive English Program and been involved in curriculum planning and administration in various capacities. Before joining the faculty at Saint Michael's College, I taught at the Economics Institute in Boulder, Colorado (1979-1986), the Bridge International School in Denver (1979), and ELS (English Language Services) in Denver (1978, 4 months). In addition to my educational (M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction) and linguistic expertise (M.A. in English Linguistics), I teach business (MBA in Business Administration) and Business English courses at Saint Michael's College, and have done strategic planning, management information systems, budgeting, and new program development for the Applied Linguistics Department at St. Michael's. In my professional work I have become heavily involved in online learning and teaching and the research on these topics I designed and authored the first online/pure distance course at Saint Michael's College--Computer-Assisted Language Learning, which is part of the graduate teacher training (MATESL) program at Saint Michael's College and has students enrolled from all over the world, mostly Saint Michael's College students and alumni who are teaching/working in their home countries. Since then I have co-founded and led the development of the annual Electronic Village Online sessions of the CALL Interest Section of TESOL and also taught online courses for TESOL. I have presented my research and practical experience at international TESOL Conventions and other national and international conferences, in particular on technology (CALL and online learning/teaching), business writing, and the cultural implications of writing (see the links to Online Teaching / Authoring and Professional Presentations. On a personal level, I am married to Dr. Reza Ramazani, professor of economics at Saint Michael's College and native of Iran. We met in Boulder, Colorado, in 1980, as colleagues at the Economics Institute, and got married in 1985. We have a daughter, Susi (19), who is bilingual in English and German (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). As a family we enjoy traveling, hiking, tennis, canoeing/kayaking, and cross-country skiing as well as hosting relatives and friends from many countries (see pictures of our family, house, and vacations in Christine's Family Photo Album. |
Impressions of the Eifel/Mosel area
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