Renata Phelps

  • Associate Teaching Professor, English Language Services
  • IEP Coordinator

Education

Magister (M.A. equivalent), English Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
B.A., Board of Governors Program (English Minor) Northeastern Ïã½¶´«Ã½ University
Licentiate, English Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

  • TESOL International Association
  • ITBE
  • EnglishUSA

Professional Activities

Presenter:

  • "Teaching Combined-Level Courses: An Exercise in Compromise"
    • TESOL International Convention, virtual conference, March 2021
    • TESOL Italy, online symposium, September 2020
    • ITBE Conference, Chicago, February 2020
  • "On the Record: Maximizing Speaking Practice and Assessment with Voice Recording Apps", ITBE Conference, Chicago, February 2019
  • "Making the 'Too Difficult' Achievable", ITBE Conference, Chicago, February 2017
  • "And the Best Way to Teach Grammar Is...", ITBE Fall Workshop, Chicago, October 2015
  • "Numbers in Context", ITBE Spring Workshop, Chicago, April 2015
  • "Grammar: the Love-Hate Relationship with Rules", ITBE Conference, Chicago, February 2015

Additional Info

Experience

January 2018 - present, Instructor / Intensive English Program Coordinator, English Language Services at Ïã½¶´«Ã½ Institute of Technology

August 2014 - December 2017, Adjunct Instructor, English Language Services at Ïã½¶´«Ã½ Institute of Technology 

2010-2014, Instructor, Center for English as a Second Language, Southern Ïã½¶´«Ã½ University, Carbondale, IL