Renata Phelps

  • Associate Teaching Professor, English Language Services
  • IEP Coordinator

Education

Magister (M.A. equivalent), English Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna艅, Poland
B.A., Board of Governors Program (English Minor) Northeastern Illinois University
Licentiate, English Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna艅, 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 Illinois Institute of Technology

August 2014 - December 2017, Adjunct Instructor, English Language Services at Illinois Institute of Technology 

2010-2014, Instructor, Center for English as a Second Language, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL