UMBC Magazine has included in its more recent issue a wonderful article about Dr. Joan Kang Shin ’08. The article highlights Dr Shin’s important contribution to the professional development of EFL teachers in different parts of the world. Also, the piece gathers testimonies from teachers and students who praise Dr. Shin’s invaluable work and insights into the teaching of English.
More importantly, Dr. Shin acknowledges the work of the LLC program, Dr. Jodi Crandall, and various LLC students/graduates she is currently collaborating with.
We invite you to read this fabulous article about Dr. Shin (see link below).
Some information about Dr. Shin
Dr. Joan Kang Shin is currently an Education Professor of Practice and the director of the TESOL professional training programs at UMBC.
She has been awarded the 2013 Ben Warren International House Trust Prize for her book Teaching Young Learners English (National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning, 2013). Shin coauthored the book with JoAnn Crandall, Professor Emerita and former Director of the LLC.
Dr. Shin and Dr. Jodi Crandall are the series co-editors for Our World (National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning, 2013) Which has been nominated for the ELTon award, a prize for English-language teaching given annually by the British Council.
Shin and Crandall are also currently working on a companion series for pre-elementary students, Welcome to Our World.
