Instructors
The instructors of
the English Language Programme, like all language instructors in the
Language and Communication Skills Programme, are native speakers. They
are university trained and are required to hold at least a Masters
degree in linguistics or language education and must have had a minimum
of five years experience in adult language education before they can
teach on a part-time basis or apply for a fulltime position.
 Patricia
Duffy
has been an instructor in the United Nations Language and
Communications Programme since 1985. She has also taught English as a
Second Language (ESL) at New York University and the City University of
New York. Her overseas teaching experience includes stints at Jiangsu
Television University and Suzhou University in the People's Republic of
China.
In addition to teaching, Ms Duffy is the creator of the instructional
website... read
more...
 Jodi
Nooyen
joined the United Nations Language and Communications Programme in
2001as an English instructor. Her English teaching career began in her
home state of Wisconsin, where she taught Hmong refugees in 1991, and,
since then, she has taught English and/or English teacher training
courses in Puerto Rico, Japan, Los Angeles, Venezuela and Ethiopia.
She has a special interest in teaching with technology. In addition to
writing several articles and making... read more...
 Mary
Regan
came to the United Nations Language and Communications Programme in
1998 as a part-time English teacher. She became a full-time instructor
in 2003.
Mary has been teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) since 1984.
Before returning “home” to New York, where she was
born,
Mary lived in Washington, D.C. for 13 years. She taught ESL at many
schools, including 10 years at Northern Virginia Community College. read more...
 Raymonde
Burke
has been a part-time instructor in the United Nations English Language
Programme, New York since 1991.
Born in Ireland, Raymonde globe trotted with her husband and children
for a number of years. Thus, she has had a very varied and
international teaching career. In the Middle East (Bahrain), she was an
Elementary school teacher for three years. When she and her family
moved to Switzerland, she taught ESL at the European Centre for... read more...
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