Amelia Onorato

Senior Lecturer

Education

• M.S., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, State University of New York at Albany
• M.A., French Education, State University of New York at Albany
• B.A., French and European History (double major), State University of New York at Albany

Teaching Experience

• Senior Lecturer, Center for English Language and Orientation Programs (CELOP), Boston University, 1994-present.
• Lecturer, College of Public and Community Service (CPCS) University of Massachusetts-Boston, 1995-Present.
• EFL Instructor
  ACHNA (Associacion cultural hispano-norteamericano), Madrid, Spain, 1990-1993.
• ESL Instructor
  International Center for the Capital Region, Albany, NY, 1987-1990.
• ESL Coordinator
  Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Program, Albany, NY 1984-1987.

Publications, Presentations, etc.

• "Women Leading through Reading: Learning through Discussion/Action Circles" presented at 2006 MCAE Conference.
• "Working with Immigrant and Refugee Students: The CIRCLE Program" presented at 2004 MATSOL and 2002 CIT conferences.
• "Access, Entry, Success for All: The CIRCLE Program" presented at 2001 ACE conference.
• "Tensions in Evaluating Writing from Non-native and Native Speakers" presented at 2001 CIT conference.
• "Assessing Oral Skills Development Through Student-made Videotapes" presented at 2000 MATSOL and TESOL conferences.
• "Getting the Most out of Short Video Clips" presented at 1997 MATSOL and TESOL conferences.
• "Everyone Learns with WE LEARN" published in CPCS Vision and Action newsletter 2006.
• "A Word of Encouragement for Tired ESL Teachers" published in MATSOL Currents 1997.

Experience Abroad

• Work in Spain and Argentina, study in France, visits with family in Italy, travel to England, Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Mexico and The Caribbean.

Languages

• Spanish, French and Italian

Related/Other Experience

• I am currently serving on the Board of Directors of WE LEARN (Women Expanding Literacy, Education, Resource, Action, Network). I am also a member of the following professional organizations: MCAE, MATSOL, and TESOL.
  
• Selected as "Outstanding Adult Education Teacher" by the Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education, 2005.
• Honored for excellence in teaching at UMass/Boston, 2005 and 2006.

Teaching/Research Interests

• Transitioning to college for adult learners and international students, academic writing, argument and rhetoric, technology in education.

Office room number: EOP 205

Phone: (617) 353-7839

E-mail: ameliaon@bu.edu