E-Teacher Scholarship Program
Under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Office of English Language Programs offers five innovative, on-line, graduate level classes to English teaching professionals abroad through six different U.S. universities. The E-Teacher Scholarship Program explores five major areas of the academic specialty of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL):
- Teaching Critical Thinking ( PDF) – through the University of Oregon
- Assessment for EFL ( PDF) – through Indiana University
- Teaching English to Young Learners ( PDF) – through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- English for Business ( PDF) – through the University of South Carolina
- English for Law ( PDF) – through Nashville State Community College and the University of Memphis
The courses introduce the most recent English language teaching methods and techniques, offer the opportunity to engage in an innovative distance-learning program that employs the latest in modern technology, and provide direct access to U.S. experts with whom participants might not normally have the opportunity to interact. All participants must be nominated through U.S. embassies.
Candidates for the E-Teacher Scholarship Program should currently be citizens of and reside in one of the following countries:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cypus, DRC, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guinea, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, West Bank/Gaza or Yemen.
For more detailed information on course content, click on the course of your choice above to access a one-page Adobe PDF file.
Candidate Submission Information
Posts can submit one primary candidate for each of the courses with four alternates in rank order. Only U.S. embassies can submit nominations.