IELI Teachers

The IELI instructors are full-time, professional teachers. Every teacher has an M.A. or special certification in language teaching. Most teachers have more than ten years experience in teaching English as a Second Language. Many of them have taught at other schools. They have trained teachers and lectured about teaching English as a Second Language.

Every IELI teacher schedules two hours outside of class each week to meet with students who have questions or who would like additional help. The teachers are a very important part of the IELI program.

Represented Countries

IELI instructors have lived and taught in many countries around the world, including:

  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Burma
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Congo
  • Costa Rica
  • England
  • France
  • Greece
  • Indonesia
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Mongolia
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Taiwan
  • Turkey
  • UAE
  • Venezuela

Spoken Languages

IELI teachers and staff also speak many languages in addition to English.  Among the languages spoken are:

  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Farsi
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Malay
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog