Former EL Fellow returns to MMSU for English workshop series

By Wimbledon Bosque
Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), through the College of Arts and Sciences, welcomed back Prof. Matthew Gleason, former English Language (EL) Fellow of the university, as he officially kicked off his Special Workshop Series on ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ: ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ on January 29 at the Center for Flexible Learning.
The Department of Languages and Literature hosts the workshop series in partnership with the MMSU Language Center. The workshop series aims to provide English educators and language professionals, as well as undergraduate students, with research-informed, classroom-ready strategies responsive to contemporary trends in English education.
The opening session, Workshop 1: Public Speaking for Memory and Learning, marked the first installment of the three-part series designed to offer practical techniques, pedagogical insights, and renewed instructional inspiration.
During his visit, Prof. Gleason also paid a courtesy call to MMSU President Virgilio Julius Manzano Jr., and recalled his experiences and training gained through past internationalization and academic exchange initiatives.
Prof. Gleason previously served as an English Language Fellow at MMSU, where he contributed to language teaching, faculty development, and outreach programs in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School.
The workshop series will continue with two upcoming sessions, namely โ€œHappy Little Clouds: Using Art in the Language Classroomโ€ scheduled on February 9, and โ€œGame Design and Gamification in TESOLโ€ set on February 10, both of which will further explore innovative and learner-centered approaches to English language teaching.