RONALD SCHWARTZ
M.A. - West Chester State University (1977)
Lecturer
Office: ACIV Building, Office 415
Phone: 410-455-2379
Email: rschwart@umbc.edu
 
Biography
Lecturer in ESOL/Bilingual Education and Spanish, and co-Director of the ESOL/ Bilingual M.A. Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). At UMBC, his responsibilities include: teaching in the ESOL/Bilingual M.A. program (Methods of Teaching ESOL Reading, Intercultural and Crosscultural Communication, Project Seminar in ESOL/ Bilingual); student teacher supervision; international and local internship placement and supervision; and program and grant administration.

Mr. Schwartz has extensive experience in ESOL (ESL/EFL) and bilingual education, cross-cultural training and in teacher-training: both in the U.S. and abroad. His areas of interest include program evaluation, developing and testing language proficiency, cross-cultural communication, English for Specific Purposes, and ESL/EFL methodology. Mr. Schwartz overseas experience includes: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Deputy Director of an ESP program); Tunis,Tunisia, (Coordinator of language training for a Peace Corps vocational education training program); Puerto Rico (EFL public school teacher) and (Coordinator of Spanish language training for the Peace Corps' Latin American training center); Huaraz, Peru (Fulbright/Hayes Secondary EFL teacher and teacher trainer); and Seoul, Korea (Peace Corps Staff EFL advisor).

He has developed, worked in and evaluated training programs specifically designed to prepare second and foreign language teachers and other professionals in Puerto Rico, Korea, Tunisia, Thailand, Mexico, and Ecuador. Most recently he evaluated the Baltimore City Public Schools Non-traditional Foreign Language Program for Chinese and Japanese; the EFL Preparatory School Program at the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma De Peubla, Puebla, Mexico; and the USIA English Teaching Fellows program for the School for International Training. He has served as a consultant for ESL, EFL and cross-culture training programs at the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma DePuebla, Puebla, Mexico (Academy of Educational Development); and the International Health Services Division, Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is presently working on developing an EFL teacher certification program with the Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano, Guayaquil, Ecuador. He has served as an USIS academic specialist in Mexico and Ecuador, and as program evaluator for USIS and Peace Corps programs in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romainia, and Hungary.

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