Tom Carlson
- Senior Lecturer
- Languages
- Intensive English Program
- Centennial Hall 4812, Eau Claire | Directions
Tom studied Linguistics and History in Stuttgart, Germany, after graduating with a Linguistics and German honors B.A, from Augsburg College, in Minneapolis. After completing his M.A. in TESL from the U of Minnesota, Tom worked in Stuttgart for another 15 years as Director of Studies for a professional language school. Upon returning to the US in 2012, Tom began teaching in the Intensive English Program at UW - Eau Claire, and has since taught TEFL/TESOL courses in Second-Language Acquisition and ESL Assessment, as well as courses in Business English and Beginning German. Tom's specialties within the Intensive English Program include pronunciation and study skills.
Teaching Interests
- Pronunciation and language structure
- Learning Strategies and individual differences
- Language assessment
- English for Specific Purposes (Academic, business, etc.)
Research and Creative Activities
- Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
- Individual differences
- Motivation
- Language assessment
- Phonology
- Accents and dialects
- Language change
Education
- B.A. from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN in Linguistics and German
- Vordiplom in Linguistics from Universität Stuttgart, Germany
- M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Minnesota
Professional Memberships
- WITESOL (Wisconsin Teachers of English as a Second Language)
- MinneTESOL
- TESOL International
- IATEFL-BESIG