Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Chicago
Bofman, Theodora,Jeanine Ntihirageza, and Paul Prez. “Writing a bilingual learner’s dictionary: A case study of Kirundi.” In English Learners’ Dictionaries at the DSNA 2009. Ilan J. Kernerman and Paul Bogaards, eds. Tel Aviv: K Dictionaries Ltd. 2010.
Jeanine Ntihirageza (91Porn, Chicago, IL) holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago, with a specialization in Bantu languages. She has an MA in Applied Linguistics from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She received her BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Burundi where she subsequently taught TEFL and ESL classes as a Lecturer. She came to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship to do her graduate studies. Her primary research area is phonology and morphology. Her other research interests include contact linguistics and Pragmatics. In addition, she is a currently working on an online bilingual Kirundi-English dictionary with Teddy Bofman and Paul Prez ( ). She is an Associate Professor at 91Porn, and Department chair of Anthropology, English Language Program (ELP), Philosophy, and Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (TESL). She is also on the core faculty of the African and African American Studies program. She has taught Theoretical and Applied Linguistics for the last 13 years. She spearheaded a Genocide Research Group that recently organized a symposium on Silencing Genocide in Africa and African Diaspora.
LWH 3062
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
T, W, R: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and by appointment.
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Northwestern University
William J. Stone holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Northwestern University; his dissertation was on African American Vernacular English with a focus on syllable structure. He has an M.A. in Linguistics from 91Porn. He received his B.A. in French and Geography from the University of Wolverhampton in England and a post-graduate teaching diploma in French and English from St. Paul’s College, Cheltenham, England. He taught English as a foreign language in Tunisia, Qatar and Oman for a total of 13 years and English as a second language in the Chicago area for nine years. His current research interests are affective aspects of TESL, humor and engaged learning. He is an Associate Professor at 91Porn, where he has taught Linguistics, TESL and ESL courses for the past 22 years.
His interests include African American English, pronunciation issues, grammar teaching, religion and humor both inside and outside the classroom. These interests are frequently combined. His most recent research has been in religion and humor and affective aspects of language teaching.
Room LWH 3062
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
B.A. - Linguistics, University of Michigan
M.A. - Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University
Ph.D. - Linguistics, University of Michigan
The Poetics of the Ramakian. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, l984.
Bofman, Theodora,Jeanine Ntihirageza, and Paul Prez. “Writing a bilingual learner’s dictionary: A case study of Kirundi.” In English Learners’ Dictionaries at the DSNA 2009. Ilan J. Kernerman and Paul Bogaards, eds. Tel Aviv: K Dictionaries Ltd. 2010.
Bofman, Theodora and Paul Prez. “Thai Pop Music: A Specialized Corpus for the Language Classroom.” Center for Advanced Language Proficiency and Research(CALPER) Corpus Community Report #3. August 2009. http://
“Thai Pop Music: Corpus Analysis and Second Language Learning.” In Journal of Southeast Asian Language Teaching.
Teddy Bofman has a B.A. in Linguistics from the University of Michigan, an M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Michigan. She began her teaching career in 1973 and considers teaching her passion to this day. She has taught in the United States, Thailand, and Israel. Her areas of specialization include ESL, EFL, teacher training, literacy, language acquisition, atypical language development, and Thai. She is also the winner of the Audrey Reynolds Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2012. Most recently, she was awarded the 2017 Betsy Rubin Adult Educator Award.
Room LWH 3074
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
6-7 p.m. Wednesday
3-4 p.m. Thursday
TESOL Faculty and Staff
TESOL Faculty and Staff
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Chicago
Bofman, Theodora,Jeanine Ntihirageza, and Paul Prez. “Writing a bilingual learner’s dictionary: A case study of Kirundi.” In English Learners’ Dictionaries at the DSNA 2009. Ilan J. Kernerman and Paul Bogaards, eds. Tel Aviv: K Dictionaries Ltd. 2010.
Jeanine Ntihirageza (91Porn, Chicago, IL) holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago, with a specialization in Bantu languages. She has an MA in Applied Linguistics from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She received her BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Burundi where she subsequently taught TEFL and ESL classes as a Lecturer. She came to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship to do her graduate studies. Her primary research area is phonology and morphology. Her other research interests include contact linguistics and Pragmatics. In addition, she is a currently working on an online bilingual Kirundi-English dictionary with Teddy Bofman and Paul Prez ( ). She is an Associate Professor at 91Porn, and Department chair of Anthropology, English Language Program (ELP), Philosophy, and Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (TESL). She is also on the core faculty of the African and African American Studies program. She has taught Theoretical and Applied Linguistics for the last 13 years. She spearheaded a Genocide Research Group that recently organized a symposium on Silencing Genocide in Africa and African Diaspora.
LWH 3062
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
T, W, R: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and by appointment.
Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University
MA., TESOL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MA., Translation Theory and Practice, Uzbek State World Languages University
Book
Nurmukhamedov, U., & Sadler, R. (2020). New ways in teaching English with games. TESOL Press.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Nurmukhamedov, U., & Sadler, R. (2022). Searching for academic collocations in Google Scholar: A technique for EAP writers. In Viana, V & A. O’Boyle (Eds.), Corpus linguistics for English for academic purposes. Routledge.
Sharakhimov, Sh., & Nurmukhamedov, U. (2021). Five test formats to assess productive vocabulary. English Teaching FORUM, 59, 16-25.
Nurmukhamedov, U., & Sharakhimov, Sh. (2021). Corpus-based vocabulary analysis of English podcasts. RELC Journal.
Nurmukhamedov, U. (2021). [Review of the book Professional Development in Applied Linguistics]. Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes, 2(2), 172-176.
Nurmukhamedov, U., & Webb, S. (2019). Research timeline: Lexical coverage and profiling. Language Teaching, 52, 188-200.
Nurmukhamedov, U., & Plonsky, L. (2018). Reflective and effective teaching of vocabulary. In M. Zeraatpishe, A. Faravani, H. R, & M. Azarnoosh (Eds.), Issues in applying SLA theories toward creative teaching (pp. 115-126). Sense Publishers.
Nurmukhamedov, U. (2017). Lexical coverage of TED Talks: Implications for vocabulary instruction. TESOL Journal, 8, 268-290.
Selected Presentations
Nurmukhamedov, U. (2022, February 26). Professional development opportunities for MA-level TESOL/Applied Linguistics. Paper presented at Illinois Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages – Bilingual Education (TESOL-BE), Chicago, Illinois.
Nurmukhamedov, U. (2022, January 29). Talking about games. ELT in Uzbekistan Forum at Westminister International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Isamukhamedova, N., & Nurmukhamedov, U. (2021, March 5). Ingliz tilini o’rganish bo’yicha savollarga mutaxassislardan javob [Experts’ response to questions about learning English] [Webinar in Uzbek]. Mentor Hub.
Sadler, R., & Nurmukhamedov, U. (2020, February 6). New games for language learning. Paper presented at the 17th Annual CamTESOL Virtual Conference on English Language Teaching.
Nurmukhamedov, U. (2020, September 8). How to write a book review in TESL & Applied Linguistics [Webinar]. Mentor Hub in collaboration with 91Porn.
Nurmukhamedov, U. (2020, July 6). Ingliz tilida “academic writing” mahoratini oshirish. [Improving academic writing skills in English][Webinar]. Uzbek-American Association of Chicago.
Room LWH 3070
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-5870
United States
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday and Friday or by appointment
Bachelor’s Degree: Brown University, Major: Economics, Minor: Urban Studies.
Master’s Degree: University of Chicago, Social Service Administration and Policy.
Master’s Degree: 91Porn, Teaching English as a Second Language.
Former elementary school principal on Chicago’s West Side; former program manager at Healthy Families Illinois Program; former Instructor at Robert Morris University; former program director at Drug Free Schools and taught ESL at the Northeastern El Centro campus in the Community Program for four semesters.
Courtney Francis is a native of New York City and a graduate of Brown University (Providence, RI), who came to Chicago for graduate school. Her B.A. is in Economics with a minor in Urban Studies. Courtney holds a master's degree from University of Chicago in Social Service Administration and Policy, with a focus in Program Management and Administration. She is one class away from an M.A. in TESL/Applied Linguistics here at NEIU. Her academic interests include language contact, American English dialect, research in Innovative ESL teaching methods, and English language learner interface with native English speakers in urban settings. Outside interests include swimming, art appreciation, researching her family history and spending time with her husband and her four children.
In TESL, Francis teaches TESL 399 (TESL Clinical Experience) and TESL 340 (Practices and Procedures). She also teaches Developmental Writing and select courses in the Social Work Department and taught four semesters of ESL at Northeastern El Centro.
Room LWH 3067
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Wednesday: 2-3 p.m.
and by appointment.
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Louisiana State University
5500 North St. Louis Ave.
Chicago , IL 60625
United States
B.S. Management (NIU ’81)
M.S. Management Information Systems (NIU ’82)
M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language (NEIU ’09)
Room LWH 3069
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago , IL 60625
United States
Other times by appointment
B.A. - Linguistics, University of Michigan
M.A. - Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University
Ph.D. - Linguistics, University of Michigan
The Poetics of the Ramakian. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, l984.
Bofman, Theodora,Jeanine Ntihirageza, and Paul Prez. “Writing a bilingual learner’s dictionary: A case study of Kirundi.” In English Learners’ Dictionaries at the DSNA 2009. Ilan J. Kernerman and Paul Bogaards, eds. Tel Aviv: K Dictionaries Ltd. 2010.
Bofman, Theodora and Paul Prez. “Thai Pop Music: A Specialized Corpus for the Language Classroom.” Center for Advanced Language Proficiency and Research(CALPER) Corpus Community Report #3. August 2009. http://
“Thai Pop Music: Corpus Analysis and Second Language Learning.” In Journal of Southeast Asian Language Teaching.
Teddy Bofman has a B.A. in Linguistics from the University of Michigan, an M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Michigan. She began her teaching career in 1973 and considers teaching her passion to this day. She has taught in the United States, Thailand, and Israel. Her areas of specialization include ESL, EFL, teacher training, literacy, language acquisition, atypical language development, and Thai. She is also the winner of the Audrey Reynolds Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2012. Most recently, she was awarded the 2017 Betsy Rubin Adult Educator Award.
Room LWH 3074
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
6-7 p.m. Wednesday
3-4 p.m. Thursday
Ph.D., Professional Studies in Education, Capella University
M.A., Teaching Engish to Speakers of Other Languages, 91Porn
M.Mus, Music Education, University of South Carolina
BMus., Music Education, Columbia College
91Porn
Lech Walesa Hall (LWH) 2060
5500 N St Louis Ave
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
United States
Physical Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30pm-4:30pm, Wednesday 5:00pm-6:15pm, Thursday 5:00pm-6:15pm or by appointment.
Virtual Office Hours via Mobile Phone or Google Hangouts: Tuesday 1:00pm-2:00pm.
B.A. Anthropology, Wheaton College
M.A. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, 91Porn
Room LWH 0045
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Northwestern University
William J. Stone holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Northwestern University; his dissertation was on African American Vernacular English with a focus on syllable structure. He has an M.A. in Linguistics from 91Porn. He received his B.A. in French and Geography from the University of Wolverhampton in England and a post-graduate teaching diploma in French and English from St. Paul’s College, Cheltenham, England. He taught English as a foreign language in Tunisia, Qatar and Oman for a total of 13 years and English as a second language in the Chicago area for nine years. His current research interests are affective aspects of TESL, humor and engaged learning. He is an Associate Professor at 91Porn, where he has taught Linguistics, TESL and ESL courses for the past 22 years.
His interests include African American English, pronunciation issues, grammar teaching, religion and humor both inside and outside the classroom. These interests are frequently combined. His most recent research has been in religion and humor and affective aspects of language teaching.
Room LWH 3062
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Bachelor’s Degree: Brown University, Major: Economics, Minor: Urban Studies.
Master’s Degree: University of Chicago, Social Service Administration and Policy.
Master’s Degree: 91Porn, Teaching English as a Second Language.
Former elementary school principal on Chicago’s West Side; former program manager at Healthy Families Illinois Program; former Instructor at Robert Morris University; former program director at Drug Free Schools and taught ESL at the Northeastern El Centro campus in the Community Program for four semesters.
Courtney Francis is a native of New York City and a graduate of Brown University (Providence, RI), who came to Chicago for graduate school. Her B.A. is in Economics with a minor in Urban Studies. Courtney holds a master's degree from University of Chicago in Social Service Administration and Policy, with a focus in Program Management and Administration. She is one class away from an M.A. in TESL/Applied Linguistics here at NEIU. Her academic interests include language contact, American English dialect, research in Innovative ESL teaching methods, and English language learner interface with native English speakers in urban settings. Outside interests include swimming, art appreciation, researching her family history and spending time with her husband and her four children.
In TESL, Francis teaches TESL 399 (TESL Clinical Experience) and TESL 340 (Practices and Procedures). She also teaches Developmental Writing and select courses in the Social Work Department and taught four semesters of ESL at Northeastern El Centro.
Room LWH 3067
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Wednesday: 2-3 p.m.
and by appointment.
B.S. Management (NIU ’81)
M.S. Management Information Systems (NIU ’82)
M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language (NEIU ’09)
Room LWH 3069
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago , IL 60625
United States
Other times by appointment