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    Leah Adler

    Leah Adler, MA

    Associate Lecturer

    Leah teaches english for higher education to business and computing students. She has extensive experience teaching in a wide variety of educational environments including a non-profit community-based literacy council, writing centres, private and public ESL schools, and universities.

    As an undergraduate, Leah was awarded a number of academic honours, including the Pro-College Research Grant for history (2002) and the Pierre Guiet Prize in English (2003). Leah earned her ESL Teaching Certificate and Master of Arts degree in Applied English Linguistics (magna cum laude) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

    Her areas of academic interest are: second language acquisition, social organisations and the study of language, variations in world Englishes, discourse analysis with an emphasis on classroom discourse and the intersection of language, ethnicity, and education.

    Education

    University of Wisconsin, US — Master's Degree

    Ripon College, US — Bachelor's Degree


    University of Wisconsin, US — ESL/EFL Teaching Certificate

    Professional Activities

    2016 - present — Prague City University, Associate Lecturer
     
    2015 - present — CEA Study Abroad, Interim Academic Director 
     
    2010 - 2015 — Prague City University, Principal Lecturer & Academic Advisor

    Research & Practice

    Selected Awards:
    2006: Magna Cum Laude, University of Wisconsin
    2000-2003: Dean's List, Ripon College
    1999-2003: Dean's Scholarship, Ripon College
    2003: Magna Cum Laude, Ripon College
    2003: Winner of
    2003: Department Honours, History; English
    2002: Pro-College Research Grant, Ripon College