English Language Institute at The University of Chicago

English Language Institute at The University of Chicago Welcome to the English Language Institute (ELI) at UChicago. We are working to meet the English language and enculturation needs of international students.

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️Meet Selorm, ESL/EAL Programming Assistant. We asked Selorm what he was looking forward to this...
08/21/2026

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️

Meet Selorm, ESL/EAL Programming Assistant. We asked Selorm what he was looking forward to this summer:
"Hi everyone! I'm Selorm, an undergraduate at UChicago and I'm excited to be returning as an ESL/EAL Programming Assistant for AEPP! I'm super excited for another great year of Friday Board Games, and I'm looking forward to all the fun with all the students who join us! I'm also excited for all the fun adventures we'll have each weekend throughout Chicago and the connections we'll get to make! Shoutout to the incoming PSD Chemistry students! Enjoy this picture of me and benzene!"

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️Meet Yuyang, ESL/EAL Programming Assistant:"Hi everyone! My name is Yuyang (she/her). I am one ...
08/19/2026

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️

Meet Yuyang, ESL/EAL Programming Assistant:
"Hi everyone! My name is Yuyang (she/her). I am one of the Programming Assistants for AEPP. I look forward to meeting everyone, getting to know you, and exploring Chicago together. I hope to help make your AEPP experience fun and enjoyable!"

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️Meet Victor, ESL/EAL Programming Assistant. We asked Victor what he's looking forward to this s...
08/17/2026

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️

Meet Victor, ESL/EAL Programming Assistant. We asked Victor what he's looking forward to this summer:

"I am looking forward to continuing to enjoy the outside with this very nice hot weather, visiting more farmers markets around Chicago and hopefully biking all the way to Indiana Dunes National Park before summer is over. I am also looking forward to meeting this year's AEPP students so that we can discover the city together!"

08/14/2026

Happy Friday! Here’s another clip for the most recent episode of the ELI Podcast, hosted by Déja Motley! Interested in how music education and English language teaching relate? Check out the clip and listen to the full episode on our website!

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️Meet Shane, AEPP Instructor:"Shane Dunkle’s responsibilities include classroom instruction, coo...
08/14/2026

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️

Meet Shane, AEPP Instructor:

"Shane Dunkle’s responsibilities include classroom instruction, coordinating the ELI speaking courses, individualized instruction, and ELI course and curriculum programming. Shane has been teaching English since 2001 and has spent half of his career in Japan and the other half in Chicago. He has taught all age groups from preschool to senior citizens and has participated in program development and teacher training for various institutions along with curriculum design in all 4 skill areas. He holds a master’s degree in applied linguistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BA in English Literature and Film from UIUC. He likes to watch movies, play board games, and talk about the World’s Columbian Exposition in his off time."

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️Meet Paul, AEPP Instructor:"Paul Quaintance’s passion for communication, language, and linguist...
08/12/2026

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️

Meet Paul, AEPP Instructor:

"Paul Quaintance’s passion for communication, language, and linguistics led him to teaching, and in 2009 he received an MA in linguistics from Northeastern Illinois University. As a graduate assistant there, he specialized in academic writing instruction. Before joining the staff at UChicago’s English Language Institute (ELI), Paul taught English as an additional language at a number of universities and colleges in the Chicago area. He holds a BA in theatre arts from New Mexico State University and has worked professionally on stage and on camera. His deep roots in the arts inform his language pedagogy: he encourages linguistic risk-taking (LRT) in his course Mastering English through Improv and develops speaker intelligibility by sharing a vowel-centric approach to controlling rhythm and stress. He got into teaching seeking an intercultural experience abroad but ended up finding it right here in Hyde Park."

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️Meet Déja, AEPP Instructor:"Déja embarked on her ESL teaching journey in Japan in 2001, where h...
08/10/2026

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️

Meet Déja, AEPP Instructor:

"Déja embarked on her ESL teaching journey in Japan in 2001, where her love for travel and language instruction began. Following nine fulfilling years as an ESL instructor and professor in South Korea, Déja returned to Chicago. There, she transitioned into roles at esteemed institutions such as the University of Toronto in Canada and Portland State University, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Déja holds a master’s degree in international relations, along with multiple ESL certifications. Her recent aspirations include leveraging her global teaching experience to benefit the University of Chicago’s ELI Department, strengthening her connection to her hometown as a fourth-generation Chicagoan. Déja’s interests include travel, urban gardening, a deep love for all things 80s, and a passion for horror films, all stemming from her Halloween birthday."

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️Meet Josh, AEPP Instructor. We asked him what he is most looking forward to this summer:"As muc...
08/07/2026

☀️Meet the AEPP Staff! ☀️

Meet Josh, AEPP Instructor. We asked him what he is most looking forward to this summer:
"As much as I love the long, warm days and all of the music festivals that Chicago has to offer in the summer, I look forward to getting out of the city and going on long road trips with my dogs, Hamp and Roche! Here we are enjoying dinner at one of our favorite farm-to-table breweries in the Adirondack Mountains.”

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