Hello. I’m Joe McVeigh, a consultant, teacher trainer, and author in the field of English language teaching. Much of my career has been spent in intensive English language programs. All together I’ve got over forty years of experience with second language speakers from more than 45 countries. I’ve worked as a consultant and trainer for organizations as large as General Electric and as small as local non-profits. I’ve designed curricula, trained trainers, taught courses and administered intensive English language programs at the University of Southern California, California State University at Los Angeles, the California Institute of Technology, Saint Michael’s College, and Middlebury College. I’ve lived and worked overseas in China, India, Hungary, Chile, Saudi Arabia, and the UK.
I’ve conducted program reviews or done accreditation consulting for intensive English programs in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Conncecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Washington, and Saudi Arabia. I’m a co-author and presenter of a NAFSA professional development workshop on Strategic Planning and Teambuilding for IEPs and I’ve served as facilitator of the strategic planning process of the board of EnglishUSA (formerly the American Association of Intensive English Programs) on multiple occasions. I’m a former two-term member of the Board of Directors of the TESOL International Association and a past chair of TESOL’s Intensive English Programs Interest Section. I work part-time as a Site Visit Representative for CEA—the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation. I coordinate the work of volunteer peer reviewers in the analysis of self-study reports and verification activities of on-site visits. I’ve traveled to more than seventy programs, coordinating these visits and editing the reports that go back to CEA.
My co-authored books include Tips for Teaching Culture: Practical Approaches to Intercultural Communication from Pearson and two books in the Q: Skills for Success series from Oxford University Press. I’ve also edited ESL textbooks for McGraw-Hill, Cambridge University Press, and Kaplan Education, and served as academic content advisor to one of the world’s largest online English language providers, GlobalEnglish.com.
I live in the lovely college town of Middlebury, Vermont in the northeastern United States, but I get out a lot and speak at national and international conferences on a wide variety of topics including: methods and techniques for teaching reading, speaking, and listening comprehension; pronunciation & accent reduction; intercultural communication and diversity; language training program administration; technology in language teaching; active learning activities; achieving student satisfaction; selecting effective language training materials; strategic planning and team-building for language programs; effective language teacher hiring practices; and spirituality and reflection in language teacher training programs. I also have experience in teacher training and love to hear from former students who have taught in the U.S., China, Hungary, India, Austria, Ecuador, and Chile. From time to time I give webinars or serve as an English Language Specialist for the Office of English Language Programs at the U.S. Department of State. So far they have sent me to give professional development workshops and conference talks in Oman, Bahrain, the U.A.E., Spain, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
I’ve hold a B.A. in English and American Literature from Brown University in Providence, RI and an M.A. in TESOL from Biola University in La Mirada, CA.
If you’d like to know more, you can download a complete curriculum vitae.
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You can also follow me on Twitter and read my occasional postings on the Oxford University Press ELT Global Blog. Many of the slides from my conference presentations are also available on Slideshare.