About this event:

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Jairo Vailes Angulo from Costa Rica will be presenting the following lecture(s)

• The Role of Language as a Vehicle For Learning Culture and Defining Identity 03/05/2019 Jefferson State Community College, Pell City Campus, Rm 101, 10am
• Impact Of Banana Corporations In Costa Rican Communities 3/6/2019 Jefferson State Community College, Jefferson Campus, LW 300, 10am

Currently teaches as tenured professor for the Ministry of Public Education (MEP), the Universidad Nacional Campus Sarapiqui, and also teaches at a pre-university program at Humanistic High School. Receiving his B.A. degree in English Teaching with an Emphasis on Elementary Education at the University of Costa Rica; subsequently two master’s degrees from the National University of Costa Rica in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and in Second Languages and Cultures with an emphasis on English for Adult Learners. His publications are on effective learning methodologies and culture. He currently serves as a Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, IL.

To reserve a seat please contact Stacye Thompson, [email protected] Space is limited; please RSVP by March 1, 2019. This presentation is conducted through the Fulbright Scholar Program’s Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF). OLF enables Visiting Scholars to share their research interests, speak about their home country, and exchange ideas with U.S. students, faculty, and community organizations. Through these lectures, universities forge relationships with the Fulbright Scholar Program, Visiting Scholars, and the Visiting Scholar’s home and host institutions.