Yaw - The University of Winnipeg

Yaw Amoah-Gyampoh left Winnipeg in 2002 for an English teaching position in Nagoya, Japan, and a chance to explore a country and culture that had long interested him. Recently graduated from his Bachelor of Arts, this was Yaw’s first formal experience with teaching EAL.

After almost 2 years living in this Asian metropolis, Yaw returned to Winnipeg and began teaching part time with several EAL programs. However, after some time, he realized that he needed formal certification to proceed any further in this career.

Yaw enrolled in the ESL TCP in 2007, and after completing this program, found employment in the Intensive English Program at the University of Manitoba. Through IEP, Yaw returned to Japan to teach for a month, before returning to Winnipeg and accepting a position at the University of Winnipeg in the full-time English Language Program.

Since then, Yaw has been teaching a variety of EAL classes to students who plan on attending university in Winnipeg. He describes his current position as challenging and satisfying, stating that he enjoys the community developed among the students within the English Language Program. Although Yaw found work in the field of EAL instruction before he took the program, he states that “the ESL TCP was instrumental in securing employment options that otherwise would not have been available.”

Yaw has recently joined the English for Specific Purposes team in the English for Academic Speaking class, and is thoroughly enjoying the experience. In addition to his work with international students, he is currently the head teacher for the English for Specific Purposes Program, teaching English to internationally educated professionals.

For more information on the ESP Program at the University of Winnipeg, please visit the following website: esp.uwinnipeg.ca

for more information about the English Language Program at The University of Winnipeg, please visit: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/elp-programs.