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Jin Kim Pennell

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Contact Information

3043 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-168
Urbana, IL 61801
Senior Lecturer, ESL Curriculum Coordinator

Biography

Jin Pennell is a Senior Lecturer and Curriculum Coordinator at Illinois ESL in the Department of Linguistics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She teaches courses on academic writing, business writing, and ITA/pronunciation courses for international students. She also oversees ESL writing curriculum development and provides instructor training and supervision. Before coming to UIUC, she taught English in public schools in her home country, South Korea.

Research Interests

English for Specific Purposes, Needs Analysis, Online Education, Instructional Design

Grants

LAS Student Success Innovation Grant, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2022-2024

Faculty Retreat Grant, Office of Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, 2015

Assessment in Action Grant Project (PI: Susan Avery), Association of College & Research Libraries, 2015

Courses Taught

  • ESL 111
  • ESL 112
  • ESL 115
  • ESL 110/510
  • ESL 508
  • ESL 511
  • ESL 512
  • ESL 521
  • ESL 522

Additional Campus Affiliations

Senior Lecturer, Linguistics

Recent Publications

Deeke, A., Feist, K., Kotnarowski, J., & Pennell, J. (2023). Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration Via Lesson Study. In D. Mueller (Ed.), Forging the Future: The Proceedings of the ACRL 2023 Conference (pp. 396-405). Association of College and Research Libraries. https://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2023/FosteringInterdisciplinaryCollaboration.pdf

Pennell, J. K. (2023). Academic Writing for English Language Learners. University of Illinois ELL Guides [eText]. In H5P

Pennell, J. K. (Ed.), Kotnarowski, J. E. (Ed.), Sadler, R. W. (Ed.), Huang, J. A., Young, J. A., Bowen, M. G., Carroll Curry, E. R., & Dunse, A. M. (2019). Academic Writing for English Language Learners. University of Illinois ELL Guides [eText]. https://illinoisesl.h5p.com/content/

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