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biography

  • Eric Dwyer is a general practitioner with respect to sharing and discussing foreign language education techniques. He has presented in more than 20 countries regarding various issues. He conducts workshops, presentations and research with the following tenets in mind:

    Creativity of both student and teacher
    Art, music and physical movement promoting literacy
    Community-based construction of philosophies
    Students as a collective often smarter than teacher
    Reflection and revision
    Culture of student first and then the culture of target language
    Global perspective, but respect for home culture and first language
    Intrinsic motivation, exhilaration, dynamism, risk-taking
    Student-generated discovery and evaluation

research interests

  • TESOL/ Foreign Language Education
    Bilingualism
    Literacy
    Language Policy

selected scholarly works & creative activities

chaired theses and dissertations

full name

  • Eric Dwyer

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