Irene Brouwer Konyndyk, Assistant Professor
Phone: 616-526-6366
Fax: 616-526-8583
ikony@calvin.edu
Office: Hiemenga Hall 424
Office hours
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Educational background
- M.A. Michigan State University 1973
Additional information
Irene Brouwer Konyndyk's major area of teaching and scholarship is foreign language learning and learning disabilities. She is a specialist in this area and has spent the past 15 years researching and developing a pedagogical approach which helps all students be successful at second language learning. Her methodology, which can be used in any language and at any level of instruction, incorporates multisensory and structured teaching, has a large metacognitive component, and includes a number of other best practices.
A recognized expert, who has done presentations at state, national and international conferences, she is finishing a book called: Foreign Languages for Everyone: How I Learned to Teach Second Languages to Students with Learning Disabilities (Edenridge Press, Forthcoming, December, 2011: http://www.edenridgepress.com/forthcoming-books/ .) The book will serve as a much-needed resource for teachers at all levels who wonder how to meet the needs of struggling students in their world language classrooms.
She is also setting up a website (Forthcoming, December, 2011) www.foreignlanguagesforeveryone.com.
She is also available to do workshops (half day or full day) for schools and other organizations. Her workshops focus on: “Languages for Everyone: Meeting the Needs of Students with Learning Disabilities in a World Language Classroom.”
