Summary
Christopher Hastings has spent the past decade teaching ESL and EFL, as well as training English teachers in the United States and internationally. He is currently a Senior English Language Fellow at South China Normal University in Guangzhou, China. He worked in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as a Technical English Language Instructor while completing his dissertation, “Attitudes & Acculturation: A Qualitative Case Study of EFL Teachers in Saudi Arabia.”   In addition to teaching EFL in Colombia, Brazil, and South Korea, he worked in Iraq with US Department of State and the Iraqi Ministry of Education as an English Language Specialist training K-12 English teachers. Outside of the classroom, Chris served as the Educational Programs Coordinator for Manos de Cristo, an immigrant service provider in Austin, Texas, and also led service projects in Panama and Brazil for Alacridad, a nonprofit organization that provided basic computing resources and training to emerging Latin American NGOs.     Currently, his main research interests include Second Language Motivation, Storytelling in the Language Classroom, and Food and Cultural Identity.    Teaching - University Courses taught: English Composition English Composition and Analysis Practical English Grammar Methods and Techniques in ESL ESL/EFL Courses taught: High Intermediate and Advanced Writing and Grammar Advanced Oral Communication English For Academic Purposes: Grammar, Listening, and Speaking; Reading and Writing English for Communication, Culture, and Careers TOEFL Preparation