Sarah Osborn

Biography

As an instructor in the English Department, I teach ESL Composition, Composition, and Linguistics courses. I also direct the TESOL certificate program and the UNO Language Lab, an academic and linguistic support service for UNO students. I serve on multiple committees, including the Masters of Art in Language Teaching graduate committee.

Teaching Interests

English as a Second Language Composition (ESL)Composition Linguistics Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Research Interests

Best Practices in English as a Second Language TeachingESL Reading and Writing Second Language Vocabulary AcquisitionIntercultural Communicative Competence

Service Summary

TESOL DirectorUNO Language Lab DirectorChina Coordinator

Education

BA, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, French, 2009

MA, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, Language Teaching, French, 2011

Other, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, TESOL, 2011

Ph D, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, Educational Studies, Language, Literacy, and Culture, 2015

Other, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, Mixed Methods Research Methodology, 2015

Professional Development

Community of Practice: Teaching, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), 08/01/2020 - 12/01/2024

Selected Publications

Osborn, Sarah, Seitzer, Melanie, Radosta, Kathryn. 2020. We’ve Got Our Noses in a Book: Implementing Extensive Reading in the ESL Composition Classroom, MIDTESOL Journal, 3.

Department, College, and University

First Year Writing Committee, Committee Member, 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018

GCC Implementation Committee, Committee Member, Determine best ways to support the partnership between UNO and GCC, and to work through the logistics of welcoming these cohorts of students at UNO, while providing adequate academic support., 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018

MALT Committee, Committee Member, 04/10/2019 - present

Graduate Program Committee, 09/01/2019 - 09/30/2019