{"id":2626,"date":"2015-06-11T19:43:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canil.ca\/?post_type=u_member&p=2626"},"modified":"2022-04-25T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:59:37","slug":"michelle-petersen","status":"publish","type":"u_member","link":"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/u_member\/michelle-petersen\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Petersen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michelle Petersen (M.A. Language Development\/Scripture Engagement, <\/span>summa cum laude<\/span><\/i> B.A. French\/TESOL) has served with Wycliffe since 1989. She has worked in Literacy and Scripture Engagement across West and Central Africa and taught Linguistics and Scripture Engagement in Europe and North America. As a Literacy Specialist, she taught Sango people to teach and supervise Sango literacy classes in 116 Central African churches. As a Scripture Engagement Specialist, she worked with local pastors, musicians, scriptwriters, actors and 58 radio stations in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso creating and airing Scripture-infused dramas and songs. She is an SIL International Scripture Engagement Consultant. American Bible Society certified her as a Trauma Healing Training Facilitator. Michelle helped create the curriculum for the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics\u2019 M.A. in World Arts, and wrote parts of the textbooks <\/span>Worship and Mission for the Global Church <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Creating Local Arts Together<\/span><\/i>. She presented papers at conferences in North America and Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n

Michelle says, <\/span>\u201cI love working with CanIL\u2019s motivated, gifted students. It\u2019s my privilege to be a small part of their lives. I love teaching Scripture Engagement because it\u2019s a big-picture course that helps students see the relevance of all their other courses to encourage a community\u2019s use of Scripture.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Interesting facts:<\/b> Michelle's field work has been in Burkina Faso, <\/span>Central African Republic, C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Languages spoken<\/strong>: French, Jula <\/span>of C\u00f4te d'Ivoire. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Education<\/h2>\n

2006. M.A., Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Texas.
\n1992. Literacy Specialist training, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas.
\n1988. B.A., University of Utah.<\/p>\n

Teaching Experience<\/h2>\n

Present - World Arts and Scripture Engagement Associate Instructor<\/strong> at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dallas, TX.<\/p>\n

2008-present. Scripture Engagement Summer Instructor<\/strong>, Canada Institute of Linguistics, BC.<\/p>\n

2002, 2004\u20132006. Scripture Engagement Summer Instructor, Oregon Summer Institute of Linguistics, Eugene, Oregon.<\/p>\n

2000 and 2003 (summers). FLTE (Facult\u00e9 libre de th\u00e9ologie \u00e9vang\u00e9lique,) Vaux-sur-Seine, France,taught SIL Phonetics course in French.<\/p>\n

1998. Literacy Methods course, co-taught with Vreni Hoeffer, CEFCA Theological Seminary, Abidjan, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n

1997 (summer). Cours d\u2019introduction \u00e0 la linguistique, T\u00eate de Ran, Switzerland, taught Literacy and Language and Culture Acquisition in French.<\/p>\n

1995-1996 (summer). Cours d\u2019introduction \u00e0 la linguistique, Lamorlaye, France, taught Sociolinguistics and Language and Culture Acquisition in French.<\/p>\n

1993-1996. Sango Literacy Teacher Training Workshops and Literacy Supervisor Workshop co-taught with Isaac Bele and Sango Writers\u2019 Workshop co-taught with Elke Karan, Bangui, Central African Republic.<\/p>\n

Teaches<\/h2>\n

LIN 575 Scripture Engagement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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