About Dr. Rod Ellis

Dr. Rod Ellis is Chair of the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education. A renowned linguist, Dr. Ellis received his Doctorate from the University of London and his Master of Education from the University of Bristol. A former professor at Temple University both in Japan and the US, Prof. Ellis has taught in numerous positions in England, Japan, the US, Zambia and New Zealand. Dr. Ellis, who is known as an expert in Second Language Acquisition, has served as the Director of the Institute of Language Teaching and Learning at the University of Auckland. Author of numerous student and teacher-training textbooks for Prentice Hall and Oxford University Press, Prof. Ellis's textbooks on Second Language Acquisition and Grammar are core textbooks in TESOL and Linguistics programs around the world.

7th Asian EFL Journal International Conference

On April 11th, 2009 Anaheim University TESOL faculty spoke at the 7th Asian EFL Journal International Conference in Busan, Korea.  Dr. David Nunan and Dr. Rod Ellis, who are Dean and Chair respectively of the Anaheim University Graduate School of Education, opened the day's events which featured over 40 speakers from such countries as the U.S., the UK., Australia, India, Pakistan, Japan, Jordan, the Philippines and Vietnam.  The conference, whose theme was "The Multiple Roles of the EFL Teacher" was chaired by the 2008 KOTESOL Chair Robert Dickey. The Asian EFL Journal now has readership of over 1.7 million unique readers every year, consisting of University academics, university students, or teachers involved in English as a second language.