Faculty & Staff - Agape English Language Institute for Internationals, USA

Dick Norwood

Dick Norwood began teaching at AGAPE in the Fall of 2002. He received his Masters Degree in Linguistics from the University of South Carolina (USC) in 1996. During his studies, he taught English 101 and 102 (Composition and Rhetoric and Composition and Literature) both for native and non-native speakers of English. Upon receipt of his degree, he began to teach full time for the English Programs for Internationals (EPI), an English language institute affiliated with USC. He has had experience teaching every level of English (from real beginners to graduate students already enrolled in the university) and in all of the skills. He has also helped coordinate special programs, such as the Japanese government's Mombukagaku-sho English training program for middle and high school teachers of English and a conversation partner program. In addition to these activities, Dick has conducted special tutorials for businessmen and women from various countries, such as Germany and Brazil, as well as TOEFL and GMAT preparation classes and private tutorials.

Within the academic community, Dick has enjoyed tutoring students in the Athletics Department at the University of South Carolina (international and American) in various subjects, including English. Dick's family (wife, Cindy, and fifteen-year-old twins, Emily and Jonathan) has had international students living in their home since 1996; students from Korea, Japan, Peru, and Brazil. This experience has been a rich and rewarding one for the entire family.