Welcome a New Member to the English Language Support (ELS) Team.

As Spring semester 2016 gets started, there is a new member to our English Language Support (ELS) team.  Matthew Finlayson is a passionate English Language Instructor who has been teaching for the last 12 years.  He has a wide range of international experience, including 8 years of teaching in Korea, 2 years in Japan, as well as teaching in VIU's English Language Center for the last 2 years.  He is extremely excited to be joining the ELS team because he is particularly passionate about helping students reach their academic and life goals.  Matthew specializes in student motivation, study organization, writing, reading, and media English, but he also willingly takes on any new challenges because "tackling challenges forces us to grow".  If you are an international student who wants to improve any aspect of your English skill set, feel free to drop by Matthew's office in Building 255, Room 211 to say hello.  Good luck with the Spring semester: study hard, but more importantly, study smart.