Udambor Bumandalai

Educator/Teacher

M.A. in TESOL, Brigham Young University; B.A. in Linguistics with TESOL minor, Brigham Young University; Bachelor Degree in English—Russian Teaching and Translation, Oyu Foreign Language College. She has over ten years of EFL and ESL teaching experience in Mongolia and USA. Her research interests include ESL and EFL teacher training, developing listening and speaking skills, teaching culture, CALL, and issues related to NNESTs. She strives to develop herself professionally by actively serving and participating in TESOL and its affiliate Intermountain-TESOL. During her free time, she enjoys reading, jogging, and hiking.

Teaching and sharing what I know with others.

I believe great ideas must be shared in order to enlighten and inspire those around us. I actively use TED talks in my classrooms not only to teach language but to inspire my students for who they can be as active citizens of this world.