Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition
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Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition
Dr. James Asher (center) joins Dr. Shelley Thomas (left) and Berty Segal (right)
during a 2012 TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) conference.
Dr. Shelley Thomas (left) finishes a 3-year certification program
with Eric Jensen (right) on brain-based learning.
Blaine Ray (second from left on back row) was affectionately titled “the best golf player in the world”
by one of the many classes he taught at MTSU in the early stages of CALA. Blaine’s sense
of humor and ability to think on his feet always charmed everyone in his classes.
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Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition (CALA)
c/o Shelley Thomas
Middle Tennessee State University
Honors Box 267
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Shelley Thomas, Ph.D.
CALA Director
shelley.thomas@mtsu.edu
Brian Roberts, M.A.T.
CALA Associate Director
brian.roberts@mtsu.edu