Applied Linguistics and Teacher Training

 

 

2017-Present

Grand Valley State University, English Department

Assistant Professor

Undergraduate courses:

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• ENG 365  Teaching ESL

• ENG 355  Teaching English Learners, PK-6

• ENG 363  Applied Linguistics

• ENG 261  Foundations of Language Study

• ENG 364  Sociolinguistics

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Graduate courses:

• ENG 665  Second Language Acquisition 

• ENG 667  Introduction to Applied Linguistics Research 

• ENG 670  World Englishes 

• ENG 667 Teaching Practicum 

• ENG 660  Principles of Educational Linguistics

• ENG 664  Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching

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2014

Northern Arizona University, English Department 

Graduate Teaching Assistant 

• ENG 308  Introduction to Linguistics 

 

 

2008-2009

U.S. Department of State (organized by Georgetown University)  

English Language Fellow        

             

  University of Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile:  

• Methods in English Language Teaching    

                                                                                                                                          

  Chilean North American Institute (Binational Center), Valparaíso, Chile:  

• In-service teacher training: Conducted workshops on assessment, L2 teaching methodology, task-based materials design, L2 learner motivation, corrective feedback strategies, vocabulary teaching strategies, project-based curriculum design, and strategies for focusing on form within communicative language teaching

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2007 (Summer)

University of Hawai’i (Department of Second Language Studies) & Ubon Rajathanee University, Northeastern Thailand

Program developer, Guest lecturer

 

• Designed and implemented an intensive English program for Thai university students

 

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                              English as a Second / Foreign Language

   

2016 (Summer)

Mahidol University International College, Preparation Center for Languages and Mathematics, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Visiting Lecturer

 

• Writing Enrichment (EAP)

• Integrated Skills  

• Academic Reading

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2014 (Summer) & 2015 (Summer)

Program of Intensive English, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Graduate Teaching Assistant 

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• Academic Writing (level 5 of 6)

 

 

2009-2012

University of Montana/ Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Lecturer

                      

• English for Academic Purposes  

• Advanced TOEFL Preparation

 

2005-2008

University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i English Language Program, Honolulu, HI

Graduate Teaching Assistant (ESL Instructor) 

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• Content-based ESL courses for adult learners across proficiency levels. 

• How Second Languages are Learned (EAP) 

 

2002-2005

Assumption University, Department of English, Bangkok, Thailand

EFL Lecturer         

  

• English for Academic Purposes (writing focus)

                                           

                                          English Composition

 

 

2012-2013 & 2015-2016

Northern Arizona University, English Department, Flagstaff, AZ

Graduate Teaching Assistant 

 

• ENG 105: Critical Reading and Writing in the Academic Community

• ENG 205: The Academic Writer’s Workshop

• ENG 100 for the University Writing Center