Teaching Experience

University of Utah, Department of Linguistics (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Graduate Courses:

  • Ling. 6000, Graduate Survey of Linguistics
  • Ling. 5233, Pedagogical Structure of English
  • ESL 6000, Writing for Publication for Non-Native Speakers of English

Undergraduate Courses:

  • Ling. 3510, Grammar and Stylistics

 

DePaul University, Department of Communication (Chicago, Illinios)

Undergraduate courses:

  • CMN 202, Introduction to Linguistics
    Phonetics, morphology, and syntax with an emphasis on observing the varieties of language used by speakers from different regional and social communities

 

Northwestern University, Linguistics Department (Evanston, Illinois)

Undergraduate courses:

  • Ling. B02, Introduction to the Study of Words.
    Interpretations of the mental lexicon through the interplay of morphology, etymology, semantics, and psycholinguistics. For adult students in the University College.
  • Ling. B06, Syntax and Meaning in Human Language.
    Syntax, morphology, and semantics, with an emphasis on producing formal linguistic argumentation.
  • Ling. B09, Language and Society.
    Introductory sociolinguistics: dialect variation, Black English, language and gender, language in advertising.

Graduate courses for international students:

  • Ling. C80, Spoken English for Non-Native Speakers.
  • Ling. C81, Written English for Non-Native Speakers.

 

Roosevelt University, English Language Program (Chicago, Illinois)

Undergraduate courses:

  • ELP 93, Writing-Level III.
    Expository writing and research skills.

Graduate Courses:

  • ELP 111, Composition for Foreign Students.
    Writing and revising essays, and developing research skills.

 

University of Science and Technology, Foreign Language Dept. (Hefei, Anhui, PRC)

Undergraduate courses for seniors in the English and Science Program:

  • Syntax
  • Extensive Reading
  • Composition
  • Sociolinguistics Graduate courses for students in the Masters in Linguistics program:
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Semantics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Stylistics
  • Advanced Reading and Writing.

 

University of Illinois at Chicago, English Department (Chicago, Illinois)

Undergraduate courses:

  • Composition 100, Basic writing and study skills.
  • Composition 101, Expository writing.
  • Composition 102, Research papers and library techniques.Graduate courses for international students:
  • ESL 401, Teaching Methods for International TAs.
    Training new TAs to teach in an American university: spoken proficiency in English; practice in leading study sessions and lab sessions, presenting visual information in the classroom, and responding to questions by native speakers.