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Karen Stanley Division of Foreign Languages and Academic ESL Central Piedmont Community College PO Box 35009 Charlotte, NC 28235-5009 USA (704) 330-6604 (office) karen.stanley@cpcc.edu
karenstanleyma@yahoo.com
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Central Piedmont Community College, English and Foreign Language Department, Charlotte, NC Instructor, Academic ESL. In that program, have taught all levels of listening-speaking, grammar, composition, and reading; special topics courses such as multiskill workshop (integrated skills), TOEFL preparation, and pronunciation. Develop and implement new courses (includes writing course proposals); revise course syllabi; evaluate textbooks, tapes, software. Restructured courses and wrote syllabi for conversion from the quarter to the semester system (1996-97). Revised entire curriculum (1990); revised and helped establish degree/transfer elective credit for highest level of the program (1993 & 2003). Served as instructor and assisted the Program Chair (1993-1997). Served as instructor and Program Chair (1998-2000). Developed (1984) and later revised (1997) the departmental placement test, followed by chairing a committee to totally overhaul the placement test (2000) in keeping with changes in the program; evaluated the placement test results. In charge of Academic ESL Placement Testing (including developing alternative assessments for potentially misplaced students) Oct 2004-present. Have created videotapes as a lab supplement to classroom activities; integrate use of on-line technologies into course curricula, including use of email, Yahoogroups and Moodle (as an on-line supplement to face-to-face instruction) and development of materials for the Can8 server system. Have provided individualized instruction in the language lab. Have assisted in grant writing, and have written standardized tests for computer test-taking. Do extensive materials development, including materials for open/tutorial multimedia language lab. Academic faculty advisor for ESL students; have advised up to 150 students or prospective students per term. Coordinate and mentor volunteers and interns interested in the Academic ESL Program. Have interviewed, selected, oriented and evaluated part-time faculty. Serve as liaison to Advising for Academic ESL. Organize professional development activities for part-time and full-time faculty. Coordinate the application process for and subsequently mentor volunteers in the Academic ESL Program. Worked with a graphic artist to produce an award-winning ESL brochure. Have served on the College Senate Parttime Welfare Committee, Developmental Education Steering Committee and all four subcommittees; a committee to investigate the needs of Generation 1.5 students; another to coordinate academic and adult ed ESL; the Innovation Grant committee; the Professional Development Committee; the Campus Diversity Committee (chaired the Academic Resources Subcommittee); the Advisory Committee for participation in Student Action with Farmworkers; a committee to develop a Language Learning Center and one to establish departmental policy and procedures concerning language testing. Serve on search committees to fill full-time faculty positions. Have worked to develop courses/materials/resources with the International Business Center and Corporate and Continuing Education. Building captain for third floor of Central High. Have received 7 Teaching Excellence awards. July 1984 to present. Omeida College, Yangshuo, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China -- Taught integrated skills, with an emphasis on listening and speaking, to small classes (3 levels of proficiency) composed primarily of young professionals. June 2002. University of South Carolina, English Program for Internationals, Columbia, SC Taught composition courses for international graduate students who needed to improve composition skills for graduate level coursework. Participated in assessment of international students applying for ITA (International Teaching Assistant) positions. Two semesters. University of North Carolina, English Language Teaching Institute, Charlotte, NC Taught grammar, composition, and reading in the regular summer 1989 term of their intensive ESL program. University of North Carolina, 1988 Summer Seminar in American Society, Charlotte, NC Visiting lecturer. Taught ESL to a group of 36 teachers visiting from Japan; classwork focused on conversation and cultural awareness. Also led conversations during mealtimes and accompanied the group on field trips. University of Detroit, Intensive English Program, Detroit, MI In an intensive university ESL program, taught low and intermediate reading; intermediate and advanced listening-speaking; advanced composition; courses for students studying in their major fields who need to perfect grammar and/or composition skills. Organized the curriculum for and taught language lab. Worked with other staff members to restructure the program from a more traditional one to one which better integrates skills and better prepares the student to do research and communicate in the American university classroom. Critiqued texts. Administered and scored the Michigan Test. Did extensive materials development at all levels. Four semesters. Oakland Community College, English Language Institute, Farmington Hills, MI Taught beginning grammar & composition. Developed materials to increase communicative and creative elements of these skills at a beginning level while maintaining an academic orientation. 1 semester. University of Detroit, Division of Continuing Professional Education, Detroit, MI Taught individualized classes for business and other professionals to improve English proficiency, and for individuals preparing to take the TOEFL and other standardized tests of English proficiency. 1 year. INTAC, Clawson, MI Taught ESL to corporate professionals and their families. Instruction focused on bridging the gap between textbook and real life. Included pronunciation, aural comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, cultural awareness. 1 year. University of Detroit, Department of English, Detroit, MI Taught advanced composition to native English speaking students. Students were taught techniques for the process of idea development as well as organization, audience evaluation, modes of writing, unity, style and mechanical skills. 1 semester. American University, English Language Institute, Washington, DC In an intensive ESL program, taught beginning pronunciation and grammar; intermediate pronunciation, grammar and reading; advanced reading and pronunciation. Taught evening classes for professionals. Developed a new curriculum and materials for intermediate reading. Did extensive materials development at all levels. Monitored students in the language lab, administered and scored placement tests (the CELT). 4 semesters. English Language Services, Washington, DC In an intensive adult program, taught beginning, intermediate and advanced grammar; intermediate reading and writing; beginning conversation. Developed a curriculum for a course in cross-cultural studies. Administered and scored placement tests. 5 ½ months. Language Tutoring Service, Athens, Greece Organized a tutoring service and taught English and French to students on a one-to-one basis. Students ranged in age from 16-42; subject matter varied from preparation for examinations to hotel language to conversation practice. Trained a replacement before leaving. 5 ½ months. Grace Hospital School of Nursing, Detroit, MI Organized and taught a remedial mathematics tutorial. 1 semester.
OTHER ESL RELATED EXPERIENCE
IELTS Testing Center, Charlotte, NC, USA -- official examiner for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). June 2008-present. Protea Textware, Australia - freelance consultant. Localize video scripts and computerized exercises to American English. 2003-present. English-to-Go, Australia & New Zealand - freelance contributor to the English-to-Go subscription website. Includes writing exercises and providing digitized audio for selected interactive web- based exercises. 1999-present. ETS, Princteon, New Jersey - freelance; have worked as an item writer for the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) and as a consultant on community college and iBT-related materials, 2001-present. Pearson, New Jersey, USA - freelance course developer, 2007 - present. TESL-EJ - an on-line peer-reviewed electronic journal focused on English as a Second Language research, policies, and research. Edited and wrote the "Forum" column. Introduced a particular topic, and solicited, contributed to and edited discussion of that topic for publication. September 2000 to June 2005. TESL-L - an electronic forum focused on ESL classroom pedagogy, with 30,000 members in 120 countries; Board Member and list editor. Helped establish editorial policy in conjunction with a group of listeditors and individually monitored incoming messages for appropriacy for the list. November 1997 to June 2003. TESLJB-L - an electronic forum focused on employment issues within the field of English as a second language; list manager. Encourage discussion of employment topics by posting on pertinent issues. Revise and enforce list policies when appropriate. Monitor postings to the list for breaches of policy, and deal with severe violations of list policy on an individual basis.
September 2000 to October 2006. when it was closed due to changes at CUNY. October 2006-present. COPTEC email lists - manage two (one "open," one for TESOL members only) email lists for the TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Caucus on Part-Time Employment Concerns, with a focus on part-time employment concerns and the activities of the caucus in this regard. Originator and owner of the open list. Subscribe or unsubscribe members of the open list, and keep the list active by posting topics of interest for discussion. February 1999-present. TEFLChina lists - owner and co-moderator of the [Teach] [Life] and [Job] lists, May 2002-present. Also archive compilations of posts to the list for uploading to the teflchina.org website.
PRESENTATIONS
TESOL (Teachers of
English as a Second Language) Conference Tactics for PartTime, Adjunct, and Contingent Faculty, w/Lara Beninca, New York, April 2-5. Solutions for the Inequities Facing Part-Time Faculty (colloquium), New York, Apr 2-5. 2007: Supporting Non-Native Speakers in Health Careers, w/Gwen Barclay, Seattle, Mar 20-24 Supporting Non-Native Speakers in College Composition Classes w/Rosemary Schmid 3/20-24 Colloquium on Part-Time Employment Concerns: Working for Job Security for Part-Time Faculty 2006: Going on the Road as a Consultant, w/Rosemary Schmid, Tampa, FL March 15-19 Colloquium on part-time advocacy, What one individual can do, Tampa, FL, Mar 15-19 2005: MA TESOL Programs and the Job Market, colloquium, San Antonio, TX March 29-April 2 From Grammar Class to Grammar Use, w/Lara Beninca, San Antonio, TX March 29-April 2 Transitioning Students from Adult to Academic ESL, San Antonio, TX March 29-April 2 2004: Student evaluations of teachers, Long Beach, CA, March 24-27. 2003: Where does grammar fit?, w/Paula Baird, Baltimore, March 25-29. Creating an inhouse academic ESL placement test, w/Bjarne Nielsen, Baltimore, Mar 25-29. Assessing placement test validity, Baltimore, Mar 25-29. 2002: Testing for placement, promotion, and proficiency, w/ Bjarne Nielsen, Salt Lake City, Apr 9-13. Colloquium on part-time advocacy,Creating an email list to network, Salt Lake City, Apr 9-13. 2001: Colloquium on part-time advocacy, On the status of adjunct teachers around the world, St. Louis, February 27-March 3. 2000: Issues in Higher Education, TESOL breakfast seminar panel (invited), Vancouver, Mar 14-18. Colloquium on part-time advocacy, Internet Resources, Vancouver, March 14-18. 1999: Colloquium on part-time advocacy, Advocacy through a TESOL regional affiliate, New York, March 9-13. IEPs in community colleges (colloquium), New York, March 9-13. Community college networking session (invited session leader), New York, March 9-13 1998: Colloquium on part-time advocacy, Regional Status and History, Seattle, March. 1997: University degree credit for ESL, Orlando, March 11-15. 1996: Getting hired in an IEP: Improving your marketability, Chicago, March 26-April 1. 1994: The politics of Academia: How we survive, Baltimore, March 8-14. 1992: International-American student interaction: It's easier than you think, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 2-7 Building an ESL network among two-year postsecondary institutions, Vancouver BC Canada, March 2-7 (invited speaker) 1991: Dealing with student diversity: Program organization and placement, Higher Education Interest Section academic session panel discussion, New York, NY, March. (invited speaker) 1989: What is this word GONNA? -- a listening-pronunciation technique, San Antonio, TX, March. Teaching Adults Academic, Professional, Basic Skills and Vocational ESL 2006: English for Medical Purposes, w/Gwen Barclay-Toy, Charlotte, NC, April 22 2005: From Grammar Class to Grammar Use, w/Lara Beninca, Charlotte, NC, February 19 Transitioning Students from Academic ESL to "Regular" Curriculum Classes, Charlotte, NC 2/19 Transitioning Students from Adult to Academic ESL, w/Stacey Propps, Charlotte, NC 2/19 SLRF (Second Language Research Forum) 1998: Overgeneralization and underapplication in interlanguage past time expression, Manoa, HI, October SCIEC ESL Day, Columbia, South Carolina - featured speaker at a day-long workshop sponsored by the South Carolina International Education Consortium. The focus of my talk was on placement / assessment issues in particular, but also included information on the use of software in languages labs and professional email lists as a resource for professional development. October 18, 2002 Southeast TESOL Conference 2005: Instructional Techniques to Facilitate Good Grammar Production, w/Lara Beninca, Myrtle Beach, NC, 9/22-25. 2003: Helping Students Move Grammar Beyond the Classroom, New Orleans, LA, September 24-27. 1997: Improving Part-Time Employment Conditions, Charleston, SC, November 23-26. 1994: The politics of Academia: How we survive, New Orleans, LA, October. 1991: International-American student interaction, Atlanta, October. 1990 (joint conference with NAFSA Region VI): International intake center: A model for community colleges, presentation with Rosemary Schmid, Louisville, KY, October. Focused interaction with Americans: A multi-buzzword experience, Louisville, KY, October. 1989: Internationalizing the curriculum: Focused interaction with Americans, Raleigh, NC, October. 1988: Whacha gonna do? -- a listening-pronunciation technique, Orlando, FL, October. Caribbean Regional TESOL 1987: What is this word GONNA? San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 6-7. Carolina TESOL Conference 2002: Employment Concerns, discussion group, Charlotte, NC, November. 1997: Part-Time Employment Concerns, Charlotte, NC, April. 1992 (joint conference with SCCFLT South Carolina Conference of Foreign Language Teachers): International-American student interaction, Greenville, SC, February. 1988: Smorgasbord, presentation with David Parsons, Greensboro, NC, November. Dictations aren't what they used to be: students' ears meet the real world, Greensboro, NC, November. 1987: International TESOL, Miami: Highlights, Columbia, SC, October 31. NCAIE (North Carolina Association of International Educators) Conference 1999: Dealing with Change in Community College ESL, presentation with Gilda Rubio-Festa, Wilmington, NC, April 22-23. Two-Year College English Association (TYCA) Southeast Regional Conference 1998: Lifelines and Bridges: Support for Non-native Speakers in the Freshman Composition Classroom, colloquium, Charlotte, NC, February 26-28. College English Instructors (CEI) Conference 1996: Current trends in the teaching of English as a second language, Asheville, NC, April 19. (invited speaker) Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Teaching Conference 1986: Please take note: Teaching low-level note taking, Tampa, FL, May. National Conference on Teaching and Learning 1991: Internationalizing the curriculum: Focused interaction between international and American students, Jacksonville, FL, May. North Carolina Literacy Partnerships Conference 1990: Teaching English as a second language, panel discussion, Greensboro, NC, July. Teaching Showcase 1990: Internationalizing the curriculum through the use of international students, Charlotte, NC, January.
PUBLICATIONS
Achievement Profile interview in ESL Miniconference: Highlighted in a TESOL Member Story in the HEIS newsletter (summer 2006)
Instruction
Resources for English for Medical Purposes, article, ESP News, Vol 13 No 1, January 2008 Practical Tips for Teaching Telephone Use in English, article, HEIS News, Vol 24 No 1, March 2005 reprinted in the Spring 2005 issue of the LaTESOL Newsletter Innovation in ESL and EFL Textbooks, article, TESL-EJ, September 2003 Teaching About Language, article, TESL-EJ, March 2003 Testing in Higher Education, article w/Bjarne Nielsen, ESL in Higher Education Newsletter, August 2002 Vocabulary and Storytelling, lesson plan, featured as the "lesson of the week" on the English-to-Go website, May 2, 2002 Using the First Language in the Second Language Classroom, article, TESL-EJ, March 2002 Student Centered Learning, article, TESL-EJ, December 2001 Varieties of English: Definition and Instruction, article, TESL-EJ, September 2001 I'm Going to Take a Vacation, lesson plan, featured as the "lesson of the week" on the English-to-Go website, August 2001 It-Was-the-Way-You-Said-It, lesson plan, featured as the "lesson of the week" on the English-to-Go website, February 2001 Composition II Workbook, a 103-page in-house publication of explanations, exercises, and models designed for a low-intermediate composition class. First edition, 1999. 2nd edition, 2000, 3rd ed 2007. Grammar III Workbook, a 96-page in-house publication of explanations and multiple skill and/or contextualized grammar exercises designed to accompany an intermediate grammar text. First edition, 1994. 2nd edition, 1995. 3rd edition, 1998. 4th edition, 1999. 5th edition, 2003, 6th ed 2007. Bringing worlds together: Internationalizing the curriculum through focused interaction, article, Innovation Abstracts, Vol XIII, No 1, January 1991 Please take note: Teaching low level notetaking, paper on microfiche in the ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) database of educational documents. November, 1987 (Doc # ED 283 390) Taking the pain out of dictations, or: Listening for fun and profit, article, Carolina TESOL, June 1987 Low-level notetaking, article, KATESOL Newsletter, June 1984
Research
Theory Development in Applied Linguistics: Toward a Connectionist Framework for Understanding Second Language Acquisition, co-author with J. Dean Mellow, Issues in Applied Lingusitics, Volume 13, Number 1, June 2002 Alternative accounts of developmental patterns: Toward a functional-cognitive model of second language acquisition, co-author with J. Dean Mellow, Proceedings of the Third Annual High Desert Linguistics Society Conference. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, 2001 Acquisition of English Past Time Verbal Morphology by Instructed Adult Learners of a Second Language, unpublished MA thesis, University of South Carolina, May 1998 Research into the Acquisition of L2 Verbal Morphology to Locate Events and Situations in the Past, Carolina TESOL Forum, Vol 1, Spring 1997 Gender issues in the ESL classroom, summary of current research, Carolina TESOL, Spring 1993 Promotion for poor writers? summary of current research, Carolina TESOL, February 1989 TOEFL reading strategies a summary, Carolina TESOL, September 1988 Puerto Rican culture: Some effects on communication, Carolina TESOL, February 1988
Organizational
Tactics for Part-time, Adjunct and Contingent Academic Faculty, article, HEIS News, August 2008 Going on the Road as a Consultant, article, HEIS News, July 2006 Practical and Theoretical Approaches to ESL/EFL Student Evaluation of Teachers, article, TESL-EJ, June 2003 TESOL 2003: Hearing the Voices of Contingent Faculty, article with co-authors Joan Grosse, John McLaughlin, & Jack Longmate, TESOL Matters, June/July/August 2003. http://www.tesol.org/pubs/articles/2003/tm13-3-07.html Part-Time Teachers: What's the Problem?, article co-authored with Jack Longmate, American Language Review, July/August 2001. On the Status of Adjunct Teachers around the World, article in TESL-EJ, December 2000. Internet Resources for Part-Time Employment Concerns, article in CONCEPT, Spring 2000. Unequal Employment Conditions: How do We Right a Wrong? article in the ETAS (English Teachers Association, Switzerland) Newsletter, Vol 17, No 1 (Winter 1999). Working on Part-Time Issues through a TESOL Affiliate: An Anecdotal Report, article in PTC News, Fall 1998 Part-Time Employment: Where do we go from here, and how do we get there?, article in the TESOL Placement Bulletin, November 1997 The politics of Academia: Points of departure, article on microfiche in the ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) database of educational documents. December 1994 (Doc #ED 371 600) Surviving the politics of Academia, article, ESL in Higher Education, Vol 13, No 2, Summer 1994 Highlights of HEIS meetings: TESOL '93, report, ESL in Higher Education, Vol 12, No 2, Summer 1993 Equitable treatment for adult internationals, article dealing with current legislation, Carolina TESOL, Summer 1992 HEIS business meeting highlights: TESOL '92, report, ESL in Higher Education, Vol 11, No 2, June/July 1992 Report on the 21st annual TESOL convention, report, Carolina TESOL, June 1987
Other Publications
Website Review: Learning Vocabulary Can be Fun, article, HEIS News, February 2006 Vocabulary Website for English Learners, review, English Horizons, October 2005 Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan, review, Language Magazine, January 2004. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, review, Language Magazine, January 2002.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
I speak fluent French, have a command of Spanish and a working knowledge of modern Greek.
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC MA in linguistics, May 1998. Thesis: Acquisition of English Past Time Verbal Morphology by Instructed Adult Learners of a Second Language. Graduate courses included: phonetics, phonology, syntax, advanced syntax (GB focus), second language acquisition (SLA), SLA curriculum design and assessment, SLA research design, conversation analysis, French morphophonology. American University, Washington, DC Certificate in TEFL/TESL. 30 graduate hours in linguistics. 1980-1981. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI BA in English (honors) 1977. Minors: languages and
psychology become an official examiner for the speaking and composition portions of the International English
Language Testing System (IELTS). June, 2008. course, which included a grammar class, a sociology course (Mexico Hoy) and daily talks on cultural themes (all instruction in Spanish). May 2006 and May 2007 Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania -- Completed a four-week Summer Institute in Applied Linguistics. Courses included "Chaos/Complexity Theory and Applied Linguistics," "Communicative Technologies and Second-Language Acquisition," "Implicit and Explicit Language Learning and Their Interface," "A Dynamic Systems Approach to Language Attrition and Language Development," "Gesture and L2 Learning," "Components of Advanced Language Proficiency" and "Oral Language Assessment." June-July 2005. University of British Columbia, Vancouver -- Completed a 3-week semi-intensive course in Mandarin Chinese, July 2003. TOEIC Item Writers Training -- Attended official TOEIC training which qualifies me as a freelance item writer for the TOEIC, February 2001. Supplemental Instruction Training -- Certified to supervise a program in Supplemental Instruction, May 1999. University of North Carolina at Charlotte -- 1 semester of elementary Japanese, Fall 1999. IFALPES, Annecy, France -- Completed a four-week intensive advanced-level French as a foreign language course at a university regulated language institute. June, 1998. ETS/TOEFL training workshop Trained to read and score the Test of Written English, a composition component of the TOEFL exam. March 1991. Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC course work includes Access (database software), beginning & intermediate workshops in FrontPage (web design software), Microcomputer Operations (DOS), Advanced Microcomputer Operations (DOS), workshop in using the MacIntosh, Electronic Publishing (Mac), Conversational Japanese, Conversational Mandarin. 1984 - present. Language Outreach Education, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Completed a training program in the Dartmouth/Rassias Intensive Language Method conducted by John Rassias in Pontiac, MI. December, 1983. Escuela Estela Maya, Antigua, Guatemala One month intensive Spanish, September, 1979. Panepistimiaki Leschi, Athens, Greece Language school of the University of Athens. Received certificate of competency in Greek. 1978. Gymnase de Belvedθre, Lausanne, Switzerland One semester attendance, completely in French, in a Swiss high school. 1963-64.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) (Higher Education Interest Section: Assistant Chair, 1998-1999; Secretary, 1992-94; HEIS nominating committee, 1991-92, 1994-95, 1996-97; Steering Committee, Caucus on Part-Time Employment Concerns, 1996-present; Committee on Professional Standards, 1988-91; Convention Daily staff, March 1991; HEIS Abstract Reader, 1991-present) Carolina TESOL (Higher Education Interest Section liaison to the Sociopolitical Concerns Committee, April 1997-1999; Executive Board, 1986-94; Publisher Liaison, 1990-93; Secretary, 1988-89; Regional Representative, 1986-88; Co-Chair, Fall 1991 Conference; Publicity Chair, Southeast Regional TESOL Conference, 1990; Conference Chair, April 1987) AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) NCAIE (North Carolina Association of International Educators; formerly, NC NAFSA)
Other Professional Activities: Contribute regularly to: TESL-L email list (focus on pedagogical issues), along with subbranches TESLIE-L (focus on administrative issues), TESLCA-L (focus on technology related issues), TESLJB-L (focus on employment & professional advancement concerns) COPTEC and COPTEC-L email lists (focus on part-time employment concerns) TEFLChina [teach] list (focus on pedagogy, particularly in China) HEIS-L (TESOL Higher Education Interest Section email list) TESLjob@yahoogroups.com (employment-focused email list)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Mint Museum of Art - docent, September 2000 to present. Charlotte Sister Cities (Limoges, France Sister City Committee, 1993-95, 2000-2002)
last update, August 2008
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