Education:
Education
ESL/EFL Work Experience
Presentations/Conferences
Publications
Professional Membership
Languages
M.A. Linguistics (TESL). University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan. August 19, 1983.
M.M. Piano Performance. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan. April 30, 1982.
B.M. Piano Performance with French Minor. Cleveland Institute of Music/Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, Ohio. May 22, 1980.
10/03 - present Director, English as a Second Language Program. Southern Methodist University. Dallas, Texas.
8/98 - 10/03 Coordinator of English as a Second Language. Southern Methodist University. Dallas, Texas.
9/93 - 8/98 Program Coordinator/Teacher Trainer. USIA EFL Fellow Program, National Pedagogical Institute. Bratislava, Slovakia.
9/91 - 8/93 Teacher Trainer. USIA EFL Fellow Program, Teacher Training College. Prešov, Slovakia.
7/91 - 8/91 ESL Instructor. Brookhaven Community College. Dallas, Texas.
10/89 - 10/90 EFL Instructor/Acting Director of Courses. USIA English Teaching Fellow Program, USIS American Language Center. Amman, Jordan.
9/86 - 9/89 EFL Instructor/Teacher Coordinator. English Teaching Program, USIS American Cultural Center. Alexandria, Egypt.
10/85 - 8/86 EFL Instructor. Özel Ata English Preparatory High School. Istanbul, Turkey.
9/83 - 9/85 EFL Instructor/Testing Officer. English Preparatory Department, Bogaziçi University. Istanbul, Turkey.
5/83 - 6/83 ESL Teaching Assistant. English Language Institute, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
"Dealing with culture shock both in the U.S. and abroad." Southern Methodist University International Education Week. Dallas, Texas. November 2006.
Member of Planning Committees for Conference Program and SMU site visit. TexTESOL State Conference. Dallas-Richardson, Texas. November 2005.
"Oral and written error correction in the classroom." Southern Methodist University Summer Teacher Institute. Dallas, Texas. June 2005.
"Challenges and issues in establishing a new IEP." 37th Annual Convention of TESOL. Baltimore, Maryland. March 2003.
"Teaching presentation skills." TexTESOL State Conference. San Antonio, Texas. October 2000.
"Advanced conversation techniques that work." TexTESOL State Conference. El Paso, Texas. November 1999.
"Peer assessment in writing." TexTESOL V Spring Conference "Alternatives in Assessment." Mesquite, Texas. March 1999.
"EFL teacher training in Central/Eastern Europe." 33rd Annual Convention of TESOL. New York, New York. March 1999.
"Legacy of the Slovakia USIS EFL Fellow Program." USIS EFL Fellows Conference. Vienna, Austria. November 1997.
"Alternative assessment." Trnava University Conference on Assessment and the Language Curriculum. Trnava, Slovakia. September 1997.
"Open-ended activities used by non-native speaker EFL teachers." 31st Annual Convention of TESOL. Orlando, Florida. March 1997.
"Classroom testing for the primary level." TEMPUS Conference on Evaluation, Assessment, and Standards. Nitra, Slovakia. November 1996.
"Communicative classroom management." Thirteenth Annual General Meeting and Convention of the English Teachers Association of Switzerland. Lucern, Switzerland. November 1996.
"Inservice training for teachers of EFL: Purposes and techniques of organizing workshops." Salzburg Seminar's Center for the Study of American Culture and Language. Salzburg, Austria. November 1996.
"Listening for real." Third National ELT Conference of the Slovak Association of Teachers of English. Poprad, Slovakia. October 1996.
"Writing for young learners." Fourth National ELT Conference of the Association of Teachers of English of the Czech Republic. Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. September 1996.
"Professional motivation;" "Writing for publication." USIS/British Council Summer Institute for Teacher Trainers. Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. July 1996.
"Professional conditions in Slovakia." USIA International Legacy Conference. Budapest, Hungary. June 1996.
"Teaching writing to young learners." Miniconference for Teachers of Young Learners. Bratislava, Slovakia. April 1996.
"Passing the teacher-training baton: Czechs/Slovaks in charge." 30th Annual Convention of TESOL. Chicago, IL. March 1996.
"The USIS EFL Fellow Program in transition." Plenary Speaker and Chair of the Elementary School Working Group at the Second National Planning Conference of the Slovak Association of Teachers of English. Tonkovce, Slovakia. October 1995.
"Roles and responsibilities of the coordinators and liaisons: Policies and procedures." 1995/96 USIA EFL Fellow Program Orientation Program. Washington, D.C. September 1995.
"Classroom management and error correction." USIS Summer Institute on Current Methods and Practices in TESOL. Vinnytsia, Ukraine. June 1995.
"Lessons learned in Central/Eastern Europe;" Member of Interviewing Committee for EFL Fellow Program. 29th Annual Convention of TESOL. Long Beach, CA. March 1995.
"British and American English." British Council. Bratislava, Slovakia. November 1994.
"Speak of the devil: Conversation techniques that work!" Second National ELT Conference of the Slovak Association of Teachers of English. Nitra, Slovakia. October 1994.
"Peer observation: Problems, solutions, surprises." Third National ELT Conference of the Association of Teachers of English of the Czech Republic. Liberec, Czech Republic. May 1994.
"Classroom observation techniques." Teachers of English in Austria. Vienna, Austria. March 1994.
"Success stories: EFL teacher training in Eastern Europe;" "Using their culture to advantage." 28th Annual Convention of TESOL. Baltimore, MD. March 1994.
"EFL teaching and teacher training in Central/Eastern Europe." Texas Intensive English Program. Austin, Texas. March 1994.
"To err is human: Error correction in the classroom;" Member of Organizing Committee. First National ELT Conference of the Slovak Association of Teachers of English. Bratislava, Slovakia. October 1993.
"English non-lexical cues: Classroom presentation and practice;" "Employment outside the U.S.: Eastern Europe." 27th Annual Convention of TESOL. Atlanta, GA. April 1993.
"Teacher training in East Slovakia: An innovative approach;" "Teaching groups about group work;" "Principles and techniques of error correction." International USIS Conference, Potsdam University. Potsdam, Germany. March 1993.
"English non-lexical cues." Second National ELT Conference of the Association of Teachers of English of the Czech Republic. Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. November 1992.
"Changing needs in curriculum design at the Teacher Training College in Prešov." First International ELT Conference of TEMPUS. Prešov, Slovakia. September 1992.
"English non-lexical cues." Third International Conference of Networking English Language Learning in Europe. Prague, Czech Republic. August 1992.
"English non-lexical cues." TESOL Summer Institute Weekend Conference. Bratislava, Slovakia. July 1992.
"Vocabulary enrichment through video;" "Creating a picture file;" "Teaching non-lexical cues." First EFL Conference, Alexandria University Community Service Center. Alexandria, Egypt. September 1989.
"Tips for the Oral Interview." ESP Spectrum, 19, 3-4. Bratislava: The British Council. (2000).
"‘Gossip Chains’ - A New Twist on an Old Activity." English Teaching Forum, 34(3-4), 94-95. Washington, D.C.: USIA. (1996).
"Americana" Column. Friendship: For Learners of English. Bratislava: Foreign Language Publications. (Sept. 1995 to present).
"‘Stand-up’ Substitution Cards." In M.C. Pennington (Ed.), New Ways in Teaching Grammar (pp.172-175). Alexandria: TESOL Publications. (1995).
"Using Peer Observation in Teacher Development Programs in Slovakia." Perspectives, 4, 41-45. Prague: The British Council. (1994).
"Overcoming Difficulties in Pair and Group Work." English Teaching Forum, 32(3), 48-49. Washington, D.C.: USIA. (1994).
"The Liars’ Club: Integrating Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking and Fun into One Activity." TESOL Journal, 3(2), 31-32. Alexandria: TESOL Publications. (1994).
"How to Deal with Cheating in the Classroom." TESOL Journal, 2(3), 39. Alexandria: TESOL Publications. (1993).
1) TexTESOL Region V (Northeast Texas TESOL Regional Affiliate) – Representative of Higher Education Interest Section (October 2000 to June 2008).
2) Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
Languages (in descending order of general proficiency):
1) French
2) Slovak
3) Turkish
4) Egyptian Colloquial Arabic
5) German
6) Farsi