Assistant Service
Resume:
Elizabeth A. Siler
ESL Specialist
Avery Hall 220
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-5020
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Employment
1996 - Present ESL Specialist, Department of English, Washington State
University (Pullman, Washington)
Ongoing: Develop and oversee the implementation
of the curriculum in all ESL courses offered by the English Department
including those courses taught through DDP; train and supervise all
instructors and teaching assistants in the ESL program; choose and order all materials used in the program;
advocate for international student concerns and American ESL speakers with the
department and the university; advise students; serve on the departmental
ESL committee, the departmental Composition committee and the departmental
Foreign Language Proficiency Committee.
As requested, serve on the committees of international graduate students
in the college of Liberal Arts.
Teach freshman composition ESL (Engl 105),
the prerequisite to 105 (Engl 104), revision workshop ESL (Engl 303),
professional and technical writing ESL (Engl 403). Have taught graduate thesis and dissertation writing
(English 500), and conversation and oral production (Engl 106).
2004 - present Instructor
of Spanish, Department of
Foreign Languages and Cultures, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Developed all course
materials and a website for Spanish 600.
Teach Spanish 600, a graduate-level course in reading in Spanish for
graduate students in the liberal arts.
1986 to 1996 Curriculum
Coordinator/Instructor,
Intensive American Language Center, Washington State University, Pullman,
Washington
Served as the Curriculum Coordinator and assistant to the director. Wrote,
developed, and oversaw the implementation of the curriculum. Taught all courses
in all skill areas at six levels, from beginner to advanced. Developed and
taught special courses on: TOEFL preparation; reading skills; listening via
film and radio; trained and supervised a staff of 25; selected, ordered, and
cataloged all materials.
1978 to 1986 ESL
Instructor/Teaching Assistant
in:
Los Angeles Unified School
District 1985
Eagle Pass, Texas School District 1981
University of Illinois 1980
Washington State University
1978
Education
MATESL - University of Illinois, Urbana Illinois (1980)
BA Foreign Languages and Literatures - Washington State University, Pullman,
Washington (1978)
NOTE: More than 60 credits post-graduate
studies in Spanish, foreign language education, ESL theory and composition.
Publications Co-authored books (DBA
Elizabeth Mejia)
American Picture Show, Prentice
Hall
102 Very Teachable Films, Prentice
Hall
Five Star Films, Prentice Hall
Success Video Workbooks 1-4,
Addison Wesley Longman
Edited Translations: The Tale of the Phoenix by Dalip Kaur Tiwana (Adjanta Press/Forthcoming)
Tell the Tale Urvashi of
Paths of Fire by Dalip Kaur Tiwana
(winner of the Sarswati Samman)
Instructors' Manual: Solving Problems Through Professional and Technical
Writing (Prentice Hall)
Presentations
2005 - Reading
Spanish for Graduate Studies in
English. A paper presented at the RMMLA (Rocky Mountain MLA)
Conference in Coeur d Alene, Idaho, October 22, 2005.
2000 - Paraphrase or Plagiarism? Reporting speech techniques. A poster session presented at TESOL 2000, Vancouver,
British Columbia.
Using Popular Films and Film Reviews to Develop Critique Writing
Skills a presentation made at the
Spokane Regional ESL Conference, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington.
1986-1999 More than 25 presentations at TESOL, WAESOL, and TRI-TESOL
Conferences on the following topics: using film in the classroom to develop
grammar and listening skills; teaching reading, including speed reading and
context clues; teaching listening using radio broadcasts; and teaching writing;
ESL students in the liberal arts curriculum; and issues in teaching about
plagiarism.
Departmental Committee Service
2005: Active Service On --
Composition
Committee, English Department
Language
Proficiency Sub-Committee, English Department
ESL
Committee, English Department
University
590 (Graduate School)
Graduate Dissertations/Theses
Committees
2005: Master s Committee of Victor Patricio Unda (American Studies)
Honors
Thesis Director: Tera Ray (Honors
College)
PhD Committee of Maria Jesus Estrada (resigned due to health reasons)
PRIOR COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Cheryl Henry (PhD Department of Educational Administration and Leadership)
Wannapa Leerasiri (PhD Department
of Political Science)
Andreas Rauh (MA Program in American Studies)
Zach Blurton (MA Department of English: Literature)
Lauren Vainio (Honors
College)
Language Competencies
Spanish: Advanced ability in all four skill areas
Reading ability in Portuguese, Catalan, and French and Gitane
Professional Memberships
American Council of
Teachers of Foreign Languages
Rocky Mountain Modern
Language Association
Current Research Interests: Rendering
Punjabi texts into English; developing
a course to teach reading in French; Writing a paper on reading strategies used in
deciphering Spanish clitics.
Professional References Available on
Request: Dr. Victor Villanueva (Department of English); Dr. Lynn Gordon (Department of English
and Program in Linguistics); Dr.
Eloy Gonzalez (Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures) Dr. T. V. Reed
(Department of American Studies).
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