NNEST CAUCUS FORUM

Keiko Samimy

2008-06-09T23:51:00.014-04:00

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the NNEST Caucus The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month July 2008 samimy [dot] 2 [at] osu [dot] edu Ana Wu: Could you tell us your linguistic and professional background, and why you decided to become an educator? Prof. Samimy: I was born in a small town in the northern part of Japan. For some reason, I always knew that I would become a teacher in some

Karen L. Newman

2008-05-24T10:25:00.002-04:00

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the NNEST Caucus The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month June 2008 newman [dot] 301 [at] osu [dot] Here are my questions to Prof. Newman: 1. Could you tell us your linguistic and professional background, and why you decided to be an educator? 2. You grew up in Trinidad, Morocco, Germany, and California, and holds an M.A. in Germanic Studies. As a native

Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu

2008-04-27T14:43:00.017-04:00

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the NNEST Caucus The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month May 2008 nkamwangamalu [at] Howard [dot] edu Ana Wu: Could you tell us about your professional background and why you decided to become an educator? Prof. Kamwangamalu: Let me first tell your readers about my social and academic background. I was born in a rural village in Zaire, now the Democratic

Yong Yan Li

2008-03-26T12:48:00.008-04:00

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the NNEST Caucus The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month April 2008 Yongyan [dot] Li [at] alumni [dot] cityu [dot] edu [dot] hk Ana Wu: Could you tell us your linguistic, educational and professional background, and why you decided to be an educator? Prof. Li: I was born in a small peaceful town in Northern Jiangsu, Mainland China, in the 1970s. It was a few

Aya Matsuda

2008-02-24T00:36:00.007-05:00

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the NNEST Caucus The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month March 2008 aya [dot] matsuda [at] asu [dot] edu Ana Wu: Could you tell us your background and how you became interested in being an educator? Prof. Matsuda: I was born in Tokyo, Japan, where I lived until 17. My Japanese-monolingual parents provided a literacy-rich environment for me to grow up in,

Paul Kei Matsuda

2008-01-25T21:39:00.000-05:00

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the NNEST Caucus The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month February 2008 pmatsuda [at] asu [dot] edu Ana Wu: Prof. Matsuda, you majored in journalism. Could you tell us your background and why you became interested in being a professor in rhetoric/composition and applied linguistics/TESOL? Prof. Matsuda: I was born and raised in Japan, and in junior

George Braine

2007-12-27T12:33:00.000-05:00

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the NNEST Caucus The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month January 2008 georgebraine [at] cuhk [dot] edu [dot] hk Ana Wu: Could you tell us your background and how you became interested in being an educator? Prof. Braine: I grew up in Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) in the 1950s and 60s. My childhood was idyllic. We lived mainly in the countryside, in some

H.D. Brown

2007-11-24T21:46:00.000-05:00

For the 10th Anniversary of the NNEST Caucus in 2008 The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month December 2007 hdbrown [at] sfsu [dot] edu Ana Wu: Could you tell us your background and why you decided to become an educator? Prof. Brown: Both of my parents were teachers and I’m sure that wielded a subconscious influence on my ultimate vocational choice. But my choice to work in the TESOL

Kathleen Flynn and Goedele Gulikers

2007-09-25T18:40:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month October 2007 November 2007 kflynn [at] glendale [dot] edu gulikegx [at] pgcc [dot] edu Ana Wu: Could you tell us your background and how you became interested in being an educator? Prof. Flynn: My decision to go into teaching as a career came early in life. I was interested in languages and linguistics and found that teaching ESL was a natural way to

Shelley D. Wong

2007-08-28T12:23:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month September 2007 swong1 [at] gmu [dot] edu Ana Wu: Could you tell us your background and how you became interested in being an educator? Prof. Wong: My journey in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) began in Hong Kong in the early 1970s. I am a 5th generation Chinese American. My ancestors emigrated from China to work in the gold

Claire Kramsch

2007-07-28T10:49:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month August 2007 Prof. Claire Kramsch ckramsch [at] berkeley [dot] edu Ana Wu: Prof. Kramsch, could you tell us your background and how you became interested in being a professor? Prof. Kramsch: I don’t know if I ever imagined myself “becoming a professor”. I was born, raised and educated in France as the French citizen that I was, and studied seven years

Sandra McKay

2007-06-28T17:56:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month July 2007 Prof. Sandra McKay smckay [at] sfsu [dot] edu Ana Wu: Prof. McKay, would you tell us your professional background and why you decided to be an educator?Prof. McKay: I began my career in English education by teaching English to mainstream junior high school students. After a few years of teaching in the public schools, I decided to go back to

Athelstan Suresh Canagarajah

2007-05-26T23:34:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month June 2007 Athelstan_Canagarajah@baruch.cuny.edu Ana Wu: Prof. Canagarajah, could you tell us your background and how you became interested in being a professor? Professor Canagarajah: I am from a small island called Sri Lanka in the middle of the Indian Ocean. It used to be called the Pearl of the Orient, but is now a land of

Ulla M. Connor

2007-04-30T16:34:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month May 2007 Prof. Ulla M. Connor uconnor [at] iupui [dot] edu Ana Wu: Dr.Connor, you are such a respected scholar in the teaching field. Could you tell us how you became interested in being an educator? Prof. Connor: Growing up in Finland and attending a Finnish public high school, I studied several foreign languages -- Swedish, English, German, and Latin. I

Eunhee Han

2007-03-29T22:55:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month April 2007 Eunhee Han ehhan0624[at]@hotmail[dot]com 1. Ana Wu: Could you please tell us a bit about your linguistic, academic and professional background? Eunhee: “Dad, how do you read this word?” As a little child, I always sat by my dad and looked over his newspaper while he was doing his daily routine job, which was starting each

Maria Thomas-Ruzic

2006-12-08T00:40:00.000-05:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month December 2006Maria Thomas-RuzicMaria.Thomas-Ruzic[at]cudenver[dot]edu Question: Could you please tell us a bit about your linguistic, academic and professional background?Maria: I am a native speaker of English, but grew up in a household where Italian was also used and where--for periods of up to two to four years—we lived in different places in Europe. All

Terry Doyle

2006-10-28T21:48:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the MonthNovember 2006 Terry Doyle tdoyle4820[at]yahoo[dot]com Question: Could you please tell us a bit about your linguistic, academic and professional background? Terry: I have been an ESL teacher since the 1970s. Since 1980 I have been an ESL instructor at City College of San Francisco, and I also taught credit classes at Lincoln University in San Francisco in the

Tünde Csepelyi

2006-10-01T23:22:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month October 2006Tünde Csepelyitunde[at]unr[dot]nevada[dot]edu Photo: Tünde and her daughter (Turkey, Summer 2006)Questions: Could you please tell us a bit about your linguistic, academic and professional background? How many languages do you know? How long have you been living in an English speaking country? Did you do your undergrad studies in the U.S. as well?

Pei-Yu Shih

2006-09-16T12:23:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the MonthSeptember 2006 Pei-Yu Shihpeishih[at]dolphin[dot]upenn[dot]eduQuestions: Could you please tell us a bit about your linguistic, academic and professional background? How many languages do you know? How long have you been living in an English speaking country? Did you do your undergrad studies in the U.S. as well? Pei-Yu: I earned my B.A. diploma in Taiwan and

Camino Bueno

2006-05-12T09:00:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the MonthMay 2006Camino Bueno camino.bueno[at]unavarra[dot]es Question: Could you please tell us a bit about yourself and your background (e.g. linguistic, academic, professional, ...)? Camino: I studied English Philology at the University of the Basque Country in Spain and then did a Ph.D in English at the same University. I wanted to be a translator or a teacher of

Lucie Moussu

2006-04-25T20:12:00.000-04:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month April 2006 Lucie Moussulmoussu[at]verizon[dot]nethttp://www.moussu.net Amir: Could you please tell us a bit about your linguistic, academic and professional background? How many languages do you know? How long have you been living in an English speaking country? Did you do your undergrad studies in the US as well? Also, having a different native language,

TESOL Position Statement: Discrimination of NNEST

2006-04-04T00:45:00.000-04:00

At its meeting in March 2006, the TESOL Board of Directors approved a new position statement: "Position Statement Against Discrimination of Nonnative Speakers of English in the Field of TESOL" http://www.tesol.org/PositionStatements Regards, Amir H. Soheili-Mehr

Luciana de Oliveira

2006-03-09T09:08:00.000-05:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month March 2006 Luciana de Oliveira Questions: - Could you please tell us a bit about yourself and your background (e.g. linguistic, academic, professional, ...)? I was born and raised in Brazil. At age 22, after receiving a bachelor's degree and teaching credential in Languages (English/Portuguese) from Sao Paulo State University, I decided to move to the

Kyung-Hee Bae

2006-02-09T06:04:00.000-05:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the MonthFebruary 2006Kyung-Hee Baekbae[at]uh[dot]eduwww.uh.edu/writecen Amir: Could you please tell us a bit about yourself and your background (e.g. linguistic, academic, professional, ...)? Kyung-Hee: I was born in Seoul, Korea. I was exposed to English at a fairly young age. My father interacted with English speaking people on a regular basis at work, and

Antonia Chandrasegaran

2006-01-13T05:37:00.000-05:00

The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month January 2006Antonia Chandrasegaran achand[at]nie[dot]edu[dot]sg Amir: What are your areas of interest? Antonia: I’m most interested in the teaching and learning of academic writing at both school and college level, including research that has implications for developing academic writing competence in NNES students. Arising from this interest in how academic