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TENL Program

Faculty

Irene Anders

Continuing Lecturer, MA, Indiana University (2000)

Specializations

Composition, English as a second language

Publications

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Avon G. Crismore

Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois (1985)

Specializations

Rhetoric and composition, applied linguistics, English as a Second Language

Books

Talking with Readers: Metadiscourse as Rhetorical Act (1989)

Articles

Rhetoric Review, Discourse Processes, Journal of Curriculum, Written Communication, Journal of Reading Behavior, and others

Beth Lee Simon

Professor of Linguistics and Creative Writing, Ph.D. (South Asian Languages and Linguistics), University of Wisconsin-Madison (1986)

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  • Phone: 260-481-6761
  • E-mail: simon@ipfw.edu
  • Vita (.doc)

Specializations

World Englishes; Language Variation; Creative Writing; South Asia

Books

Language: Introductory Readings 7th ed.; Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look at "Heartland" English; Out of Nowhere, the Body's Shape

Articles, Books, and Creative Writing

World Englishes: North America, New Approaches to Cultural Pluralism, American Speech, Journal of English Linguistics , Dictionary of American Regional English , Beloit Poetry Journal, Colorado Review, Epoch, Gettysburg Review, New Letters, North American Review, Southwest Review, TriQuarterly

Hao Sun

Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Arizona (1998)

Specializations

Discourse analysis; language and culture; pragmatics and language learning; second/foreign language learning and pedagogy; ESL writing

Books

It’s the Dragon’s Turn: Chinese Institutional Discourses (co-editor)

Articles

Language in Society, Journal of Pragmatics, Pragmatics, TESOL Case Studies Series on Interaction and Language Development, Pragmatics and Language Learning, Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, and other volumes

Chad L. Thompson

Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon (1989)

Specializations

General linguistics, Native American languages and folklore, discourse, Amish languages and culture

Books

K'etetaalkkaanee: An Analytical Companion Volume

Articles

Studies in Language, International Journal of American Linguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, and other journals and collections; numerous translations from Athabaskan language

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