Updated
June 2011
Stefan
Frazier
Associate Professor
Coordinator, LLD 1/2 (Academic English) courses
Department
of Linguistics and Language Development
Office: CL
493
Phone: 408-924-4443
Email: stefan.frazier AT sjsu DOT edu
Courses taught (current courses are linked):
LLD 001: Academic
English I
LLD 002: Academic
English II
LLD 107: Patterns
of English
LLD 250W: Becoming a Professional in Linguistics / TESOL
LLD 260: English Structures for Teaching I
LLD 280: Methods and Materials for TESOL
LLD 293: Developmental
Reading & Writing
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CV (PDF)
Research experience/interests: Discourse analysis, classroom interaction, composition
pedagogy, sociohistoric/sociocultural
theory, functional grammar, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, gesture
and talk.
Publications:
Peer-reviewed
journal articles
(Frth.,
with Scott Phillabaum). “How
TESOL Professors Educate Non-native English
Speaking Teachers.” The CATESOL Journal 23(1).
(2009,
with Lorena Llosa). “Meaning Differences in the
Use of the Null
vs. the Definite Articles: the
Case of the Seasons.”
English
Text Construction 2(1), pp. 1-17.
(2007). “Introduction to Special Issue: Continuing
Developments in
Discourse-Based Grammar Instruction.” The CATESOL
Journal 20(1),
pp. 30-34.
(2007). “Tellings of Remembrances ‘Touched Off’ by Student Reports
in Group Work in Undergraduate Writing Classes.”
Applied
Linguistics 28(2), pp. 189-210.
(2007).
“Conversational Structures of ‘Reports’ in Writing Class
Group Work.” Semiotica 164(1),pp. 53-80.
(2003). “A Corpus
Analysis of Would-Clauses Without Adjacent If-Clauses.”
TESOL Quarterly
37(3), pp. 433-466.
(2002). “The
Trouble with Cross-Cultural Oversensitivity.”
CATESOL Journal
14(1), pp. 283-291.
Book chapter
(2009). “A Systematic
Program for Dealing with Error in Graduate
Level
Writing.”
In Davies Samway, K., Karathanos,
K., Mena, D.M.,
&
Whitenack, D.A. English Learners in Higher Education:
Strategies for
Supporting
Students Across Academic Disciplines (pp. 70-74).
Proceedings
(2003). “‘How Does
She Play That?’: The Role of Talk and Embodiment
in Referring to Objects and Persons.” Proceedings of the First Congress
of the International Society for Gesture Studies. Available at
www.utexas.edu/coc/cms/International_House_of_Gestures/Program_Overview.html
(1999). “A
Student-Centered Short Story Curriculum.”
Book reviews
(2009).
Book review of G. Barnbrook, P. Danielsson,
&
M. Mahlberg, Meaningful
Texts: The Extraction of Semantic
Information
from
Monolingual and Multilingual Corpora.
International Journal of
Bilingual
Education and Bilingualism.
(2001). Book
review of H. D. Brown’s Teaching by
Principles (2nd edition).
TESOL Quarterly
35(2), pp. 341-342.
Conference presentations:
(Apr. 2011). “Best Practices for
Working with NNS MA TESOL Students.”
42nd Annual CATESOL State Conference, Long Beach,
CA.
(Nov. 2009).
“Mainstreamed L2 Writers: Are Their Instructors ‘Ready’ for Them?”
2009 Symposium on
Second Language Writing, Tempe, AZ.
INVITED: (Apr.
2009). “Generation 1.5
Students in the Composition Classroom:
The High School
and College/University Connection.” (Panel participant.)
40th Annual CATESOL State Conference, Pasadena, CA.
(Mar. 2009). “The
Future of Basic Writing: Crashing Waves and Curriculum Reform.”
(Panel participant.) Conference on College Composition and Communication,
San Francisco.
“How TESOL Professionals Educate Nonnative English
Speaking Teachers.”
(Oct. 2008). Invited panel discussion at CATESOL Regional Conference.
(Apr. 2009). 40th
Panel discussion at CATESOL Regional Conference, San Jose, CA.
(Mar.
2008). “Group Work Talk-in-Interaction in Writing
Classrooms.”
American
Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
(Oct. 2007). “Interaction,
Semiotics, and the Writing Classroom.” Annual Meeting
of the
Semiotic Society of
(Apr. 2007).
“Stance and Footing in Writing Class Group Work.”
American Association for
Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, CA.
(Mar. 2007). “Meaning Differences with Null and Definite Articles.”
41st Annual TESOL Convention,
Seattle, WA.
INVITED: (June 2006). “Language Teaching: Principles
and Methods.”
Cultural
Diplomacy – The Hellenic Education of the Diaspora.
Hellenic Heritage Institute, San José, CA.
(June 2006). “Clearing Up Misunderstandings in a Group Work Reading Task:
A Single-Case Conversation Analysis.” American Association for Applied Linguistics
Annual Conference,
INVITED: (May 2006).
“Building a Web Presence for Language Teachers.”
Instructional Technology
Workshop Series at San José State University.
(Apr. 2006). “Using
Corpora and Google in TESL Grammar Assessment.” The 3rd
UC Language Consortium Conference on
(Mar. 2006). “The
Pedagogical Value of Sociocultural/Sociohistoric Theory.”
Invited discussion. 40th Annual TESOL Convention, Tampa, FL.
(Mar. 2005). “Conversational Structures in Writing Class Group Work.”
38th Annual TESOL Convention, San Antonio, TX.
(Sept. 2004). “How
Students Invoke Culture in ESL Writing Class Group Work.”
Fourth Symposium on Second
Language Writing, West Lafayette, IN (Purdue University).
(May 2004). “That Reminds Me Of
...”: Touched-off Memories in Composition Class
Group
Work. American
Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Portland, OR.
(July 2003). “Laughter and Teasing as Interactional
Peer-Peer Learning Devices
in Classroom Group Work.” 15th
Conference of the International Society
for Humor Studies;
(May 2003). “Hybridity/L.A.” First Annual UCLA Conference on Biosemiotics
and Interaction;
(Mar. 2003). (Colloquium Organizer.)
“A Corpus Analysis of Would-Clauses Without
Adjacent If-Clauses.” American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual
Conference;
(Feb. 2003). “Laughter and Teasing as Interactional
Peer-Peer Learning Devices
in Classroom Group Work.”
and Linguistics;
(Nov. 2002). “Hypothetical/Counterfactual Would-Clauses Without Adjacent
If-Clauses.” Fourth North
American Symposium on Corpus Linguistics; Indianapolis, IN.
(June 2002). “Embodiment and Vision
in Conversation.” Eleventh Annual Meeting
of the Society for Text and Discourse;
(June 2002). (Colloquium Organizer.)
“The Roles of Talk and Embodiment
in Referring to Objects and Persons.” First Congress of the International Society
for Gesture Studies;
(Apr. 2001). “What Do You Do with the Lexical
Approach?” 32nd
State Conference; Ontario, CA.
“A Student-Centered Short Story
Curriculum.”
(Apr. 1999). 30th Annual CATESOL
State Conference; Reno, NV.
(Mar. 1999). 33rd
Annual TESOL Convention; New York, NY.
(Dec. 1998). San
Francisco State University M.A. TESOL Conference; San Francisco, CA.
(Oct.
1998). “Using Short Stories in the Integrated Skills
Classroom.” Northern
CATESOL Regional Conference; Oakland, CA.
(Oct.
1998). “Get Your Students Talking!”
(Mar.
1996). “Classroom Dynamics.”
TESL Symposium; Taipei, Taiwan.
Education
Ph.D. Applied Linguistics,
M.A. English (TESOL), San Francisco State University
(1998).
B.A. Economics, Trinity University, San
Antonio, Texas (1990).