Updated 8/25/09

 

Stefan Frazier

Assistant Professor

Coordinator, TESOL program

Coordinator, LLD 1/2 (Academic English) courses

Department of Linguistics and Language Development

San José State University

One Washington Square

San José, CA 95192-0093

 

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

 

 

Full 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

 

(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). SJSU

Connie L. Lurie College of Education.

 

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.”

Education Resources Information Center, Doc. Nr. ED431335.

 

Book reviews

 

(Forthcoming). 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:

 

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 Annual CATESOL State Conference, Pasadena, CA

 

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 America, New Orleans, LA.

 

(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, Montreal, Ca.

 

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 SLA Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives,

Los Angeles, CA (UCLA).

 

(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; Chicago, IL.

 

(May 2003). “Hybridity/L.A.” First Annual UCLA Conference on Biosemiotics

and Interaction; Los Angeles, CA.

 

(Mar. 2003). (Colloquium Organizer.) “A Corpus Analysis of Would-Clauses Without

Adjacent If-Clauses.” American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference;

Arlington, VA.

 

(Feb. 2003). “Laughter and Teasing as Interactional Peer-Peer Learning Devices

in Classroom Group Work.” Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages

and Linguistics; Washington, DC.

 

(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; Chicago, IL.

 

(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; Austin, TX.

 

(Apr. 2001). “What Do You Do with the Lexical Approach?” 32nd Annual CATESOL

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!” Northern CATESOL Regional Conference;

Oakland, CA.

 

(Mar. 1996). “Classroom Dynamics.” Chinese Culture University First Annual

TESL Symposium; Taipei, Taiwan.

 

                Education

 

Ph.D. Applied Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles (2005).

 

M.A. English (TESOL), San Francisco State University (1998).

 

B.A. Economics, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas (1990).