Teacher Education
Peter Master
PUBLICATIONS
Books
· 1996 Systems in English Grammar: An Introduction for Language Teachers (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents), viii + 488 pp.
· Edited Volumes
· New Ways in Content-Based Instruction. TESOL, 1997 (with Donna Brinton).
· New Ways in English for Specific Purposes. TESOL, 1998 (with Donna Brinton).
· Responses to ESP. U.S. State Department, 2000.
· Grammar Teaching in Teacher Education. TESOL, 2003 (with Dilin Liu).
Chapters
· 2005 The impact of information structure on ESL/EFL learner's accurate use of articles. In Holten, C. & Frodesen, J. (Eds.), The power of context in language teaching and learning {Click on "Skip Country Selection"} (pp. 91-106). Boston: Heinle & Heinle. (pp. 137-149). Alexandria, VA: TESOL.
· 2003 Grammatical problem solving in the MA TESOL pedagogical grammar course. In Liu, D. & Master, P. (Eds.) Grammar teaching in teacher education (pp. 137-149). Alexandria, VA: TESOL.
· 2000 Grammar in Content-Based Instruction. In Kasper, L. (Ed.) Content-Based College ESL Instruction. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
· 1997 ESP Teacher Education in the U.S. In R. Howard & G. Brown (Eds.) Teacher Education for LSP (Languages for Specific Purposes) (pp. 22-44). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.
· 1995 Consciousness raising and article pedagogy. In Belcher, D. and Braine, G. (Eds.) Academic Writing in a Second Language: Essays on Research and Pedagogy (pp. 183-204). Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Publishing Co.
· 1994 The effect of systematic instruction on learning the English article system. In Odlin, T. (Ed.) Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar, pp. 229-252. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
· 1990a Teaching the English article system, Forum Anthology: Volume IV (1984-1988). Washington DC: USIA. [pdf available soon]
Refereed Journal Articles
· 2002 Information Structure and Article Pedagogy. System 30,3:331-348.
· 1997 The English article system: Acquisition, function, and pedagogy. System 25,2:215-232.
· 1990b Teaching the English articles as a binary system. TESOL Quarterly 24, 2:461-478.
Reviews in Refereed Journals
· 1992d Review of Rutherford (1987) Second language grammar: learning and teaching and Rutherford & Sharwood Smith (1988) Grammar and second language teaching: a book of readings. In TESOL Quarterly 26,4:749-752.
· 1992c Review of Swales (1991) Genre analysis. In Journal of Pragmatics 17,3: 286-289.
· 1990d Review of Celce-Murcia and Hilles (1988) Techniques and Resources in Teaching Grammar, TESOL Quarterly 24, 2:514-515.
Nonrefereed Publications
JOURNALS
· 1997 Using models in EST (English for Science and Technology), English Teaching Forum 35(4):30-36.
· 1992b What are some considerations for teacher training in content-based instruction? CATESOL Journal 5,1:77-84.
· 1991b ESP methodology: Is there such a thing? Strani Jezici (Foreign Languages) 20, 4:263-267, Zagreb, Croatia.
· 1988b Teaching the English article system (Part I: Countable/Uncountable and Indefinite/Definite Distinctions), English Teaching Forum 26,2: 2-7.
· 1988c Teaching the English article system (Part II: Generic vs. Specific), English Teaching Forum 26,3:18-25.
· 1986b Teaching the English article system to foreign technical writing students, The Technical Writing Teacher (now Technical Communication Quarterly) 13, 3:203-210.
· 1981 Teaching English for science and technology through technical writing, CATESOL Occasional Papers 7:42-59. Available as ERIC document ED210920)
OTHER
· 1992a Some thoughts on the communicative approach. TESOL Italy Newsletter 3:3-4, May 1992.
· 1984a To teach or not to teach grammar, CATESOL News 16,1:12.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
INTERNATIONAL
· 12/08/93 Conference of Teachers of English in Trade and Commerce Higher Education Institutions in Russia,"Some Contemporary Issues in Teaching ESP," Institute of Commerce, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
· 12/04/93 TESOL Conference, "Teaching the English Article System," Moscow, Russia.
· 09/27/90 Seventh Yugoslav Conference on ESP, "ESP Methodology: Is There Such a Thing?" Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
· 04/06/87 USIS-TESL Conference, "TESL Theory and Methodology" (keynote address), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
· 04/06/87 USIS-TESL Conference,"ESP Methodology," Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
· 04/06/87 USIS-TESL Conference, "Current ESL Theory and Methodology: A View from the U.S." (keynote address), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
· 03/16/83 TESOL Convention,"Teaching the Art of the Article," Toronto, Canada.
NATIONAL/REGIONAL
· 03/24/03 American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL),"The Effect of Pedagogy on Learning the English Article System," Arlington, VA.
· 03/21/98 TESOL Convention,"MAT with an ESP Emphasis," Seattle, WA.
· 03/20/98 TESOL Convention, "ESP Teacher Preparation in the U.S.," (Colloquium:"ESP Teacher Preparation" with A. Celani, Brazil, M. Daoud, Tunisia, and A. Johns, San Diego State University), Seattle, WA.
· 04/17/97 Parasession on Pragmatics & English for Specific Purposes in Academic and Workplace Contexts, "ESP Component of a MATESL Program," (Invited Speaker for Panel Discussion: "ESP Teacher Preparation" with Liz England and Tom Heenan), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
· 03/14/97 TESOL Convention, "Issues in Short-Term International Teacher Training" (with D. Brinton, UCLA, L. Callis-Buckley, CSU Sacramento, M. Celce-Murcia, UCLA, A. Ediger, Columbia University, and B. Gaskill, UCLA Extension), Orlando, FL.
· 10/03/96 NAFSA Field Service Workshop: "Fostering Common Ground: The Strategic Relationship Between the IEP and the MATESL Program in U.S. Higher Education," "New Aspects of Teacher Preparation for the IEP" (Invited Speaker for Panel Discussion: "From Across the Quad: Administrative Perceptions of New Teacher Skills and Knowledge for the Coming Decade" with F. Pialorsi, M. Saville-Troike, and G. Valdes, University of Arizona), Tucson, AZ.
· 03/09/94 TESOL Convention, "Consciousness Raising and Article Pedagogy" (Colloquium: "Academic Writing in a Second Language: Issues and Research" with D. Belcher, Ohio State, G. Braine, U. of Southern Alabama, U. Connor, IUPUI, A. Cumming, OISE, and I. Leki, U. of Tennessee), Baltimore, MD.
· 04/16/93 TESOL Convention, "Article Use in English: Research and Teaching Approaches," Atlanta, GA.
· 03/09/89 TESOL Convention,"Teaching the Articles as a Binary System," San Antonio, TX.
· 05/05/82 TESOL Convention, "EST in the Classroom," Honolulu, HI.
STATE
· 04/26/98 CATESOL State Conference,"Grammar in ESP," Colloquium: "The Many Roles of Grammar in Communicative Language Teaching," with D. Brinton, UCLA, M. Celce-Murcia (Convener), UCLA, S. Hilles, CSU Pomona, C. Holten, UCLA, A. Strauch, and R. Young, Pasadena, CA.
· 03/11/96 CATESOL State Conference,"Short Term International Teacher Training: What Can Go Wrong" (with A. Ediger, San Diego City College, D. Brinton, UCLA, M. Celce-Murcia, UCLA, and B. Gaskill, UCLA Extension), San Francisco, CA.
· 03/27/93 CATESOL State Conference,"Issues in California MATESOL Programs," (panel with D. Brinton, UCLA, J. Eyring, CSU Fullerton, D. Messershmitt, USF, and V. Wenzell, CSU Dominguez Hills), Monterey, CA.
· 04/14/84 CATESOL State Conference, "The Place of Grammar in the ESL Curriculum: Two Views," with M. Pennington (UCSB Extension), San Jose, CA.
· 04/16/83 CATESOL State Conference, "Teaching the Art of the Article," Los Angeles, CA.
· 04/03/81 CATESOL State Conference, "Teaching English for Science and Technology through Technical Writing," Monterey, CA.
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
INTERNATIONAL
· 03/15/96 "Understanding and Teaching the English Article System," Talleyrand, American Embassy, Paris, France.
· 11/29/93 "Cooperative Learning in the EBE Classroom," The American Center, U.S. Embassy, Moscow.
· 09/02/93 "The Role and Function of Pedagogical Grammar in Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Training," Hogeschool Katholieke Leergangen, Tilburg, Holland,
NATIONAL
· 03/28/91 "Teaching the English Article System," School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT.
CLASSES
· 12/09/91 and 12/02/91 "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages," Language Development Specialist Inservice Project, Clovis Unified School District, Clovis, CA.
· 07/16 - 07/20/90 and 07/9 - 07/13/90 "Structure of English," UC Santa Barbara Extension TEFL Certificate Program, Santa Barbara, CA and Ventura, CA.
· 7/12 - 8/9/84 and 10/13 - 11/17/83 "Strategies for Teaching Grammar," UC Berkeley Extension TEFL Certificate Program, Berkeley, CA.
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