Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Faculty and Staff

TESOL

DR. ROBERT B. GRIFFIN
Acting Director & Assistant Professor of TESOL
Ph.D., Indiana University
Email: rgriffin@okcu.edu
Phone: (405) 208-5941

Areas of Expertise
L2 acquisition, L2 Writing, and CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning)

Recent Publications

Articles:

* Bardovi-Harlig, K. & Griffin, R. (2005). L2 Pragmatic Competence: Evidence from the ESL Classroom. System (Special issue on Pragmatics in Instructive Language Learning), 33.
* Griffin, R. B. (2000) Going Cyber with Oncourse: The ESL Student’s View of a Web-based Tool to Teach Second Language Writing. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Caribbean Language and Culture, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. July 10-14.
* Griffin, R. B. Indiana ESL on the Web: New Tools for Adult Language Learning in the Classroom Environment. Manuscript accepted for publication. Intesol Journal (forthcoming)

Research and work in progress

* A book entitled “Using Teacher Feedback Online and Off: Exploring Academic Writing.”
* An article entitled, “Non-native and Native-Speaker Teachers in the ESL Classroom: Perceptions of the Japanese High School Student.”
* An article on the “Language-Related Episode and L2 Development in Writing among ESL Writers.”



DR. MIMOZA RISTA-DEMA
Visiting Assistant Professor of TESOL
Ph.D., Indiana University
Email: mrista-dema@okcu.edu
Phone: (405) 208-5476

Areas of Expertise
Pedagogical Grammar, Sociolinguistics, and World Englishes

Recent Publications

Articles

*Rista-Dema, M. (2005). Language Register and the Impacts of Translation: Evidence from Albanian Political Memoirs and Their English Translations. Issues in Political Discourse Analysis, Vol. 1 (1).
*Rista-Dema, M. (2002a). Controversial Attitudes toward Standard Albanian. In S. Obeng and B. Hartford (Eds.) Political Dependence with Linguistic Servitude: The Politics about Language in Emerging Democracies. NY: Nova Press.
*Rista-Dema, M. (2002b). Political Discourse in Albania: Memoirs before the 1990s. In S. Obeng, and B. Hartford, B. (Eds.) Surviving through Obliqueness: Political Discourse in Emerging Democracies. NY: Nova Press.
*Rista-Dema, M. (2002c).Explicit Grammar Instruction – What is Its Place in the Classroom? Tesolin 21.3.

Research and work in progress
*An article entitled “Innovative Constructions in Albanian English: Prototype Effects in Discourse.” To be submitted to World Englishes.
*An article entitled “The Impacts of Semantics in the Teaching of Grammar” (with B. S. Hartford). To be submitted to English Language Teaching Journal.
*An article entitled “The Importance of Pragmalinguistics in Language Teacher Preparation Programs” (with R. B. Griffin). To be submitted to TESOL Quarterly.



DR. TERRY PHELPS
Professor and Director of Learning Enhancement Center
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
E-mail: tphelps@okcu.edu
Phone: (405) 208-5236

Areas of Expertise
Grammar, writing, and writing instructional strategies

Research and work in progress
Grammar book

Recent Publications
“A Baker’s Dozen of Fat-Cutting Exercises” National Project The Voice, Fakk 2003. View Online.



PROF. LINDA HIBBS
Director of Teacher Education
Visiting Professor of Education
Email: lhibbs@okcu.edu
Phone: (405) 208-5935

Areas of Expertise
Nationally Certified School Psychologist
Licensed Professional Counselor
State of Oklahoma School Improvement Team Member



DR. LOIS LAWLER-BROWN
Professor of Education
Ph.D., NBCT
Email: llbrown@okcu.edu
Phone: (405) 208-5374

Areas of Expertise
Foreign Language Education, Teacher Education Accreditation, National Board Certification




YUAN VIVIAN CHEN
MATESOL Graduate Assistant
Email: ychen@okcu.edu
Phone: (405)208-5490



LISA PHILLIPS
Administrative Assistant
Tesol
WC 273
Email: lphillips@okcu.edu
Phone: (405)208-5371