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Thomas Leverett

Professional home of Thomas Leverett, CESL, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale IL USA 62901-4518.

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articles on the web:

Leverett, T. (2008). Virtual traveller. Global Study Magazine, London, UK. Available online at: http://www.globalstudymagazine.com/site/articles/391/.

___ (2007, May). Dialects in a changing language. Global Study Magazine 4, 3. London. pp. 56-57. Available online at: http://globalstudymagazine.com/site/articles/359.

___ (2007, Jan.). Same world, different glasses. Global study Magazine, 4, 2, pp. 70-71. London, UK. Available online at: http://globalstudymagazine.com/site/articles/336/.

___ (2006, Aug.). This is your class on weblogs. Teaching English with Technology 6, 3. IATEFL Poland Computer SIG Publication. http://www.iatefl.org.pl/call/j_tech25.htm#cla

___ (2006, Aug.). Three ways to integrate weblogging into your writing clases. Teaching English with Technology 6, 3. IATEFL Poland Computer SIG Publication. http://www.iatefl.org.pl/call/j_tech25.htm#way.

___ (2006). Growing up bilingual. Global Study Magazine, London. Available online at: http://www.globalstudymagazine.com/xite/articles/276/.

___ (2006). High heels on a rocky path. Global Study Magazine, London. Available online at: http://www.globalstudymagazine.com/xite/articles/260/.

___ (2005). Virtual learning: A toe in the pool of the new media. Global Study Magazine, London. Available online at: http://www.globalstudymagazine.com/site/articles/240/.

___ (2005). It takes a village, TESOL CALL-IS Newsletter, vol. 22, no. 2, March.

___ (2005). A question of time (pdf), Global Study Magazine 3.1, pp. 42-43. London, UK. Available online (pdf) at: http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pages/leverett/pdf/20yrs.pdf

___ (2004). The road to fluency (pdf), Global Study Magazine 2.3, pp. 46-47, London, UK. Available online (pdf) at: http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pages/leverett/pdf/road.pdf.

___ (2004). A midwestern tale (pdf). Global Study Magazine 2.2, pp. 16-17. London, UK. Also appears in Global Study Magazine, Study USA Special Edition (2005). Available online (pdf) at: http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pages/leverett/pdf/midwest.pdf

___ (2001). Web Design: Balancing Usability and Innovation, TESOL CALL-IS Newsletter, vol. 19,. no. 1.

___ (2000). Effective Webpage Design, TESOL CALL-IS Newsletter, vol. 18, no. 1.

___ (1998). Testing Thoughts on the TOEFL, American Language July-August. Available online at: http://www.languagemagazine.com/internetedition/ja98/eett32.html.


book reviews on the web:

Leverett, T. (2006). Review of The Struggle to Teach English as an International Language, by Adrian Holliday, TESL-EJ (TESL Electronic Journal), 10, 2, Sept.

___ (2005). Review of Methods of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, J. Flood, D. Lapp, J. R. Squire, and J. M. Jensen, eds., TESL-EJ (TESL Electronic Journal), vol. 9, no. 2, Sept.

___ (2004). Review of A History of English Language Teaching, Second Edition by A.P.R. Howatt, with Henry Widdowson, TESL-EJ, vol. 8, no. 3, Dec.

___ (2003). Review of Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use: The Taipei Lectures, by Stephen Krashen, TESL-EJ, vol. 7, no. 2, Sept.

___ (2001). Review of Second Language Acquisition, by S. Gass and L. Selinker, TESL-EJ, vol. 5, no. 2, Sept.

___ (2000). Review of Rethinking America, by M. Sokolik, TESL-EJ, vol. 4, no. 3, May.

___ (1999). Review of Dialects in Schools and Communities, by W. Wolfram, C. Adger, and D. Christian, TESL-EJ, vol. 4, no. 1, July.

___ (1997). Review of Second Language Acquisition Theory and Pedagogy, ed. by F. Eckman, D. Highland, P. Lee, J. Milcham, and R. R. Weber, TESL-EJ, vol. 2, no. 3, January.

___ (1996). Review of Beyond Names for Things, ed. by M. Tomasello and W. Merriman, TESL-EJ, vol. 2, no. 1, March.

___ (1995). Review of A Teacher's Grammar, by R. A. Close, TESL-EJ, vol. 1, no. 4, June.


recent presentations, web projects, etc.:

Leverett, T. (2009, Mar.) Uncharted but breathtaking: Integrating chat into writing classes. Writing IS, Demonstration, TESOL Convention, Denver CO USA. Script and articles: http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pd/ubb.html.

Leverett, T. & Hunt, E. (2009, Mar.) Technology as aid, crutch and impediment. Writing IS, Discussion, TESOL Convention, Denver, CO USA. http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pd/tech.html.

Leverett, T. & Wright, H. (2009, Mar.) Error correction frontier: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly. Writing IS, Discussion, TESOL Convention, Denver, CO. Script and articles: http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pd/ecf.html.

Leverett, T. (2008, Apr.) Teaching writing in online and paper worlds. Writing IS, Demonstration, TESOL Convention, New York NY. Script and articles: http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pd/tw.html.

___ (2008, Apr.). Weblog portfolios in an intensive English program. eFairs Classics, CALL-IS Electronic Village, TESOL Convention, Seattle WA. http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pd/wp.html.

___ (2007, May). How weblogging affects the academic ecosystem. Presentation at 2nd Webheads in Action Online Convergence, including chat at Tapped In, static web site, and weblog with notes.

___ (2007, Mar.). Student weblogging for fluency, skills and integration. Writing IS Demonstration, TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA. Accompanying script and articles: http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pd/wf.html.

___ (2007, Mar.). Weblog portfolios in an intensive English program. Same as above, TESOL Convention, Seattle.

Leverett, T. & Moody, L. (2007, Mar.) Defining, detecting and dealing with online plagiarism. CALL-IS Discussion, TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA.

___ (2006). Internet Plagiarism. CALL-IS Discussion. TESOL Convention, Tampa, FL, Mar.

___ (2006). Daring to enter the blogosphere. Prog. Admin. IS, Paper, TESOL Convention, Tampa, FL, Mar. Script draft: http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pd/debr.html.

___ (2006). Keeping up with the web. CALL-IS Discussion, TESOL Convention, Tampa, FL, Mar.

___ (2006). This is your program: This is your program on weblogs. CALL-IS Internet Fair presentation, Electronic Village, TESOL Convention, Tampa FL, Mar.

Leverett, T. and Montgomerie, J. (2005). This is your class: This is your class on weblogs. Webheads in Action Online Convergence, online conference, Nov. 17-20.

___ (2005). Teaching teachers to use weblogs, Internet Fair, CALL-IS, TESOL 2005, San Antonio, March.

Leverett, T. (2005). Marketing learning, learning marketing, Discussion, PROG-AD-IS, TESOL 2005, San Antonio, March. With links to What makes people click, online manual, and marketing resources.

Leverett, T., Kelly, C. and Kelly, L. (2005). Role of the web, CALL-IS Discussion, TESOL 2005, San Antonio, Mar.

Kelly, C. and Leverett, T. Effective Web Design. CALL-IS Discussion at TESOL 2004, Los Angeles, USA, April 12, 2002. With links to similar TESOL presentations:

Leverett, T. (2004). Web development for busy writing teachers, CALL-IS Internet Fair Classics, TESOL 2004, with links to similar pages.

The Experiential Skills Project (1998), providing feedback for Pedagogical Grammar teachers, housed on the CESL webpages.



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