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H. Patricia Byrd

Department of Applied Linguistics

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

Updated March 18, 2010



Areas of Special Interest

English grammar; corpus linguistics; materials design, publication, and use; professional development education and training; issues in the international flow of students and scholars; applications of technological innovation to the teaching and learning of ESL/EFL



Education

Ph.D., University of Florida, March 1974

Major: English language & literature

Dissertation: "Modals in Present-Day American English: Theories, Applications, and Resource Materials for the Teaching of English as a Second Language"


M.A., Northwestern University, June 1966 

Major: English language & literature


B.A., Magna Cum Laude, with Honors in English,   Huntingdon College, June 1965 

Major: English language & literature



Academic Positions

July 2008-Present

Professor Emeritus, Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL, Georgia State University 
1996-December 1, 2007

Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL, Georgia State University 


1990-1995 

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL, Georgia State University 


1985-1989 

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL, Georgia State University 


Summers 1986-1989

Faculty member, University of Wyoming Institute on Training for Foreign Teaching Assistants (Summer Program) 


1973-1984 

Assistant Director, English Language Institute University of Florida [Taught ESL, TESL methodology, English grammar] 


1966-1967 

Instructor, English Department, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina



Honors

1990 Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Public & Urban Affairs

1994 Homer Higbee Award for Distinguished Service to NAFSA
PhD Advisees in Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL


  • Magdi Kandil, 2003-2009 Dissertation Topic: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in American, Arab, And British Media: Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis

  • Luciana Diniz, 2004-2007 Dissertation Topic: An investigation of corpus methods for analysis of highly frequent words: The case of the


Doctoral Committees in Other Departments

Samuel Perkins. Theory vs. Practice: Attitudes of ESL and University Faculty. College of Education, Georgia State University, 1995-97, degree granted 1997.


Clifford L. Lutton, Jr. Idiomatic Body-Part Lexemes in a corpus of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour: Approaching an Applied Cognitive Linguistics. College of Education, Georgia State University, 1990-1992, degree granted 1992. 
Jennifer Green. Lexical Bundles and Academic Vocabulary in Middle School Textbooks. College of Education, Georgia State University, 2006-2008.

Direction of Master’s Papers for the MA in Applied Linguistics

Teaching the grammar and vocabulary of a selected register of English

Heather Allington
Fall 2006
Grammar of academic discourse

Kelly Taylor


Summer 2006
Grammar and vocabulary of newspaper prose
Amy Layton

Summer 2006


Teaching the grammar and vocabulary of academic prose
Beth Cardon
Summer 2006
Teaching appositive nouns, past tense verbs, and circumstance adverbials in the news register
Vincii Kwan
Spring 2006
Hard Work in the 2004 Presidential Debates

Kate Moran


Spring 2005
Autobiography of a Teacher
Beth Wallace
Summer 2003
CALL Activities on the Web
Jennifer Greene
Spring 2003
Teaching Past Tense: Issues and Ideas

Gyl Mattioli

Fall 2002
Supplementing the IEP Curriculum with Interactive ESL activities on the Web

Ana Menezes

Spring 2002
The Grammar of Questions in English

Sandy Lima

Spring 2002
Using Advanced Features of Hot Potatoes Software to Create Interactive ESL Materials on the Web

Cynthia Little

To be completed Spring 2002
An Exploration of Theories and Applications for the Teaching of English Phrasal Verbs

Brian Schanding

Fall 2001
Complex Sentences

Elana Shefrin

Spring 2001
Grammar and Hebrew ESL Students

Richard Lagyak

Summer 2000 
Examples and Exemplification in the Teaching of English Grammar

Denise Marceaux

Summer 1999
Vocabulary of U.S. Public School Education for International and/or Refugee/Immigrant Parents

Linda Bryson

Completed: Fall Semester 1998
Portfolio & Final Master's Paper

Word Processing Handbook for ESL Students

Stephanie Nordenhaugh

Completed: Summer Quarter 1998


Portfolio & Final Master's Paper 

Computer Program for Learning English Pronunciation Developed for Japanese Business People

Masako Hiraki 

Completed: Summer Quarter 1998


Handbook for Adult ESL Learners 

Chapter on Entertainment

Michelle Mikacevich

Completed: Winter Quarter, 1997


Module to Teach Use of Past Time Narrative Grammar

Angela Wofford 

Completed: Spring Quarter, 1997
Discussion of theoretical and practical issues involved in development of a handbook for adult ESL learner 

Tonna Harris-Bosselmann 

Summer Quarter, 1997
English Article System in Academic Discourse 

Charlotte Currie 

Completed: Winter Quarter, 1996

Second Reader for Master’s Papers for the MA in Applied Linguistics

Development of an ESL Course for Refugee Mothers

Susan Bleyle

Completed Fall 2002


Case Study: Adult Education ESL Pre-Basico

Claudia Smith

Completed Fall 2002
The Academic Oral Communications Test (AOCT): A Materials Development Project Submitted for the Master's Paper

Chaudron Gille

Completed Spring 2002
The Impact of Motivation on Second Language Acquisition at the University of Cocody in Abdijan (Cote d'Ivoire)

Bado Ourega

Completed Fall 2001
First Language Literacy

Its Effects on Second Language Literacy and Acquisition

Audrey Murray

Completed Summer 2001


The Web and the Teaching of Phonology

Matthew Brooks

Completed Summer 1999
Video Viewing Guide: Examining Teachers' Beliefs and Decision-Making

Lynette Robson

Completed Summer 1999
Development of an Oral Communication EFL Course for Korean University Students

Jaiseon Song-Lee

Completed Spring Semester 1999
Video Viewing Guide (from the Teaching Practicum)

Julie S. Van Leuven

Completed Spring Semester 1999
Integrating Four Skills into a Communicative Syllabus

Quynh Nguyen

Completed: Spring Semester 1999
Teaching Pronunciation to Japanese Students and a Video Guide

Masanori Nakamura

Completed Fall Semester 1998
Materials to Teach Listening Comprehension to Korean University Students

Haejung Sung 

Completed Summer Quarter 1998
Revision of Tests for ESL 083 Reading and Listening for Academic Purposes

Matthew Williams

Completed Fall Quarter, 1997
Teaching Argumentative Writing 

Richard Beaubien 

Completed Spring Quarter, 1997 
Final Master’s Paper (AL/ESL)

Jennifer Yance 

Completed Fall Quarter, 1996 


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