Colloquia at Professional Meetings
Portfolios in the MATESOL program. With Douglas Flahive, Peter Shaw, and Karen Johnson. TESOL International Convention. Salt Lake City, April 11, 2002.
The MA Grammar Course. Presentations by Diane Larsen-Freeman, Marianne Celce-Murcia, Peter Master, Ann Burns, Pat Porter, & Pat Byrd. TESOL International Convention. St. Louis. March 2, 2001.
Responding to the grammar in student writing. Presentations by Joy Reid, Peggy Lindstrom, Liz Hamp-Lyons, Dana Ferris, Gabriella Nuttall, Sima Sengupta, Sharon Cavusgil, & Pat Byrd. TESOL International Convention. Seattle. March 18, 1998.
Educating employable teachers. Presentations by Pat Byrd, Stephen Thewlis, Gailynn Valdes, Mary Jerome, Vicki Bergman-Lanier, Mark Tanner, Karen Johnson, Robert Hausmann, and Jerry Gebhard. TESOL International Convention. Chicago, March 27, 1996.
Students who fail composition tests. Presentations by Gayle Nelson, Michael Janopoulos, and Roger Thompson. TESOL International Convention. Chicago, March 27, 1996.
Professional development: Responsibilities of professional organizations for individual growth. Presentations by Patricia Byrd, Joan Morley, Susan Bayley, and Janet Constantinides. International TESOL Conference. Long Beach, March 30, 1995.
Teacher preparation: ESL program administrators talk with teacher educators. Presentations by Patricia Byrd, John Murphy, Karen Johnson, Lynn Henrichsen, JoAnn Aebersold, Vicki Bergman-Lanier, Stephen Thewlis, Mary Jerome, and Gailynn Valdes. TESOL International Conference. Long Beach, March 31, 1995.
Issues in the writing and publication of ESL/EFL materials. Presentations by Patricia Byrd, Jodi Crandall, Patricia Dunkel, Joy Reid, and Jack Richards. Materials writers academic session. International TESOL Conference. Atlanta, April 1993.
Recruiting Revisited and Redefined: Issues in the International Flow of Students and Scholars. Presentations by Cassandra Pyle and representatives of foreign governments. NAFSA National Conference, Boston, May 1991
Issues in the Teaching of Grammar. Presentations by Martha Pennington, Diane Larsen-Freeman, Marian Celce-Murcia, and Tracy Terrell. International TESOL Convention, Miami Beach, April 1987
Invited Conference Papers, Chaired Sessions, Panel Presentations, Speeches, Seminars, & Workshops
Byrd, P. (2009). Lexical patterning in academic talk. Part of presentation of a research project with Lucy Pickering and Linda Grant. Denver: TESOL 2009.
Lexical bundles for the AWL. Part of a presentation of a research project with Averil Coxhead. Denver: TESOL 2009.
Byrd, P. (2006). Creating a learning community online. Plenary session at the Conference on Applied Linguistics, The Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico, May 20, 2006.
Byrd, P. (2005). Participating in a change process. In the session on Corpus linguistics and the teaching of ESL writing. San Antonio: TESOL 2005.
Byrd, P. (2005). Instructed grammar. Publisher's session for Eli Hinkel's Handbook of Research in Applied Linguistics. San Antonio: TESOL 2005.
Byrd, P. Using APA in Your Papers. A workshop for AL/ESL graduate students. June, 2003. A website was created to provide the workshop information for students who could not attend the workshop: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/APA.
Nelson, G. & Byrd, P. Job placement workshop. A presentation organized the Graduate Student Organization, AL/ESL. November, 2002.
Vocabulary in materials: Selection of words and Learning of words. The academic session for the Materials Writers Interest Section at the TESOL International Convention. Salt Lake City, April 10, 2002. Pat Byrd organized and chaired the session as co-chair of the MWIS. Presentations were made by Susan Conrad, Susan Hunston, William Grabe, Fredricka Stoller, Norbert Schmitt, and Batia Laufer.
Schuemann, C., Reid, J., & Byrd, P. Assessment in textbooks and on the web & the content of web-based support materials for classroom teachers: A discussion with the authors of the H-M EAP textbooks series. Salt Lake City, April 13, 2002.
Understanding courses we teach: A publisher’s session sponsored by the University of Michigan Press. With John Murphy. TESOL International Convention. Salt Lake City, April 11, 2002.
Schuemann, C., Reid, J., & Byrd, P. Workshop on the Houghton-Mifflin English-for-academic-purpose textbook and teacher reference book series. Dallas, TX. November 9-11, 2001.
Nelson, G. & Byrd, P. Job placement workshop. A presentation organized the the Graduate Student Organization, AL/ESL. October 30, 2001.
Nelson, G. & Byrd, P. Job placement workshop. A presentation organized the the Graduate Student Organization, AL/ESL. March 26, 2001.
Byrd, P. Putting a graduate course in the WebCt2 environment: Issues for faculty members at GSU. A presentation to the faculty of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages. February 23, 2001.
Byrd, P. Creating web-based ESL materials. For AL 8660 Materials Design, Development, & Publication. November 15, 2000.
Byrd, P., Bunting, J., Gobron, L., Nystrom, S., Maslekoff, D., DiPuma, L., Nicholson, M., Little, C., & Hegyesi, B. Re-designing a graduate class for the WebCt environment. Report presented at the 2nd Annual Teaching & Learning with Technology Expo, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, May 7, 2000.
The job search process: A workshop for graduate students in AL/ESL. With Gayle Nelson. Georgia State University, February 11, 2000.
Research and the materials writer. In the Academic Session for the Materials Writers Interest Group on Harnessing resources of effective materials development. TESOL International Convention. New York City. March 12, 1999.
Looking ahead...to academic success. With Elizabeth Byleen, Linda Robinson Fellag, Judith Marasco, and Joy Reid. TESOL International Convention. New York City. March 10, 1999.
Grammar FROM Context. The opening plenary presentation for the PennEast TESOL Annual Conference. Philadelphia. October 24, 1998.
The master's in TESL/TEFL portfolio requirement: Conceptual foundations and practical purposes. A presentation at the new student orientation. August 21, 1998. Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL, Georgia State University.
Teaching composition using Looking Ahead: Responding to student writing and other issues. Intensive English Language Institute, University of North Carolina-Charlotte. July 17, 1998.
An introduction to the Looking Ahead series. With Linda R. Fellag. Northern Virginia Community College. July 14, 1998. Annandale, Virginia. (Publisher's session organized by Heinle & Heinle Publishers)
Looking Ahead to academic success. Sunshine State TESOL Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. May 7, 1998. (Publisher's session organized by Heinle & Heinle Publishers.)
Looking Ahead textbook series: A publisher's session. TESOL International Annual Convention. Seattle. March 17, 1998.
Grammar FROM Context. Plenary session. Alabama-Mississippi TESOL State Meeting. Mississippi State University. January 24, 1998.
Careers in ESL: Basic Concepts and their implications for TESL professionals. Plenary session. Alabama-Mississippi TESOL State Meeting. Mississippi State University. January 23, 1998.
Working with international students in university classrooms: What are the issues? A GSU Faculty Forum. With John Murphy, Grace Canseco, Gayle Nelson, Doug Podall, and Dan Paracka. Novebmer 7, 1997
Designing and implementing an EAP curriculum on a task-based model: A workshop for the ESL faculty at DeKalb College. With Sharon Cavusgil and John Murphy. Atlanta. July 10, 1997
Writing a resume to showcase your skills and achievement: A workshop sponsored by the AL/ESL Graduate Student Association. June 2, 1997
Using Netscape Navigator Gold to creat WWW sites: A workshop for GSU faculty. Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning and by Informational Technology and Systems. Georgia State University. May 16, 1997.
Reponse and Revision: A Breakfast Seminar. With Joy Reid, Dana Ferris, and Liz Hamp-Lyons. TESOL International Convention. Orlando. March 14, 1997.
Teacher Educators Talk with Program Administrators: Higher Education Interest Section. TESOL International Convention. Orlando. March 13, 1997.
Issues in Academic Program Accreditation. With Paul Angelis and Janet Constantinides. TESOL International Convention. Orlando. March 12, 1997.
Grammar FROM Context and It's All the Same Grammar: A Plenary Presentation for the annual meeting of Indiana TESOL. Indianapolis, November 9, 1996.
Profession and Professional Development. Indiana TESOL. Indianapolis, November 9, 1996.
Chat with Pat: An Informal Discussion on Grammar and Professionalism. Indiana TESOL. Indianapolis, November 9, 1996.
Grammar FROM Context: A Professional Development Workshop for the ESL Faculty. English Language Institute, Mercer University-Atlanta, October 23, 1996.
Characteristics of the Graduate of a Master's Program for ESL/EFL Teachers: Scholar-Teacher-Professional. Fostering Common Ground: A National Seminar on the Curriculum for Master's Programs in TESL/TEFL. Tucson: University of Arizona. October 3, 1996.
Prototyping a composition-grammar textbook series. A session sponsored by Heinle & Heinle Publishers. With Joy Reid and Ken Pratt. TESOL International Convention. Chicago, March 19, 1996.
Grammar and Composition. Breakfast Seminar on Teaching Grammar Communicatively. With Peter Master, San Jose State University, Marianne Celce-Murcia, UCLA, and Elite Olshtain, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Getting a job teaching ESL/EFL: A workshop for graduate students in the Department of Applied Linguistics/ESL. With Gayle Nelson, February 27, 1996.
Professionalism and Professional Development: The NAFSA Model. Georgia Association of International Educators Annual Meeting. February 23, 1996. Calloway Gardens, GA.
Methodology and materials: Predictions about directions in ESL materials. Heinle & Heinle Winter Seminar. January 8, 1996. Orlando, Florida.
Grammar from context: Verbs, nouns, and prepositional phrases in the context of undergraduate textbook prose. University of South Florida. December 6, Tampa, Florida.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators, TESOL, and Publishers: A briefing on the purposes and characteristics of both associations and their interactions with publishers within the context of professional development. With Joy Reid. Heinle & Heinle Publishers. November 17, 1995. Boston.
Doing business across cultures: A pilot distance learning workshop on intercultural communication. With Gayle Nelson and Rita Wuebbeler. Georgia State University's GSAMS Facility. November 4, 1995, Atlanta.
NAFSA professional development program: New directions. With Diana Lopez. Region VII Conference. Memphis, October, 1995
The basics of consulting in international education and exchange. I chaired this session, which included presentations by Janet Constantinides, David Eskey, Jean Griswold, June Noronha, William Smart, and Neal Sobania. NAFSA: AIE Annual Conference, New Orleans, May 1995.
The NAFSA curriculum: Professionalism and professional development. Update on the NAFSA Professional Development Program. With Jeanne-Marie Duval, Scott King, Karen Jenkins, and Bill Carroll.NAFSA: AIE Annual Conference, New Orleans, May 1995.
ESL Programs in the U.S.: The Range of Options Offered Students and Sponsors. A workshop for Overseas Advisors sponsored by USIA and NAFSA: AIE. With Charles Windish, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Steve Weisbrod, ELS-Atlanta. Atlanta, GA, May 1995
Communicative Approaches to Teaching Grammar: Issues and Applications. Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. February 24, 1995.
Consulting in international education: A workshop. NAFSA National Conference. Miami Beach, May 1994.
The status of the Intensive ESL Program in U.S. colleges and universities: Faculty Issues. NAFSA Conference. Miami Beach, May 1994.
The grammar of academic textbooks and materials. Gulf TESOL Annual Conference. Ft. Lauderdale, May 1994
A united vision of international education: The NAFSA perspective on the attributes of the internationally educated student. Joint meeting of Carolina TESOL and the North Carolina Association of International Educators. Raleigh, April 1994.
Faculty involvement in defining and sustaining the mission and standing in U.S. higher education of intensive English programs. Status of the IEP in U.S. higher education: Developing a basic professional blueprint. Tucson: University of Arizona, April 1994. (A presentation to a plenary session of the workshop)
The tapestry grammar workbooks: The design process and products. At the meeting of the Tapestry authors at the International TESOL Conference. Baltimore, March 1994.
Dealing with disruptive students: A panel presentation by the fulltime ESL faculty for graduate teaching interns in the ESL Program of the Department of Applied Linguistics/ESL. With Becky Bodnar, Sharon Cavusgil, Linda Gajdusek, and Debra Snell, February, 1994.
Getting a job teaching ESL/EFL: A presentation for graduate students in the Department of Applied Linguistics/ESL. With Gayle Nelson, January 1994.
Funding to attend graduate school in the U.S., presentations to Careers Advisers from universities in the United Kingdom. London and Edinburgh, June 1993
ATESL-OSEAS dialogue: Recruiting ESL students overseas. Chaired session and participated in panel discussion. NAFSA: Association of International Educators National Conference, San Francisco, May 1993
ATESL-OSEAS dialogue: Predeparture orientation for international graduate students. Chaired session and participated in panel discussion. NAFSA: Association of International Educators National Conference, San Francisco, May 1993
The Graduate program: Where does it go? [A panelist along with Rick Jenks, Sam Slick, John Haskell, Patricia Dunkel, and Bill Powell] TESOL International Convention, Atlanta, April 1993
Design and implementation of international teaching assistant training programs, with Janet C. Constantinides. NAFSA Region VII Conference, Atlanta, November 1993.
The Teacher as audience for materials. International TESOL Conference. Vancouver, March 1992.
Internationalization of U.S. colleges and universities: Implications for librarians. 10th Annual Library Conference. Tallahassee, Florida, March 1992.
Inventorying textbook resources and development of a syllabus and lesson plans. The Department of Applied Linguistics/ESL at Georgia State University, TESL Intern Orientation, Georgia State University, September 1992.
Teaching composition to non-Native speakers of English, English Composition Teachers Orientation, Georgia State University, September 1992.
Ethics in international education: A panel with Peter Briggs, Eva Adan, Marian Beane, John Eaves, and Cynthia Felbeck Chalou. NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region VII Conference. Greensboro, North Carolina, November 1992.
NAFSA's ANSWER project: A glimpse into the future. NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region VII Conference. Greensboro, North Carolina, November 1992.
ATESL round table discussion: Administration of MA-TESOL Programs. (Chaired session). NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region VII Conference. Greensboro, North Carolina, November 1992.
Seeking jobs in the teaching of ESL: The TESOL process with Gayle Nelson. A presentation for graduate students in the Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL. Georgia State University. February 1991.
Writing and publishing ESL composition materials: A discussion with professional Materials writers, with Janet C. Constantinides. A Discussion group in the Symposium for Materials Writers. International TESOL Conference. New York, March 1991.
Issues in the recruitment and retention of international students The ABCs of student recruitment. Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Savannah, April 1991.
Designing and implementing assessment and training programs for ITAs: The Emory model, with JoNell A. Usher (Emory University). The Third National Conference on the Training and Employment of Graduate Teaching Assistants. Austin, Texas, November 1991.
The TA experience: Preparing for multiple roles. The Third National Conference on the Training and Employment of Graduate Teaching Assistants. Austin, Texas, November 1991.
Issues in the selection of an intensive English program in the U.S.: Advice for foreign students and overseas advisers. OSEAS Europe Conference, La Grande Motte, France, December 1991.
Financing graduate study in the U.S.: A check sheet for foreign graduate students to evaluate offers of assistantships. OSEAS Europe Conference, La Grande Motte, France, December 1991.
Us, them, the process, and the results: A Training session for NAFSA consultants, with Joann Stedman, Gary Althen, Paula Spier, and Lee Zeigler. NAFSA National Conference. Portland, May 1990.
Combining writing, grammar, and editing: Using Improving the Grammar of Written English: The Handbook and Improving the Grammar of Written English: The Editing Process. A publisher's session at International TESOL, San Antonio, Texas, March 1989.
Issues in the teaching of grammar: Current approaches in the U.S. For a group of visiting international teachers sponsored through USIA. Atlanta, March 1989.
Questions to guide thinking about the place of talking in classroom teaching in U.S. colleges and universities. University of Wyoming/NAFSA Institute on the Training of FTAs. Laramie, July 1989.
Credit for ESL courses at Georgia State University: Implications for ESL in the United States. Colloquium on Trends in English Programs for University-enrolled International Students, TESOL International Conference, Chicago, March 1988
Various aspects of the use of language in the teaching of mathematics. Colloquium on Foreign Teaching Assistants: Research Now for Future Directions, TESOL International Conference, Chicago, March 1988
`You've Got to Be Carefully Taught': Barriers to cross-cultural communication. Plenary speech at joint meeting of Michigan TESOL and Michigan NAFSA. Frankenmuth, Michigan, March 1988
The intersections between language and pedagogy: The culture of the U.S undergraduate classroom with implications for FTA training. University of Wyoming/NAFSA Summer Institute of FTA Training. July 1988
Legal and ethical issues in FTA training and testing, with Janet C. Constantinides and Phyllis Kuehn. Reading, Culture, and Related Issues in Language Teaching, a symposium organized by the Department of Applied Linguistics and ESL, Georgia State University, Atlanta, December 1988
Moving an ESL program into the high tech future: Administrative concerns. Strategic Planning for ESL Programs: A NUCEA Conference. Baltimore, December 1988
Beyond marginality: Becoming important to your institution. Strategic Planning for ESL Programs: A NUCEA Conference. Baltimore, December 1988
Methods for teaching composition to ESL/EFL students. Workshop for USIA visiting scholars, Georgia State University, Atlanta, November 20, 1986
The training and supervising of teachers in student-centered classes. Georgia TESOL Spring Conference, Atlanta, February 28, 1987
The action research consulting model: A report with comments on applicability to the academic world. NAFSA Consultant Training, Washington DC, March 1987
Should ESL volunteer tutors teach pronunciation? Workshop on ESL and Cross-cultural issues for volunteer ESL tutors. Atlanta, April 4, 1987
Focused self-study and on-going self-study, in a workshop on self-study, with Janet C. Constantinides, International TESOL Conference, Miami, April 1987
Systems analysis for program design and pronunciation in foreign TA training programs, in a workshop on Foreign TA Training, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, May 1987
Student profiles: Descriptions of students sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Information Agency. Organized and chaired session. NAFSA National Conference, Long Beach, California, May 1987
Appropriate training for FTAs: Eleven Questions to consider about the characteristics of teaching in U.S. universities. A background session at the NAFSA/University of Wyoming Summer Institute on FTA Training, July 1987
Integrating part-time faculty into the ESL department. NAFSA Region VII, Williamsburg, Virginia, November 1987
Institutional ties of ESL programs in the U.S.. NAFSA Workshop on Self-Study/Self-Regulation, Atlanta, February 1986
Finding appropriate support. Georgia TESOL Workshop on Composition, Atlanta, February 1986
The first week: Activities for communication. English Teachers Association of Switzerland Annual Conference, Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 1986
Process vs. product: Teaching academic writing in the United States. English Teachers Association of Switzerland Annual Conference, Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 1986
Academic sub-cultures: Appropriate training for foreign graduate teaching assistants. University of Wyoming Institute on Training for Foreign Teaching Assistants, Laramie, July 1986
Issues in the development of video-taped teaching simulation tests. University of Wyoming Institute on Training for FTAs, Laramie, July 1986
Issues in teaching composition to non-native speakers of English. Staff training session, English Department's Writing Center, Georgia State University, October 1986
Academic subcultures: Accurate teaching skills for ITAs. Institutional Responsibilities and Responses in the Employment and Education of Teaching Assistants: A National Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, November 1986
Video-Taped simulation testing: Being seduced by face validity. Institutional Responsibilities and Responses in the Employment and Education of Teaching Assistants: A National Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, November 1986
The Teaching of advanced grammar in the United States. A workshop for USIA visiting scholars, Georgia State University, Atlanta, November 19, 1986
How to get published. Gulf TESOL Conference, West Palm Beach, April 1980 Conflict between international groups in intensive English programs. NAFSA National Conference, Snowmass, Colorado, June 1984
The intensive English program at Average University: A Case study. A CIEP Workshop on Self-study in Intensive English Programs, NAFSA National Conference, Snowmass, Colorado, June 1984
Cross-cultural half-way houses: Orientation in intensive English programs. CIEE Seminar on Orientation, November 1984
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