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