Hedy M. McGarrell

Department of Applied Language Studies

Office: MC A232
Tel.: (905) 688-5550 ext.3757
Internet: hmcgarre@spartan.ac.brocku.ca

• ($904.98) Acquisitional sequence in English as a Second Language.

• ($700.00) To attend AILA'93, Amsterdam, Holland (August, 1993).
• ($1,395.00) Travel Grant towards expenses to attend RELC '94. March 1, 1994.

• ($400.00) Dean of Humanities: Travel Grant towards expenses to attend RELC '94, March 1994.

• "Grammar Activities," J. Sivell and L. Curtis (eds.), TESL '90 - Reading into the Future, November 1991.
• "Peer feedback in writing," G. Irons and S.T. Paribakht (eds.), TESL '92 - Make Change Make a Difference, Welland: Soleil.

• Review of Joyce Scane, Anne Marie Guy and Lauren Wenstrom, Think, Write, Share: Process Writing for Adult ESL and Basic Education Students, OISE Press, Toronto, 1991 in Contact, Spring 1994

• Invited to teach summer courses in Ph.D. Program in SLA at the University of Arizona in the summer of 1993.
• Consulting on Curriculum (MA program) and Syllabus Design (EFL), Department of Western Languages, Burapha University, Thailand.
• Visiting Professor at Northern Arizona University, taught graduate level course (MA, MEd, and Phd) in "Theories of Second Language Acquistion", Arizona, July-August 1993.
• Workshops for EFL Teachers, (first part with John Sivell) Burapha University, Thailand, April-May 1993.

• "Second/Foreign Language Learners as Active Participants in the Learning Process," Second Language Teaching Colloquium, University of Waterloo, October 4-5, 1991.
• "Peer Feedback in Writing Classes: Techniques," 19th Annual Conference of TESL Ontario, Toronto, November 21-23, 1991.
• "Empowering learners: Towards more independent language learners," 26th Annual Convention of TESOL, Vancouver, March 3-7, 1992.
• "Authentic Writing for Authentic Audiences," 20th Anniversary Convention of SPEAQ, Quebec City, October 14 - 17, 1992.
• "Classroom Activities Based on Student Writing," 20th Annual Conference of TESL Ontario, Toronto, November 26 - 28, 1992.
• "Do computers make a difference in ESL students' writing?," 27th Annual Convention of TESOL, Atlanta, April 12 - 17, 1993.
• "Perceived and actual impact of computer use in L2 writing classes," AILA '93 - 10th Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics, Amerstam, Holland, August 8-14, 1993.
• "Improved writing skills through poetry units," TESL Ontario '93, 21st Annual Conference of TESL Ontario, Toronto, November 25-27, 1993.
• "Peer feedback - talking to improve writing," RELC '94 - Annual Regional East Asian Language Conference, Singapore, April 18-20, 1994.

• "Perception of Truth: Negotiated Understanding of Text," Third Annual Humanities Symposium, December 1991.