John Sivell

Department of Applied Language Studies
Dean, Faculty of Humanities

Office: ST 1110
Tel.: (905) 688-5550 ext. 3427
Internet: jsivell@spartan.ac.brocku.ca

• (Brock Leave/Non-Leave $2,000.00) Research Grant, Sabbatical Travel, July 1992.
• ($1,519.70) Brock University Leave/Non-Leave Grant: Teacher-Development in Thailand, November 1993.

• From Near and Far: Short Fiction for ESL, Virgil, Ontario: Full Blast Productions, 1991; 2nd edition (enlarged), 1992, 253 pages.
• with L. Yang. Jigsaw Reading and Writing Activities, Full Blast Productions, Virgil, Ontario, 1993.
• with C. Freinet. Education Through Work, (Translation with crictical apparartus), Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York, 1993.

• "Practical Comprehension: Poetry-Writing/Reading by ESL students," Reading into the Future, 1991, pp. 146 - 154.

• Registers of Written English, Ghadessy, Language LXVII, ii, June 1991, pp. 155 -156.
• Discourse and the Translator, Hatim & Mason, Language LXVIII, i, March 1992, pp. 227-228.
• Review of M. McCloskey and L. Stack (1993) Voices in Literature. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle in TESL Contact, Fall 1993.

• Editorial Board, Language Teaching Strategies.
• TESL Ontario Representative to Advisory Board, Alpha Ontario Database Project.

• "Poetry Writing for Language Learners," University of Waterloo Language Teaching Conference, October 1991.
• "Using From Near and Far," SPEAQ (Quebec TESL Association), November 1991.
• "The Self-Image of the TESL Professional: Balancing Continuity and Change," TESL Ontario, November 1991.
• "TESL Ont: Getting the Most out of Jigsaw Materials," (2 hour workshop with L. Yang).
• "Thai, TESOL: Multiple-Choice Question Techniques for EFL Reading," (90 minute workshop with C. Pongruang).
• "Thai TESOL: EFL Techniques for Larger Classes," (demonstration).