{"id":2314,"date":"2005-09-16T13:36:46","date_gmt":"2005-09-16T05:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2blog.ilc.edu.tw\/28\/2005\/09\/16\/a-brief-background-of-dr-peter-ragan\/"},"modified":"2021-03-18T19:59:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:59:08","slug":"a-brief-background-of-dr-peter-ragan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2blog.ilc.edu.tw\/28\/2005\/09\/16\/a-brief-background-of-dr-peter-ragan\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Background of Dr. Peter Ragan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Brief Background of Dr. Peter Ragan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Areas of Specialization<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

TESOL, TEFL, ESP, and EAP<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Multi-skill task-based English language instruction and materials development<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Applications of systemic-functional linguistics; corpus-based text analysis<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Aviation English<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Culture \u2013 language interface<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>[@more@]<\/p>\n

Education <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ph.D., Applied Linguistics: National University of Singapore <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

M.A., ESL: University of Hawaii, Manoa (East-West Center scholarship recipient) <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

B.A. Honors, Psychology: University of California, Berkeley (minors: Biology, German)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Significant Positions Held<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Current: Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan as TEFL Consultant and Advisor, 8\/05 to 6\/06<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Associate Professor: Humanities and Communication, Director, International English <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida; 1988 to present<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Visiting Professor: International Christian University, Tokyo; Summer Language Program<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Senior Lecturer: Applied Linguistics, University of Brunei Darussalam; 1 year sabbatical <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lecturer: National University of Singapore, English Language Proficiency Unit; 9 years<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Volunteer teacher (science and mathematics): U.S. Peace Corps Malaysia; 3 years<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Fourteen years as professor\/student in Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, and China <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Samples of Publications and Presentations<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Proceedings: \u201cCross-cultural communication in aviation.\u201d 14th European Symposium on <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Language for Special Purposes. University of Surrey, England. 2004 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chapter: \u201cClassroom use of a systemic functional small learner corpus.\u201d Small Corpus <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Studies and ELT. <\/span>Eds. Ghadessy, M. et al. <\/span>Benjamins, 2001<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Presentation: \u201cAviation English: idiosyncrasy, probability, and problem.\u201d 1st International <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Conference on English Grammar. Hyderabad, India. 1999 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Presentation: \u201cFunctionally aware.\u201d Fourth International Conference of the Association <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

for Language Awareness. Quebec City, Canada. 1998 <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Article: \u201cSubject specialism and general English in aviation ESP.\u201d TESOL Matters. Vol. 4, <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

1994 <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Textbook: Interactive Writing. Co-author. Prentice-Hall International. 1988<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Contact Information<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences <\/font><\/span>Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University<\/span>600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114 U.S.A.<\/font><\/p>\n

Tel. 386-226-6649; fax 386-226-7210; <\/span>Use e-mail to contact me in Taiwan: <\/span>ragan@erau.edu<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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