Luciana Diniz

 
 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 
Educational Background
Awards
Teaching Experience
Research Experience
Certificates
Publications
Presentations
 
Professional Service
Languages
Professional Membership
Computer Knowledge
References
 


Educational Background

December 2007 : Phd in Applied Linguistics and English Teaching as a Second Language (Georgia State University)

Dissertation: "Highly frequent function words in the light of the idiom principle: The case of the"

Committee members: Dr. Pat Byrd (chair), Dr. Diane Belcher, Dr. Lucy Pickering, and Dr. Susan Conrad

May 2003: MA in Applied Linguistics and English Teaching as a Second Language.

Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA

Coursework: Second Language Acquisition, General Linguistics, Approaches to Teaching ESL Adults, Intercultural Communication, Sound System of English, Practicum, Classroom Practices, Grammar for ESL Teachers (web-based course), Materials Design, Research Design, Assessment and Evaluation, L2 Listening, Sociolinguistics

January 2000 - June 2001: MA in Applied Linguistics and Language Studies (incomplete)

Catholic University of Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Coursework: Introduction to Research, Topics in Applied Linguistics, Course Design, Learning a Foreign Language.

1999: Bachelor's Degree in English (Language and Literature)

Catholic University of Santos - Santos, SP, Brazil

1997: Bachelor's Degree in Portuguese (Language and Literature)

Sao Paulo State University - Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Grants and Awards

Winter/2008: Using corpus tools to improve writing (teacher training workshops). Portland Community College

Winter/2008: Professional development grant (to attend TESOL, NY). Portland Community College

Winter/2008: Nattinger travel grant (to attend TESOL, NY). ORTESOL

Georgia State University Dissertation Grant (2007)

Ruth Crymes TESOL Fellowship for Graduate Study (2007)

Language Learning Journal Dissertation Grant (2007)

Morley Scholarship, University of Michigan (2007)

Professional development scholarship (to attend TESOL, Seattle, WA, 2007)

April/2006: Professional Service Award for exceptional service to the department and to the profession (Applied Linguistics Department - Georgia State University)

2004/2005: Who's who among students in American Universities Award - Georgia State University

July/2005: Intensive English Program Travel Grant to attend AAAL/AILA in Madison, WI ($100)

May/2005: Georgia State Travel Grant to attend American Association of Corpus Linguistics Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan ($300)

October/2004: Georgia State Travel Grant to attend SLRF (Second Language Research Forum) at Penn State ($200)

2003: Georgia State Travel Grant to attend Southeast TESOL Conference in New Orleans ($100)

2003: Georgia TESOL Travel Grant to attend International TESOL Conference in Baltimore ($150)

May/2002: Sunshine State TESOL Travel Grant to attend Sunshine State TESOL Conference ($200)

April/2002: Phi Beta Delta - Honor Society for International Scholars

May/2002: Volunteer of the Year Award - Atlanta Fulton Central Library - for ESL teaching services

 

Teaching Experience

September/2007 - present: Full-time ESOL instructor - Portland Community College, Portland, OR

Courses taught: Integrated Skills level 3; Academic Reading 6; Academic Writing 7; Academic Oral Communication 8; Pronunciation 8

August/2005 - December/2006: Teaching Assistant - Undergraduate Program in Language Studies - Georgia State University

Courses taught: Introduction to Linguistics (2x) and Methods in Foreign Language Teaching

August/2003 - present: Teaching Assistant - Intensive English Program (IEP)- Georgia State University

Courses taught: Oral Communication for Academic Purposes (level 2), Extensive Reading (level 4), and Writing for Academic Exams (level 4)
Some web sites I have created for my IEP classes:

Extensive Reading
Writing for Academic Exams

August/2002 - December/2004: Teaching Assistant - Modern and Classical Languages - Georgia State University

Courses taught: Portuguese 1001, 1002, and 2001
Responsible for teaching the course, designing syllabus, tests, WebCT and other additional materials.
Click here for a web page that I've designed for my Portuguese 1001 students.

October/2001 - June/2003: English as a Second Language Teacher - volunteer position - Central Library - Atlanta, GA

Taught conversation classes and TOEFL-prep class. Responsible for teaching the courses and preparing classes on the spot. Because students varied each class, I had to assess students' needs and come up with a lesson plan at the moment of the class.

April/2001 - July/2001: English teacher as a Foreign Language - Yazigi Language School - Santos, SP, Brazil

August/1999 - March/2001: English teacher as a Foreign Language and coordinator of the English Department

UIL Language School - Santos, SP, Brazil
Responsible for teaching classes (from beginning to advanced), coordinating the teachers, hiring and training new teachers, organizing extra-curricular activities, and some administrative work.

May/2000 - December/2000: Educational Computing Teacher - Santos City Hall - Santos, SP, Brazil

Taught Educational computer skills to English teachers. Reponsible for designing and teaching the courses.

February/2000 - May/2000: Portuguese as a First Language tteacher (7th and 8th grades) and English as a Foreign Language teacher (7th and 8th grades) - City Hall School - Santos, SP, Brazil

April/1999 - June/1999: English and Portuguese teacher (5th and 6th grades) - Public School - Santos, SP, Brazil

June/1997 - December/1998: English teacher as a Foreign Language - Headway Language School - Santos, SP, Brazil

Research Experience

August/2001 - May/2003: Graduate Research Assistant -

Georgia State University - Applied Linguistics and ESL Department
Assisted Dr. Jodi Eisterhold - research on Sarcasm, Nonverbal Communication and International Teaching Assistants

May/2002 - July/2002: Graduate Research Assistant

Saturday School for Scholars and Leaders - Georgia State University
Responsible for registration, office work, assisting children and parents who were attending Saturday School classes.

August/2001 - December/2001: Graduate Research Assistant

Georgia State University - Applied Linguistics and ESL Department
Assisted Dr. Patricia Carrell - research on memory capacity.


Certificates

GSTEP (Georgia State Test of English Proficiency) - Georgia State University
CAE (Cerficate of Advanced English) - Cambridge University
FCE (First Certificate of English) - Cambridge University
Michigan Certificate of Proficiency in English - University of Michigan

June 1998 - July 1998: Advanced English Course attended in Brighton - England
at International School of English

Services

Reviewer for Ruth Crymes Fellowship for Graduate study, TESOL Awards (2007)

Reviewer for English for Specific Purposes Journal (2007)

Technology SIG Co-Chair, ORTESOL, November/2007-Present

Volunteer at CALL Village, TESOL, Seattle, WA (May/2007)

Organizer with John Bunting, Magdi Kandil, and Kate Moran of a series of three workshops for AL/ESL PhD students:
(a) Using EndNotes for references and other research/writing
purposes, (b) GSU's IRB, and (c) Creating a C.V. and posting it on the Internet.  Fall 2005.

May/2005 - present: Web Master of the Graduate Student Association Web site

2005 - reviewer for South Atlantic Modern Language Association Journal

July/2005 - responsible for coordinating the rebuidlingof the web site for the Applied Linguistics Department - GSU

May/2005 - Proposal reader for Computer Assisted Language Learning Interest Session. TESOL.

May/2004 - present: Editorial Assistant for English for Specific Purposes Journal (ESPJ) - Working under the supervision of Dr. Diane Belcher

August/2003 - present: Grader for GSTEP short answers and essays - Georgia State University

March/2004 - Volunteer at Georgia State TESOL - Augusta, GA (reception desk)

June/2003 - Proposal reader for Computer Assisted Language Learning Interest Session. TESOL.

March/2003 - Volunteer at CALL Village - International TESOL Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Publications

Diniz, Luciana (2005). Surviving Graduate School: A Pronunciation Course for Brazilians. Proceedings Online Conference . Reading Matrix.

Diniz, Luciana (2005). Comparative Review: TextSTAT 2.5, AntConc 3.0 and Compleat Lexical Tutor 4.0. Language Learning and Technology .

Diniz, Luciana and Moran, Kate (2005). Corpus linguistics and students' writing. Essential Teacher Magazine .

Moran, Kate and Diniz, Luciana (2005). Teaching with Concordances. On CALL Newsletter. 22(2)

Diniz, Luciana (2003). Tips for ESL Volunteer Teaching. Adult Education Newsletter: The Official
Publication of the Adult Education Interest Section. Alexandria, VA: TESOL, Winter 2003.


Presentations

Diniz, Luciana (April/2008). An investigation of corpus methods for analysis of highly frequent function words: the case of 'the'. Paper presented at TESOL, New York, NY.

Diniz, Luciana (March/2008). Suggestions and recommendations in academic speech. Paper presented at AACL, Provo, UT.

Diniz, Luciana (November/2007). Using corpus tools to teach vocabulary in a reading class. Paper presented at ORTESOL, Portland, OR.

Diniz, Luciana (April/2007). Corpus methods for analysis of highly frequent function words. Panelist - Doctoral Student Forum, Seattle, WA.

Diniz, Luciana; Lee, Joseph; Baker, Amanda. (April/2007). (User-friendly) Corpus linguistics tools for ESL teachers and students. Workshop presented at CALL Electronic Village, TESOL, Seattle, WA.

Marrara, Helena & Diniz, Luciana. (March/2007). Teaching the grammar of spoken English. Paper presented at GATESOL, Atlanta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana & Lee, Joseph. (March/2007). ESL teachers' attitudes towards corpus linguistics innovations. Paper presented at GATESOL, Atlanta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana & Byrd, Pat (October/2006). Lexical bundles in academic genres: the case of US History. Paper to be presented at American Association of Corpus Linguistics. Flagstaff, AZ.

Diniz, Luciana & Moran, Kate (February/2006). New ways of providing feedback to students' writing. Paper presented at GATESOL, Atlanta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana & Byrd, Pat (July/2005). We're going to talk: Lexical Bundles in US History. Paper Presented at AAAL/AILA - Madison, WI

Diniz, Luciana & Ribeiro, Eve (March /2005). Brazilian Education System. Paper presented at International Education Week. School of Education, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana & Moran, Kate (March/2005). Incorporating Corpora in L2 Writing. Paper presented at GA TESOL Conference. Atlanta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana & Moran, Kate (March/2005). Using corpus to teach ESL. Demonstration presented at the Corpus Linguistics MA Level class. Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana (February/2005). Using the computer to teach literature. Demonstration presented at 4th Annual ESOL Conference for All Educators at Kennesaw State University. Kennesaw, GA

Moran, Kate and Diniz, Luciana (January/2005). Practical Ideas for Using Corpus in ESOL Teaching. Paper presented at Georgia Read Write Now Conference. Department of Education. Georgia State University.

Diniz, Luciana (October/2004). Lexical Bundles in a U.S. History Corpus. Paper presented at SLRF. State College, PA.

Diniz, Luciana & Brown, Ana (March/2004). Much Ado About Literature. Demonstration presented at Southeast TESOL. Augusta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana & Ochoa, Adrianne. (February/2004). Much Ado About Literature. Demonstration presented at ESOL Mini-Conference (Kennesaw State University). Kennesaw, GA.

Diniz, Luciana & Plowman, Sara & Smith, Eve. (September/2003). High-Stakes Selection and Placement Test for Hotel Receptionists. Paper presented at Southeast TESOL. New Orleans,Louisiana.

Diniz, Luciana & Ochoa, Adrianne. (September/2003). Reading Online and on the Screen. Paper presented at Southeast TESOL. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Diniz, Luciana. (June/2003). Basic Steps for Teaching an ESL class. Workshop presented at Atlanta Fulton Public Library. Atlanta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana & Plowman, Sara (April/2003). Assessment for Hotel Receptionists. Poster presented at Georgia State University Mini Conference. Atlanta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana (April/2003). Using Hot Potatoes. Workshop presented at Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA.

Diniz, Luciana & Wallace, Elizabeth (March/2003). Web-Based Activities for Teaching Future Time. Demonstration presented at Graduate Students Forum. TESOL International Convention. Baltimore, Maryland.

Diniz, Luciana S. & Wallace, Elizabeth. (September/2002). Learn your Future on the Web. Demonstration presented at Southeast TESOL Conference. Atlanta, Georgia.

Diniz, Luciana S. & Ochoa, Adrianne (September/2002) No Satisfaction. Awareness of Language in Music. Paper presented at Southeast TESOL Conference. Atlanta, Georgia.

Diniz, Luciana S. Integrating the Four Skills in the language classroom. (May/2002) Paper presented at Sunshine State TESOL Conference. West Palm Beach, Florida.


Languages

Portuguese - native speaker
English - advanced level (writing, reading, speaking and listening)
Italian - basic knowledge

Computer Knowledge

Windows, Word, Power Point, Excel, Access, SPSS, Nicenet, WebCT, Vista, Dreamweaver, EndNote, Wordmith Tools 4.0, Acrobat 6.0.

Professional Membership

AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics)
International TESOL
Georgia TESOL
FLARN (Formulaic Language Acquisition Research Network)



References


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