Earl Stevick Ph.D.Super IlluminaryDepartment: MATESOL Area of Expertise: Language teaching Education: Honorary Doctorate, (Christian Ministries), Trinity Western University, 2006; Ph.D. (General Linguistics), Cornell University , 1955; M.A. (TEFL), Teachers College, Columbia University , 1950; A.B. (cl) in International Relations, Harvard College , 1948 Short BioEarl W. Stevick was born in Iowa midway between the Great War and the Great Depression. He got his first professional experience as a tutor for another high school Latin student in 1940. Since then he has been almost continuously involved in learning and teaching languages. Employers have included the Methodist Church, the Foreign Service Institute of the United States Department of State, the Peace Corps, the University of Maryland (Baltimore County), and Trinity Western University (Langley, BC). Graduate Courses Taught (including as Collaborating Instructor)
Books for language teachersStevick, E.W. (1998). Working with teaching methods: What's at stake? Boston : Heinle & Heinle. Stevick, E.W. (1996). Memory, meaning and method: A view of language teaching (2nd ed.). Boston : Heinle & Heinle. Stevick, E.W. (1990). Humanism in language teaching. Oxford : Oxford University Press. Stevick, E.W. (1989). Success with foreign languages. New York : Prentice Hall.
Stevick, E.W. (1986). Images and options in the language classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Stevick, E.W. (1982). Teaching and learning languages. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Stevick, E.W. (1980). Teaching languages: A way and ways. Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
Stevick, E.W. (1976). Memory, meaning and method. Rowley, MA : Newbury House.
Stevick, E.W. (1971). Adapting and writing language lessons. Foreign Service Institute.
Stevick, E.W. (1963). A workbook in language teaching. Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press. Stevick, E.W. (1957). Helping people learn English: A manual for teachers of English as a second language. Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press. Articles on language teachingStevick, E.W. (1993). How is strategic memorable? How memorable is "strategic"? In J. E. Alatis (Ed.), Proceedings of the GeorgetownUniversityRound Table on Languages and linguistics. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press. Stevick, E.W. (1993). Memory: Old news, bad news, new news, good news. JALT Journal,16. Stevick, E.W. (1993). Social meanings for how we teach. In J. Alatis (Ed.), GeorgetownUniversityround table on language and linguistics 1992: Language, communications and social meaning 1992 (pp. 428-434). Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press. Stevick, E.W. (1992). Across a chasm. The Language Teacher, 16(9), 5-6 & 27. Stevick, E.W. (1991). Ann, Bert, Carla, Derek, and Oakley's thesis. In J. E. Alatis (Ed.), Linguistics and language pedagogy: The state of the art (pp. 335-342). Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press. Stevick, E.W. (1990). Research on what? Modern Language Journal, 74(2), 143-152. Stevick, E.W. (1978). Toward a practical philosophy of pronunciation. TESOL Quarterly, 12(2), 145-150. Stevick, E.W. (1975). One simple visual aid: A psychodynamic view. Language learning, 25(1), 63-72. Stevick, E.W. (1974). The meaning of drills and exercises. Language learning, 24(1), 1-22. Stevick, E.W. (1974). Language instruction must do an about-face. Modern Language Journal, 58(8), 379-384. Stevick, E.W. (1973). Before linguistics and beneath method. In K. Jankowsky (Ed.), Proceedings of the GeorgetownUniversityRound Table on Languages and linguistics (pp. 99-106). Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press. Stevick, E.W. (1972). Who's who in language transfer. International Review of Applied Linguistics, 18(2), 105-122. Stevick, E.W. (1971). Better mileage from materials in seldom-taught languages. Trends: Quarterly Journal of the Center for Cross-Cultural Training and Research, Universityof Hawaiiat Hilo), 4. Stevick, E.W. (1967). The modular mousetrap. TESOL Quarterly, 1(3), 3-10. Stevick, E.W. (1962). Structural drills in the laboratory. International Journal of American Linguistics, 27, 337-344. Stevick, E.W. (1959). 'Technemes' and the rhythm of class activity. Language Learning, 9(3), 44-51. Stevick, E.W. (1950). Picture-pattern stories for teaching English structure. Language Learning, 34-37. Stevick, E.W. (1950). The 'deferred preposition': A reply to Charnley. American Speech, 25(3), 211-214. Course textbooks - including consulting workConsulting author, Crossroads - A four-level course for adult learners of English as a second language - Oxford University Press. 1991-1994. Sanda, H., Stevick, E.W., Pereira, A. & Toffa, F. (1983). Sub-Saharan French: Familiarization and short-term training. Arlington, VA : Foreign Service. Institute.
Principle Design Consultant for Foreign Service Institute full-length courses in Russian and Arabic. Principle author of basic courses in East Armenian (American Council of Learned Societies, 1957), Manyika (Rhodesia Mission Press, 1957), and Swahili, Yoruba, Kirundi, Shona, Luganda (Superintendent of Documents, various dates). Articles on African LanguageStevick, E.W. (1969). Tone in Bantu. International Journal of American Linguistics, 35(4), 330-341. Stevick, E.W. (1969). Pitch and duration in Ganda. Journal of African Languages, 8(1), 1-28. Stevick, E.W. (1967). The teaching of African languages in the since 1961. African Studies Bulletin, 10(1), 16-21. Stevick, E.W. (1965). Pitch and duration in two Yoruba idiolects. Journal of African Languages, 4(2), 85-101. Stevick, E.W. (1964). Two Bantu consonant systems. Language, 40(1), 58-74. Stevick, E.W. (1960). The implosive-explosive contrast in Manyika. African Studies, 19(2), 88-95. Stevick, E.W. (1959). The inflection of the verb in Manyika. Native Affairs Department Annual, 30-45. Professional Experience
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