Laurel Smith Stvan

Professional Development Presentations

2007. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "Dissertation Proposals and Literature Reviews." Guest lecture for Ling. 6300--Professional Writing for Linguistics, Dept. of Linguistics and TESOL. UT Arlington. March 29, 2007.

2007. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "What's Your Research About? Writers Talk About Their Research." Moderator for a panel discussion, Dept. of Linguistics and TESOL Brown Bag Discussion Series. UT Arlington. February 19, 2007.

2006. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "How Do You Use APA and LSA Styles for Documentation?" Presented at Dept. of Linguistics and TESOL Brown Bag Discussion Series. UT Arlington. September 20, 2005; October 30, 2006.

2006. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "Using EndNote Bibliographic Software for Library Research." Presented at the Dept. of Linguistics and TESOL Brown Bag Discussion Series. UT Arlington. March 29, 2006. (handout)

2005. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "How Do I Make the Most Effective Use of Library Research for my Literature Review?" Presented at the Dept. of Linguistics and TESOL Brown Bag Discussion Series. UT Arlington. November 15, 2005.

2005. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "Language and Gender Differences." Presented as a guest lecture for language learners in ELI's Listening Skills. English Language Institute, UT Arlington. Nov. 10, 2005.

2005. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "Culture Shock." Presented as a guest lecture for language learners in ELI's Listening Skills. English Language Institute, UT Arlington. July 15, 2005.

2005. Stvan, Laurel Smith. Respondent for 3-paper panel on "You and I: Linguistic Conceptions and Inscriptions of Identity" at the Cultural Constructions conference, Dept. of Modern Languages, UT Arlington, April 29, 2005.

2003. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "UTASCIL Presenter's Presentation Tips: PowerPoint, Handouts, and Beyond." Presented at the UTA LINGUA meeting. UT Arlington. October 20, 2003.

2003. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "Linguistic Speech Acts." Presented as a guest lecture for language learners in ELI's Listening Skills class. English Language Institute, UT Arlington. June 26, 2003.

1998. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "First Language Acquisition vs. Second Language Acquisition." Presented as a guest lecture for Psycholinguistics. Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. March 2, 1998.

1996. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "SPEAK Rater Training Techniques." Presented for new rating teams in the Department of Linguistics. Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. September 9 and September 16, 1996.

1995. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "Traveling in China: UNIFEM Prepares for Beijing." Presented at the meeting of the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Chicago, IL. July 19, 1995.

1994. Stvan, Laurel Smith and Dana Gottfried. Co-Narrator and interlocutor on an 8-tape set of audiocassettes of spoken English, produced to prepare students in China for the nationwide College English Test (CET) Band 4 and Band 6. Univ. of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, Anhui, PRC.

1992. Stvan, Laurel Smith. "Introduction to E-mail and Linguistics Sources on the Internet." Presented at the Department of Linguistics Colloquium, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. February 10, 1992.


Last Updated: April 27, 2008

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