EXPERIENCE
1998- Present: Supervisor, Associação Alumni Learning Centers, São Paulo, Brazil
Direct a staff of 11 and oversee the development and reproduction of analog and digital classroom materials. Develop and edit Alumni academic and distance education websites. Provide technical support and supervise online programs and materials development teams. Develop and promote all Alumni Learning Center resources: computer and audio laboratories, resource library, grammar clinic, conversation corner. Compile, level, and cross reference extensive collection of multimedia CD-ROM software titles for English language learning and reference. Write online materials. Give teacher-education seminars and workshops.
1996 - 1998: Liaison, USIS EFL Teacher-Training Fellow Program, Kyiv, Ukraine
Gave teacher-development and methodology workshops and courses in EFL, ESP and CALL; provided consultation with faculties developing ESP courses in government, law, journalism, library science and information technology. Developed, edited, and hosted website for USIS Fellow Program and Ukraine branch of TESOL International.
1995 - 1996: Coordinator, USIS EFL Teacher-Training Fellow Program, Prague, Czech Republic
Supervised EFL Fellows' teacher-development activities, wrote funding proposals, organized conferences, seminars, workshops and courses for EFL, ESP and CALL training. Sat on an accreditation committee with the Czech Ministry of Education to establish officially recognized national INSETT training.
1993 - 1995: USIS Eastern European Teacher-Training ESP Fellow, Prague, Czech Republic
Coordinated and taught ESP in the USIS English for professional purposes program at the Czech Ministry of Finance. Gave teacher-education seminars, workshops, and courses in ESP and CALL.
1992 - 1993: USIS Eastern European Teacher-Training EFL Fellow, Liberec, Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Taught EFL methodology at the Liberec University of Engineering, gave EFL methodology teacher training workshops, seminars and short courses for primary and secondary school instructors throughout North-east Bohemia.
1992 (June) - 1992 (September): Consultant, Federal Court Interpreter Project, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Prepared and edited Spanish-English test materials, did research on Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean language methodology, criterion referencing, and performance evaluation.
1992 (January) - 1992 (June): Co-director, R&R English Language Services, Jacarepagu?, RJ, Brazil.
Taught and developed specialized ESP courses and translation services for companies and individuals.
1991 (September) - 1992 (December): Master Teacher, Britannia English Course, Barra da Tijuca, RJ, Brazil.
Taught executive students and participated in ESP curriculum development and teacher-training seminars.
1991 (June) - 1991 (September): Adjunct Lecturer, Center for English as a Second Language, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Taught three sections of Intensive Spoken English. Stage directed international-student talent show.
Consultant, Summer Institute for Court Interpretation, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Prepared transcriptions and text analysis of Federal Immigration Court proceedings in Spanish and English.
1990 - 1991: Coordinator, Center for Non-Violent Communication, Wasserfallenhof, Switzerland.
Worked with a team of people across three continents using non-violent means to mediate conflict.
1988 - 1990: Fulbright TEFL Lecturer, Montenegro and Bosnia-Hercegovina, Yugoslavia.
Instructor of composition, grammar, and conversation at university (Niksic, Pedagogic Faculty) and post-graduate ESP programs (Mostar, Faculty of Economics).
1986 - 1988: Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Taught composition for native and non-native speakers of English (ENG. 100, 101, 106, 107). Selected to initiate and develop a process-oriented curriculum.
1982 - 1984: English Tutor, ESP instruction, Rome, Italy and Lucerne, Switzerland.
Instructor of ESP speaking, listening and writing for business and tourism.
1981 - 1982: English Writing Tutor, Alternative Learning Center, Pima College, Tucson, Arizona.
Taught, reviewed, and evaluated student writing at all levels through freshman composition.
Certification (1989): ESL, Spanish, English, Grades 9-12.
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
M.A. (1988): TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language).
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Concentration: curriculum development and needs analysis.
B.A. (1985): Major in Spanish; Minor in French.
University of Arizona, Tucson, 1985.
ESL (English as a Second Language)
EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
ESP (English for Specific Purposes)
EPP (English for Professional Purposes)
EST (English for Science and Technology)
CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning)
OBLL (Online-Based Language Learning)
Rosenberg, R. (1997). Impartial Impressions: IATEFL Ukraine conference, Kyiv. Journal of Foreign Language Methodology, Kyiv Linguistic University Press 2, 1, p. 84.
Rosenberg, R., Chatterjee, A. (1996). From TESL-L to SchMOOze University: An introduction to the global staffroom and other Internet resources. Fulbright ELT Newsletter. American Center, Alexandria, Egypt.
This paper presents ESP practitioners an easily accessible primer on the scope of resources available online in Egypt and around the world for professional collaboration, cooperation and research (this is an adapted version of the 1995 Perspectives article).
Rosenberg, R. (1996). Reflections, perspectives, viewpoints and multiple choices and The United States Information Service Teacher-training Fellow Program legacy in the Czech Republic. ATE Newsletter (Association of Teachers of English of the Czech Repubic) 7,2, pp. 2-4, 57-58.
These two articles--one to thank Czech EFL and ESP teachers; one to detail the legcy of the USIS EFL Fellow Program in the Czech Republic--summarize the many successful programs run in the country since the inception of the Fellow Program in 1991.
Rosenberg, R. (1996). A hitchhiker's guide to the Internet. ESP News (TESOL ESP Interest Section Newsletter), 5, 1, pp. 9, 12.
This article--published in two parts--detailed some of the more frequented online sites of ESP interest.
Rosenberg, R., Chatterjee, A. (1995). From Telnet to SchMOOze University: An introduction to the global staffroom and other Internet resources. Perspectives, British Council Journal of ELT, Autumn, 6, pp. 51-57.
How EFL and ESP teachers new to e-mail and the Internet can readily make contacts, access resources and data banks researching is outlined in this article written for Central and Eastern European EFL teachers.
Rosenberg, R. (December, 1995). Cyber-Surfing for ESP practitioners. ATE Newsletter, 6,.2, pp. 8-12.
Online resources of particular interest to ESP teachers and administrators are detailed in this article with clear step-by-step instructions for those new to e-mail and the Internet.
Rosenberg, R. (September, 1995). Cyber-surfing revisited: the TESL-L Gopher & SchMOOze University via Telnet. ATE Newsletter, 6, 1, pp. 50-68.
Two tools--one for research, one for interaction--are reviewed for EFL teachers in the article. The TESL-L gopher provides a wealth of resources and archives; SchMOOze University provides an interactive, dynamic resource for EFL teachers and their students to practice writing in English with a world of fellow "schmoozers."
Rosenberg, R. (1995). The Czech Republic (an overview for EFL teachers). in Butzbach, G., Gashick, E., and O'Donnell (Eds.) Teaching EFL Outside the United States. (pp. 99-102). Alexandria, VA: TESOL.
This review provides teachers of EFL an overview to the organization of public instruction of English as a foreign language in the Czech Republic. Opportunities, requirements, and conditions for non-Czechs wishing to work in the country are outlined. A list is provided of key contacts for teachers wishing to work in the CZ. A version of this overview is in the TESL-L archives under PROFILE CZECH
Rosenberg, R. (May, 1995). Surf's up on TESL-L & TESLK-12: Riding the waves in Czechia. ATE Newsletter, 5, 3, pp. 53-62.
The many features that come with membership in the discussion lists TESL-L and TESLK-12 are presented for teachers new to e-mail and the Internet.
Rosenberg, R. (December, 1994). Pedagogy in cyberspace: E-Mail, TESL-L, collaborative teaching and simulations. In Scott, W., Muhlhaus, S. (Eds.). Languages for Specific Purposes. (pp. 170-173). Kingston University, Great Britain: CiLT.
This paper - presented at the TEMPUS LSP Conference in Budapest, Hungary - details some of the pedagogic applications of e-mail and the Internet. The application and integration of Internet tools in the ESP/LSP classroom is outlined. Examples of class-to-class projects, distance teaching and the use of cross-cultural simulations are provided.
Rosenberg, R. (November, 1994). Pedagogy in Cyberspace: E-mail, TESL-L, collaborative teaching, and simulations. In Jilemnicka, L. (Ed.), Teaching Foreign Languages at Technical Universities. (pp. 93-100). Prague: Edicni Stredicko Czech Technical University.
This paper was presented at the Multiple Choice Prague '95 ESP conference, September, 1995. This paper is a version of the Kingston University paper adapted to the Czech teaching context.
Rosenberg, R. (1992-1993). Notes from the North: the Liberec English Teacher's Newsletter. Co-Editor, Czech Republic: VSST (Czech University of Engineering in Liberec).
As editor, wrote, reviewed and edited articles on methodology, teaching activities, reviews of texts and conferences of interest to EFL and ESP teachers in Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Also responsible for the computer layout and design. This publication started in 1991 and continues to date.
Rosenberg, R. (December, 1990). Engagement and empowerment techniques in ESL composition. Yugoslav ELT Review, 12, pp. 55-58.
Freirian perspectives on empowerment and engagement are overviewed and applied to the Yugoslav EFL teaching context with particular emphasis on the teaching of writing.
Rosenberg, R. (September, 1990). Language policy in Brazil: An Overview. Yugoslavia: Sveske, 27-28.
This article provides a look at the many languages of Brazil and their use in government and education.
Rosenberg, R. (December, 1989). Bridging the gap: liberatory teaching in an EFL setting. Yugoslav ELT Review, 12-15.
How to specially design classes based on student needs and aims is addressed in this article.
Rosenberg, R. (October, 1989). English Only: The movement and language attitudes. Sveske, 26-27.
This paper overviews the principle positions of those supporting
and opposing the movement to make English the official language of the
United States.
Rosenberg, R. (July 3-6, 2001). Teaching with Online Resources: Options for Interaction (with Vera Mello and Renata Russo). 26th Alumni TEFL Conference. São Paulo, Brazil.
Rosenberg, R. (June 2, 2001). Activating Materials for Communication. APIRS APLISC APLIEPAR 2001: A Teaching Odyssey. (A plenary presentation at a conference for teachers from Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Parana), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Rosenberg, R. (March 24, 2001). Fun with Forms and Functions: Activating Students with the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. Livraria Cultura, São Paulo, Brazil.
Rosenberg, R. (July 18, 2000). Integrating Web Resources into the Curriculum: Developing Students' Reading & Writing Skills" (with Vera Mello). BRAZ-TESOL, Mackenzie University, São Paulo, Brazil
Rosenberg, R. (October-December, 1999). Activating Vocabulary Development: Content, Context, Communication and the Cambridge Dictionary of American English. Supported by: Cambridge University Press, Martins Fontes, Colegio Bandeirantes.
Rosenberg, R. (July 5-9, 1999). Content, Culture & Cyberspace: Online Tools for the EFL Classroom. 24th Alumni TEFL Conference, São Paulo Brazil.
Rosenberg, R. (May 15, 1999) Cyberculture, Teaching and Learning (with Vera Mello). Culture Sig Event, BrazTesol, May 15, 1999.
This presentation demonstrated to over 80 in and pre-service teachers how cyber resources can be integrated into a content-based cultural curriculum.
Rosenberg, R. (July 6-9). Activating materials for communciation and Using computer technology in the teaching and learning process (with Michael Nieckoski) 23rd Alumni TEFL Conference, Associação Alumni, São Paulo, Brazil.
Activating Materials for Communication-- a four-hour worksho--provided hands-on practice with various strategies for adapting, extending and developing materials to meet student needs and aims for learning. The Computer Technology workshop gave participating teachers and administrators eight-hours of practice with the use of computer hardware, software, networks and the Internet for learning and teaching EFL.
Rosenberg, R. (March 19-21, 1998). Online teacher development course in Ukraine; Internet techniques and sources for EFL teachers (with Mournira El Tatawy, Nora Nemeth, Alan Stein, Margaret Walline); Ukraine, hollywood, American studies, and teacher development. 32nd Annual TESOL Convention and Exposition, Connecting Our Global Community. Seattle, Washington.
The first presentation--an in-progress session of 20 minutes--detailed the establishment of the first online teacher-development course in Ukraine developed exclusively for in-service EFL teachers and administrators. The second session (one hour and forty-five minutes) was a colloquium that focused on the use of the Internet by EFL educators. Presenters reported on the design and development of Web curricular materials and projects in the EFL enviornment, intercultural e-mail exchanges, and limitations of the Internet in EFL settings. Presenters were facilitators and participants in the Salzburg Online workshop. The last session--a poster presentation--detailed the USIS EFL Fellow Program Film series for pre and in-service EFL educators in Ukraine from 1996-1998.
Rosenberg, R. (October 28, 1997). Makine online connections for peace and mutual understanding: E-mail and the Internet. Plenary presentation at the conference Theoretical and Methodological Fundamentals of Forming Students' Culture both at High and Higher School Levels sponsored by the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine (Institute for Pedagogy nd Psycholoy of Professional Education), Kyiv Inistitute of Humanities, the Ukrainian Committee of Teachers for Peace and Mutual Understanding movement and the Ukrainian Affiliation of International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL Ukraine).
This plenary presentation for over 100 educators and administrators outlined the many resources available online for peace studies and for English as a foriegn language.
Rosenberg, R. (October 24, 1997). Developing and extending communicative EFL activities and Teaching with online tools. Peace Corps Training Center, Cerkassy, Ukraine.
Seminars were attended by over 40 Peace Corps Volunteers and 30 local Ukrainian teachers and counterparts.
Rosenberg, R. (October 23, 1997). Hollywood in the EFL Classroom. Peace Corps Organized EFL Conference. Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Rosenberg, R. (October 11, 15, 1997). Teaching with the movies: Planes, Trains and Automobiles for the EFL classroom. First Annual American Studies Conference in Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky and the TESOL Ukraine organized American Studies Conference at the Pedagogic Faculty in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
Sessions demonstrating interactive EFL possibilities were attended by over 200 teachers, students and administrators of EFL programs.
Rosenberg, R. (October 4-6, 1997). Teaching with technology: What e-mail access can do for you, your school, and your students. Teaching with Hollywood: using feature films in the EFL classroom. TEFL Conference: New Strategies in TEFL. Post Graduate Institute, Gymnasia #7, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine and the Peace Corps + Organized American Studies Conference, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine.
This session for over 100 participants in todal detailed the resources and teaching applications available online to teachers, administrators and students of EFL and ESP programs. The film seminar demonstrated interactive techniques of teaching with full-length movies for EFL and American Studies' classes.
Rosenberg, R. (September 9, 1997). Virtually unlimited resources for teachers: E-mail and the Internet. Collegio Bandeirantes, Sponsored by Cambridge University Press and Martins Fontes .
This presentation provided 135 teachers and administrators a "live" overview on how to access the world of the internet for teaching materials, research, and for making contacts with other teachers and classes around the world. Handouts with guidelines to reaching resources and "cyber" vocabulary were given to participants.
Rosenberg, R. (July 6-14, 1997). Teaching with multi-media: Resources on CD-ROM; Writing for acceptance; English for specific purposes: working with authentic texts and tasks; Group work techniques for EFL; Activation activities: Developing and adapting for communication; Tackling the TOEFL; Teaching with feature films. Tavrichesky Institute of Commerce and Law, Philological Faculty, Koktebel, Crimea, Ukraine.
These interactive workshops took place during the week-long annual summer workshop for in-service teachers of EFL and ESP. Over 30 teachers and administrators attended from various universities and pedagogic faculties from throughout Ukraine. In addition to the seminars, daily feature film workshops were given with EFL and American Studiesí activities and hands-on training was provided with over 10 pedagogic CD-ROM titles.
Rosenberg, R. (June 9-20, 1997). Educational technology. TESOL Summer Institute on Current Trends in Language Teaching Development. Luhansík University, Luhansík Ukraine.
This two-week intensive summer institute-- taught in 6 hour segments to four groups of 15 teachers each-- provided intensive hands-on instruction with teaching writing with computers, doing research and teaching with multimedia CD-ROMs, and utilizing online resources for research, professional development, and cross-cultural exchanges. Film seminars with EFL and American Studiesí activites were also given.
Rosenberg, R. (May 30, 1997). Virtually unlimited resources for teachers: E-mail and the Internet; Writing for acceptance: Tips for writing resumes, business letters, applications. Ukrainian State Maritime University, Modern Language Department, Nykolayiv, Ukraine.
These interactive workshops were attended by over 60 in and pre-service teachers, teacher-trainers, administrators from all six institutions of higher education in Nykolayiv. The sessions were organized by Dr. Nina Filippova, President of Southern Region TESOL.
Rosenberg, R. (May 12, 1997). Activation activities; Writing for reason; Teaching with feature films. Zhitomir Institute of Foreign Languages, Ukraine.
These three interactive workshops were attended by over 70 teachers, administrators and students.
Rosenberg, R. (May 6, 1997). Writing for reason: techniques for teaching writing for real purposes (with Saum, S.B.); Activation activities; E-mail and the Internet for newbie teachers. Foreign Languages Faculty, V.K. Vinnichenko Kirovohrad State Teacher Training University, Ukraine.
These workshops were given with over 60 pre and in-service teachers, administrators and students in attendance.
Rosenberg, R. (May 2, 1997). Judged national debate team tournament in Kyiv. Karl Popper Debate Program, organized with assistance of Peace Corps Volunteers, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Rosenberg, R. (April 23-25). New technologies for teaching: E-mail and the Internet. Plenary presentation, 4th IATEFL-Ukraine Annual Conference, English Language in the 21st Century in Ukraine, Kharkiv State University, Ukraine.
This plenary presentation (and follow-up seminar) outlined the many and varied resources and teaching applications available with access to electronic mail and the Internet. Various programs in Ukraine were mentioned; information on how to connect schools, students and teachers was also provided.
Rosenberg, R. (March 27-29, 1997). Teaching with movies: American studies and language learning made fun; Activation techniques; Teaching tips for success on the TOEFL; Electronic mail and EFL: What it can do for you and your students. Annual TESOL Ukraine / Crimea Conference. Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine.
Each of these 90 minute workshops provided interactive tasks for teachers to learn and share ideas. The sessions averaged over 45 teachers. Invited to sit on plenary panel.
Rosenberg, R. (January 20-22, 1997). Teaching with electronic tools: E-Mail, TESL-L and the Internet (plenary presentation); Activation techniques: Practice and process; Tackling the TOEFL: Keys to success; and Using feature films to teach EFL. 2nd Annual TESOL Ukraine Conference. Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
The plenary presentation outlined pedagogic applications of online resources for over 150 teachers, administrators and students (a follow-up workshop with hands-on training was also given at the local computer center). The other three workshops provided interactive development activities in how to develop and "activate" materials and tasks, how to best prepare for the TOEFL test, and how to use feature films in the EFL classroom (with Planes, Trains and Automobiles used as an example).
Rosenberg, R. (January 17, 1997). Activation techniques for materials and curriculum design: Process and practice and Teaching with online tools: E-Mail, TESL-L, and the Internet. Peace Corps Ukraine EFL Training Conference. Cerkasy, Ukraine.
These interactive 90 minute workshops had 54 in-service teachers (Peace Corps EFL Volunteers and Ukrainian counterparts), participate in tasks to develop communicative, "activating," materials. The second workshop detailed in practical terms how teachers in Ukraine can access online resourses.
Rosenberg, R. (November 21, 1996). Teacher tools for contacts, interaction and research: E-Mail, TESL-L, and the Internet. IATEFL SIG Teacher-trainers and Young-learners Conference. Kyiv State Linguistic University Methodology Department, Kyiv, Ukraine.
This plenary presentation, attended by over 100 teachers, detailed the pedagogic applications and the step-by-step proceedures for teachers to connect to professional resources available online.
Rosenberg, R. (November 19, 1996). Tackling the TOEFL: Strategies for success. Kyiv University of Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine.
To an audience of over 120 teachers and students, this lecture presented an update of the current TOEFL test and outlined strategies for effective preparation and test-taking strategies.
Rosenberg, R., Ramos, O. (July 5, 1996). ESP, e-mail, and the Internet: ESP resources and applications. Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany.
In this six-hour intensive workshop, German professors
of ESP received hands-on training on how to access e-mail, Internet and
WWW sources for research and teaching. Participants saw a one-hour presentation
that outlined resources available through e-mail such as the discussion
branch TESP-L, the use of Internet search tools such as Gopher, and web
sites that are rich in ESP content. Each of the participants then subscribed
to a discussion list and was able to demonstrate ability to utilize tools
to find materials and information of professional interest by the end of
the workshop.
Rosenberg, R. (June 21-23, 1996). USIS EFL/ESP Legacy in the Czech Republic (plenary panel presentation as conference chair); Using the Internet in EFL/ESP (two workshops with O'Toole, M.E.). United States Information Service EFL Fellow Program Legacy Conference, Czech Management Center, Celakovice, Czech Republic.
The plenary panel presentation provided an overview of the accomplishments of the five-years of the USIS Fellow Program in the Czech Republic. Also on the panel were the American Political Affairs Officer (director of USIS Prague), representatives from the Czech Ministry of Finance, the President of the Czech Teachers' Association. The Internet workshops provided teachers with a three-hour introduction to the resources and applications available online to EFL and ESP teachers.
Rosenberg, R., Nemeth, N. (June, 1996). 1996 United States Information Agency Legacy Conference. Professzorok Haza, University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.
This workshop provided six hours of intensive training in how to use e-mail, discussion lists, listserve commands and browsers such as Netscape to find and disseminate information about the administration and teaching of EFL and ESP programs. Participants--both teachers and administrators of language and aid programs--came from 18 different Central and Eastern European countries.
Rosenberg, R., Chatterjee, A. (May, 1996). Global ESP Staffrooms and Internet hotspots: TESP-L, MOOs, content archives, cooperative projects. 2nd Annual Slovak ESP Conference, Kosice, Slovakia.
This workshop--the first of its kind in Slovakia--provided hands-on training for 30 ESP instructors on how to access professional e-mail discussion lists such as TESP-L, how to use MOOs for writing practice and student motivation, how to use Internet tools to do research, and how to best structure classroom to classroom interaction for productive, cooperative projects.
Rosenberg, R., O'Toole, M.E. (April, 1996). Electronic resources for English and content studies: Internet 1st training for the United States Peace Corps volunteers and Czech counterparts. Czech Management Center, Celakovice, Czech Republic.
This intensive hands-on workshop paired peace corps volunteers with Czech counterparts in the fields of EFL, environmental science, and business and government. Participants learned how to use e-mail, Gopher, Internet, and Netscape to interact with other professionals in their respective fields, find data and retrieve files and archives of interest.
Rosenberg, R., Wheeler, J. (March, 1996). Passing the teacher-training baton: Czechs/Slovaks in charge. Thirtieth Annual TESOL Convention and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
This paper presented the legacy of the USIS EFL Fellow teacher-training program in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Detailed were the many courses, seminars and conferences held by the Fellow Program to provide teacher-education opportunities for potential and practising Czech and Slovak teacher-trainers.
Rosenberg, R., Bowers, R., Stauffer, S. (March, 1996). TESP-L: Internet resource and network for ESP practitioners. Thirtieth Annual TESOL Convention and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
This discussion group detailed the many networking and research tools available to members of professional e-mail discussion lists such as TESP-L and EST-L.
Rosenberg, R., Healey, D., Stein, A. (March 13-22, 1996). On-line techniques, sources, and uses for teaching EFL. Salzburg Seminar Center for the Study of American Culture and Language. Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria.
This intensive nine-day seminar brought together professors, administrators, and ESP specialists from 23 different countries. Participants received training on how to join and be contributing members of professional discussion lists, how to access data banks and archives, how to use browsers as search tools, and how to write their own web pages in HTML. Participants published their final projects in HTML and had them posted on the Salzburg Center web site.
Rosenberg, R. (November, 1995). Electronic pen-pals, projects and distance teaching: What e-mail, TESL-L, and SchMOOze U can do for your students. One-day ATECR Regional Conference for Liberec and Northern Bohemia.
An overview of the many features for teachers who gain access to electronic mail and the Internet was presented along with a practical guide on how to connect to online services in the Czech Republic.
Rosenberg, R., Kasikova, S. (September, 1995). Tapping ESP content in cyberspace: What TESP-L and e-mail can do for you. Multiple Choice Prague '95 ATECR International ESP Conference, Czech Republic.
This joint presentation for over 50 ESP teachers and administrators detailed the many resources that are available through membership in professional discussion lists such as TESL-L.
Rosenberg, R. (September, 1995). LSP in cyberspace: TESP-L, content sources, collaborative projects. TEMPUS International Conference on Language for Specific Purposes at the University of Economic, Prague, Czech Republic, September 14-15, 1995.
A wide range of applications for the resources available for LSP teachers was overviewed for a group of over 40 teachers from throughout central and eastern Europe.
Rosenberg, R. (May, 1995). Building international managers: The role of the business English teacher. (Plenary panel presentation as co-conference chair) and ESP and EBE in cyberspace: Getting online for professional purposes. (Two hands-on workshops of CALL training presented with Dr. Stana Kasikova). Innovation in Business English: the Central/Eastern European Approach, Regional Conference, Czech Management Center, Celakovice, Czech Republic.
Over 120 ESP teachers and administrators involved in teaching business English from throughout central and eastern Europe attended this three-day conference. Workshops on accessing and applying resources for the teaching of business English were given in a specially configured computer training center--the first of its kind in the Czech Republic.A copy of the conference abstracts are in the TESL-L archives under ESPCONF REPORT.
Rosenberg, R. (April, 1995) Teacher-training in ESP: A course for Czech instructors. Twenty-Ninth Annual TESOL Convention and Exposition, Long Beach, California, March 28-April 1, 1995.
This in-progress session detailed the establishment and tuning of the first two courses for ESP to be held in conjunction with the Czech Management Center. The courses ran for five days with over 40 contact hours of interactive teacher-development activities which included training on e-mail and the Internet and content presentations by professors of business and management in the CMC MBA program.
Rosenberg, R., Griffiths, M. (1995). International Englishes: Options for trans-global communication. Prague, Olomouc, Ceske Budeovice, Czech Republic.
Three workshops were presented with Mr. Malcolm Griffiths (INSETT and PRESETT national coordinator, British Council, Czech Republic) to over 200 in- and pre-service teachers at three different sites. A selection of phonetic, lexical, semantic and social differences were presented between American and British English. World Englishes were also presented as ways different speech communities have employed and adapted the English language to meet contextually-specific communicative needs.
Rosenberg, R. (January, 1995). Staying connected through electronic mail. 1995 Salzburg Seminar Regional Planning Meeting, Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria.
Two live Internet training demonstrations for teachers and administrators were given that focused on how to connect to contextually relevant and useful online resources available around the globe.
Rosenberg, R., Tillyer, A., Nagel, P. (October, 1994). Options in cyberspace: What e-mail and TESL-L can do for you. TESOL France, Paris.
How to connect to professional discussion lists such as TESL-L, how to participate as a contributing member, how to use listserve commands, and how to obtain an e-mail account were all outlined in this session for over 60 participants at TESOL France.
Rosenberg, R. (September, 1994). E-Mail in the classroom: TESL-L, pen-pals, distance projects. First National Annual ELT Conference, Silesian Business and Management Faculty, Karvina, Czech Republic.
This presentation detailed some of the more frequented sites and most commonly employed activities for researching, making contacts, and running joint projects in ESP classes.
Rosenberg, R. (April, 1994). The USIS ESP Fellow Program. 3rd National AUA/ATE ELT Conference, Liberec, Czech Republic.
This poster session presented the results of the first-running of the USIS ESP teacher-training course and detailed upcoming ESP seminars and workshops.
Rosenberg, R. (October, 1993). Activating materials design: Tailoring for specific classes. Viewpoints '93: Regional Association of Teachers of English of the Czech Republic Prague and Central Bohemia Conference.
Various strategies for contextualizing and adapting materials to make them more interactive and relevant to student needs and interests were presented.
Rosenberg, R. (March, 1993). Activating materials & students: Process and practise. Integrating Change: Perspectives in English Language Teaching. A conference for European Educational Leaders sponsored by the United States Information Service and Potsdam University. Potsdam, Germany.
This workshop detailed ways to design materials and activities to make them more interesting and interactive for particular groups of students.
Rosenberg, R. (November, 1992). Strategies for communication: Eliciting and gapping. 2nd Annual AUA/ATE ELT Conference, Hradec Kr?lov*, Czechoslovakia.
How to use the strategies of elicitation and gapping to increase the amount of communication in classroom materials and activities was outlined in this workshop.
Rosenberg, R. (December, 1989). Techniques in engagement and empowerment. Fifteenth Annual Lectures' Conference, Osijek, Yugoslavia.
This paper outlines ways to apply Freirian techniques to the teaching of writing and EFL.
Rosenberg, R. (October, 1989). Problem-posing & dialogue: Student-centering tools for ESP and Writing in action: An ESP writer's workshop, Sixth Conference on English for Specific Purposes, co-sponsored by the British Council and the American Embassy, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.
How to apply Freirian techniques to make ESP classes more learner-centered was the focus of the first of two workshops; the second detailed strategies for making ESP writing more engaging while reflecting real-life tasks and objectives.
Rosenberg, R. (March, April, 1989) Interactive group techniques for English. Teacher-training seminars sponsored by the American Embassy, Mostar and Titovo Uzice, Yugoslavia.
Various configurations and options for more effective group work were demonstrated in these two workshops.
Rosenberg, R. (December, 1988). Freire and liberatory teaching in Yugoslavia. Fourteenth Annual Lecturers' Conference, Skofia Loka, Yugoslavia.
This presentation outlined work done at the Niksic pedagogic faculty that incorporated Freirian pedagogy in the teaching of writing and language classes for pre-service teachers.
Rosenberg, R., Vasquez, V.F. (March, 1987). The Case for an official language: A debate. University of Arizona, Department of Education, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
This debate--held in front of an audience of graduate students--presented the various views and counter positions of those supporting and opposing making English the official language of the United States.
Rosenberg, R. (October, 1987). Teaching with Garrison Keillor in the ESL classroom. University of Arizona Colloquium, Department of English, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Techniques for using materials drawn from Garrison Keillor (radio presenter and writer) in the ESL/EFL classroom were covered in this colloquium.
Rosenberg, R. (March, 1986). U.S. English and education. University of Arizona Colloquium, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
This session presented some of the negative consequences
for ESL instruction that passage of official English legislation might
have.
High-level proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, and French
Working knowledge of Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Italian, German
AWARDS AND COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Expert Reader, Fulbright and Freedom Support Act-funded Junior Faculty Development Program, Kyiv, Ukraine. Served on a selection committee for the Fulbright Commission and Junior Faculty Development Program.
Co-Owner CETEFL-L E-mail discussion list for Central and Eastern European teachers of EFL.
Co-Manager TESP-L, E-mail discussion branch (of TESL-L) for teachers of ESP.
Awarded two bilingual-study grants by the Mexican-American Research
Center, University of Arizona.
Elected ESL representative to the English Graduate Union, University
of Arizona Dept. Of English.
Volunteer Interpreter, University Medical Center and KXCI radio,
Tucson, Arizona.
References Available Upon Request