Faculty Biography - Julia B. Carroll

Degrees:

M.A. in TESOL, Columbia University Teachers’ College, 1991
Ph.D. in TESOL, New York University, 1997

Specialization:

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Publications:

Breaking Boundaries: A Content-Based Academic Reading and Writing Text Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2001

Special Courses:

Content-based reading/writing linked course with Sociology Fall 1999 – Fall 2001

Grants/Research:

• PSC – CUNY Grant entitled:How satisfied are incoming ESL freshmen with their first semester at a community college?
• Research interests include:
  1. Current social/political issues within the field of ESL;
  2. Content based instruction;
  3. How students perform in academic courses after they leave ESL classes;
  4. What content professors require of our students and how our students perform;Examining the relationships between high school ESL programs and college ESL programs; and,
  5. Enrollment and retention issues