Gordon Tapper
My work: I am currently the coordinator of Academic Spoken English at the University of
Florida working in the fields of ESL and ITA (international teaching
assistants) training. I am also
the current Chair of the ITA Interest Section
of TESOL International for 2007-2008.
Currently
teaching (Fall
2007)
EAP 5836 (#2876/2877): Tuesdays
9:35 am – 11:30 am – Supervised teaching for International Teaching
Assistants.
In past
semesters I have taught more general ESL courses:
EAP 5937 – 2-credit
summer course. No
prerequisites. General oral
communications in English course.
This course includes a pronunciation lab.
Campus Culture – The
communication and culture of the US university: an ESL orientation. This course was offered at the English Language
Institute at the University of Florida.
Conference
Presentations/ Publications
2007
World Englishes
and ITA training, Academic Panel moderator, TESOL, March 23, Seattle, WA.
Co-constructing
respect in ITA classroom discourse, presentation with Virginia LoCastro, TESOL,
March 22, Seattle, WA.
2006
International
teaching assistants and identity construction: politeness in classroom
interactions, poster with Virginia LoCastro, AAAL, June 17, Montreal, Canada.
A
research-informed approach to international teaching assistant preparation,
book chapter with Kathy Kidder in Professional Development of International
Teaching Assistants, eds., Dorit Kaufman and Barbara Brownsworth. TESOL publications, March.
International
teaching assistants and identity construction, presentation with Virginia
LoCastro, TESOL, March 15, Tampa, FL.
2005
Accommodating
to US academic teaching norms: identity construction, presentation with
Virginia LoCastro, International conference on interrogating third spaces in
language teaching, learning, and use, June 28, Leicester, UK.
Accommodating to
US academic teaching norms: cross-cultural pragmatics, presentation with
Virginia LoCastro, 16th Annual International Conference on
Pragmatics and Language Learning, Bloomington, Indiana.
Validating the
new TOEFL Academic Speaking Test, TESOL, San Antonio, TX.
2004
International
teaching assistants as intercultural communications resources, TESOL, Long
Beach, CA.
2002
Adding a
research component to your ITA program, TESOL, Salt Lake City, UT.
ITA
professionals as ethical gatekeepers, discussion session, TESOL, Salt Lake
City, UT
2001
Stimulating
critical self-awareness through the use of videotaped presentations, South East
Regional TESOL, Miami, FL
2000
Sunshine State
TESOL (May 13, 2000) presentation – Lesson
planning advanced academic oral communications courses: heading towards failure.
Contact
information:
Gordon Tapper,
Coordinator and Senior Lecturer
Academic Spoken
English
Yon Hall 313
University of
Florida
PO Box 115454
Gainesville, FL
32611-5454