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Elaine Brooks

  Professor
  Department: English
  Location: 1414 Ingersoll Hall
  Phone: 718-951-5928
  Fax: 718-951-4612
  Email:

2003-present: Administrative Deputy Chair for Undergraduate Programs, Department of English; 2002-2003 Deputy for the English-as-a-Second-Language Program, English Department; 1980-1994, Department of Educational Services, Brooklyn College.

Education:
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - 1985 (LINGUISTICS)


Areas of Expertise:
Major interests include applied linguistics, second language acquisition, composition, and teacher education. Written on "Evaluating ESL Writing," Making Peace: A Reading/Writing/Thinking/Text on Global Community, Into the Academic Mainstream: Guidelines for Teaching Language Minority Students, "Academic Advisement of ESL Students in Six Senior Colleges of CUNY," and "Case Studies of the Composing Processes of Five 'Unskilled' ESL College Writers."


Other Professional Activities
Transformations XI Seminar re Generation 1.5 Students 2008