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Dorothy Kehl

Lecturer   Department: English   Location: 2413 Ingersoll Hall   Phone: 718-951-5000 x2786   Fax: 718-951-4612   Email:

Born and educated in Hong Kong, Dorothy Kehl came to the United States for graduate studies at Mount Holyoke College, New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University. Kehl has an M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and much post-M.A. course work. In the late 1960s, she returned to Hong Kong and taught English at the University of Hong Kong. After returning to New York in the 1970s, she taught adult classes for a short time and began teaching ESL at Brooklyn College in 1973. In the 1980s, she taught an ESL methodology course in the Bilingual Education Program of the School of Education. She served as evaluator of student teachers' teaching practice and their Chinese written-language proficiency. In 2005, she began teaching in China in the summer, upgrading high school English teachers' English and teaching skills. She has presented her research on ESL students' profiles and learning styles, and "learning community" methodology at professional conferences. Education: M.A., New York University - 1966 (English as a Foreign Language) Areas of Expertise: Kehl is skilled at teaching ESL students how to accelerate their English skills to succeed in college-level work. She works with faculty to build the Asian Studies Program. Among her passions is Chinese performing arts. For many years, she has led the New York Chinese Cultural Center, which specializes in Chinese dance and visual art, and has a school and a professional company that conduct art education programs and performances across the country. Creative Work English teacher training, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, summer. In the fall, I taught a new course on Chinese martial arts fiction as an effort to add a course on Asian literature in translation to the English Department curriculum and to expand the offerings of the Asian Studies Program at Brooklyn College. The course was the first of its kind: It was taught bilingually to Chinese and English native speakers. To add interest to the course, I organized a half-day event that included a lecture by Hanson Chan on martial arts fiction writing and screenplay writing of martial arts movies. Another activity was martial skills demonstration by masters from the Alan Lee Kung-fu and Wu-shu Association. The event was co-sponsored with the Asian Studies Task Force, the Chinese Language and Culture Club, the Film Club and the Martial Arts Club. It was well attended by students and faculty. 2009 Pedagogical Achievements Teaching English in China in the summer, 2005-present. In 2006 and 2007, trained English teachers in southeast Guizhou. The teachers were mainly Miao, Dong, Buyi and She minority nationalities. This program was funded by the Zigen Funds, a nonprofit organization that supports grassroot services in the most impoverished regions of China. 2008