O’Brien, Trudy

Retired

Retired and not available for graduate supervision.

Applied Linguistics / Second and Foreign Language Acquisition: From theories to pedagogy
Cross-cultural communication, both generally and for specific purposes
Current research:

1) Cross-cultural collaboration between ESL and native English speakers

2) Survey of the changing beliefs of two introductory level foreign language students
English for Academic and Specific Purposes (all levels).
Transitions from Academic to workplace contexts, specifically for ESL engineering students: Doctoral Thesis = The Acceptability of Technical Writing by Second Language Engineering Students: Acculturating to a Profession (2000).
Engineering communication and technical writing.
Cross-cultural communication, both generally and for specific purposes.
Other Languages for Specific Purposes syllabi and curriculum planning.
Numerous workshops, presentations and professional consulting on ESP/Thematic syllabus design, and second and foreign language pedagogy.
Materials development for ESL / ESP.

Current course information for this faculty member can be found by searching the Carleton Central/Public Schedule by Term and Name.

ALDS 1001: Introduction to Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies
ALDS 1002: (in the former Arts One) Introduction to Applied Language Studies
ALDS 2201: Analysis of Oral Language Use
ALDS 2203: Linguistic Theory & Second Language Learning
ALDS 3803: Methods & Practice in Language Pedagogy
ALDS 3903: Topic in Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies: Theories of Cross-cultural Communication
ALDS 5905: Special Topics in ALDS
ESLA 1300: Introductory level
ESLA 1500: Intermediate level
ESLA 1900: Advanced level
ESLA 1905: Advanced level for Engineering Students

O’Brien, T. (2019) Bringing cross-cultural communication analysis into foreign language classrooms. In P. Romanowski and E. Bandura (Eds.), Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Contexts (pp. 71-98). Hershey PA: IGI Global.