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Barbara L. McCarthy

Adjunct Instructor

Office: Alden Memorial, 215
Phone: +1-508-831-5939
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
bmccarth@wpi.edu

Educational Background

• B.A., Chestnut Hill College, 1960
• M.A., University of Detroit, 1962

Research & Teaching Interests

Writing for non-native speakers of English; public speaking; African-American literature; Dickens studies

Recent Publications

• How I Got Into ESL (And What I Learned When I Got There). In MATSOL Currents (Spring 2002), pp 21, 24-25.

• Review of Insights Into Academic Writing: Strategies for Advanced Students. In TESOL Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter 1994): 823-24.

• Readers Respond. TESOL Journal, vol. 3 (Summer 1994): 7.

• A Closer Look at Second Language Learners' Use of English for Science and Technology. Paper given at LAANE Conference, Northeastern University, Burlington, MA, October 30, 1992. Paper reprinted in LANNE Newsletter, April 1993, 3.

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