Williams, Howard A. (haw18)

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Howard A. Williams

Senior Lecturer
212-678-3418

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316E Zankel

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Fall term: Monday 11:00am-1:00pm; Tuesday 2:30pm-4:30pm; Thursday 12:00pm-1:00pm
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Selected Publications

Implicit Attribution, Journal of Pragmatics 42 (2010).

Linguistics in Language Teaching.  In L.Brinton (2010, 2nd ed.; original ed. 2001), The Structure of Modern English.  Philadelphia: Benjamins.

A new take on the 'form, meaning, use' distinction. TESOL Higher Education Interest. Section Newsletter (5/07).

Maths in the Grammar Classroom. ELT Journal 60:1 (1/2006).

Lexical frames and reported speech. ELT Journal 68:3 (7/2004).

M.Celce-Murcia & D.Larsen Freeman (1999), The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher's Course.  Boston: Heinle. (authored five chapters)
Howard Williams received M.A. degrees in Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at UCLA.  After first teaching English overseas, he taught in various community colleges in Washington and California and in the California State University system before arriving at TC.  His interests are in general linguistics with a particular focus on syntax, pragmatics, and pedagogical grammar.  His main current area of linguistic research is reported discourse.

Word formation.  In N.Erdogan & W. Wei (eds.)(2019), Applied Lingusitics for Teachers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners.  Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, IGI Global, p.42-64.

Phrase and sentence structure.  In N. Erdogan & W. Wei, (eds.)(2019), Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners.  Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, IGI Global, p.66-102.

The Notional-Functional Syllabus.  In TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, 1st ed.  Edited by John I. Liontas (Project Editor: Margo DelliCarpini).  Wiley, 2017.

M. Celce-Murcia & D. Larsen-Freeman (2016, 3rd ed.).  The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher's Course.  Boston: Heinle Cengage Learning. (authored five chapters)

Cohesion and pragmatics in writing instruction.  Linguistics & Language Compass (4/2013).

Implicit Attribution, Journal of Pragmatics 42 (2010).

Linguistics in Language Teaching.  In L.Brinton (2010, 2nd ed.; original ed. 2001), The Structure of Modern English.  Philadelphia: Benjamins.

A new take on the 'form, meaning, use' distinction. TESOL Higher Education Interest. Section Newsletter (5/07).

Maths in the Grammar Classroom. ELT Journal 60:1 (1/2006).

Lexical frames and reported speech. ELT Journal 68:3 (7/2004).

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