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Laura La Flair
Meet Laura La Flair
Examples of the classes taught by Laura La Flair:
- CE 100: Communication Essentials
- RH 101: Rhetoric I
- RH 102: Rhetoric II
- EN 211: Literary Classics of the Western Tradition
- EN 212: Literary Classics of the Western Tradition II
- BU 315: Business Communications
- Post Graduate work in English University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia;
- George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
- M.S. in Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University
- B.S. in Linguistics – Cum Laude, Georgetown University
- Georgetown Study abroad Spanish immersion graduate program.
Presentations
- Presenter – Central Virginia Writing Project – “Revision in the Classroom,” 2007
- Presenter – Northern Virginia Writing Project – “Making Connections Through Current Events,” 2005
Review Projects
- Advisory Board – Mindtap Software. Cengage Learning, 2015
- Reviewer – The Bedford Reader, 12th edition. Bedford St. Martin’s, 2015
- Advisory Board – Building Writing Skills the Hands-On Way, Jenia Walter. Cengage Learning, 2014
- Reviewer – The Brief Wadsworth Handbook, 7e. Laurie Kirszner and Stephan Mandell. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013
- Reviewer – Cengage/ Writing: An Essential Manual for the Digital Age Project, 2012
- Reviewer – Critical Thinking, Critical Writing, 5e. John Chaffee. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012
- Reviewer – Cengage/ Our World, Our Views: Mapping Public Consciousness with National Geographic Project, 2012
- Reviewer – Questia/Cengage Learning Research Project, 2011
- Reviewer – Brief Writer’s Harbrace, 5e. Cheryl Glenn and Loretta Gray. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2011
- Reviewer – So to Speak, Book Two, Megan Webster and Judy DeFilippo. Houghton Mifflin, 1998
- Reviewer – Grammar Links 1, Linda Butler and Janet Podnecky. Houghton Mifflin, 1998
Other Professional Activities
- Pearson
Scoring Assessor for various programs, including SAT essays & National Teacher Performance Assessment, 2005 – 2012 - Culpeper Vocational Program
Tutor, English as a Second Language, September 1995 – May 1996 - Georgetown University – School of Continuing Education and Summer School
Graduate Assistant to the director of Continuing Education’s Language Programs, 1995 - Georgetown Student Linguistic Association Conference
Organizer of first annual student linguistic conference for Georgetown University, 1995 - Georgetown University – National Foreign Language Research Project
Spanish language acquisition research assistant, 1994 - Georgetown University– School of Languages and Linguistics
Undergraduate Assistant to Dean James E. Alatis, 1993 – 1994 - Georgetown University
Tutor, English as a Foreign Language, September 1993 – May 1996 - Northern Virginia Community College
Tutor, Spanish and ESL, August 1991 – May 1993
- The balance of content and grammar in the composition classroom
- Motivational factors for student-writers’ success: Traditional & Adult Learners
- Developing critical thinking skills in the FYC classroom
- Revision through peer review
- Teaching FYC through one-on-one conferences
- Educational technology, including Learning Management Systems
Catawba Valley Community College – Certificate of Achievement in Coordinated Studies Learning Community Project , 2010
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