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Susan Conrad (linguist)

3.9/5 ( ratings)
As a Professor of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University, she investigates English grammar and discourse, often with "corpus linguistics" tools . Her research investigates how people vary their grammar, vocabulary, and organization to fulfill different purposes and meet different audience's expectations. She is especially interested in the writing of different disciplines. As the principal investigator for the Civil Engineering Writing Project , she collaborates with engineering faculty and practitioners to help new civil engineers write more effectively. To study and teach academic writing, students work with her in compiling the PSU Corpus of Student Academic Writing .

She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in applied linguistics and train teachers of English as a second/foreign language. She has taught ESL/EFL in the United States, South Korea and Lesotho , and has conducted teacher-training seminars in many countries, including Thailand, Taiwan, Argentina, Chile and Italy. Using her grammar and discourse expertise, she occasionally acts as a consultant for attorneys on legal cases involving language in contracts, regulations, and other documents.

Susan Conrad (linguist)

3.9/5 ( ratings)
As a Professor of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University, she investigates English grammar and discourse, often with "corpus linguistics" tools . Her research investigates how people vary their grammar, vocabulary, and organization to fulfill different purposes and meet different audience's expectations. She is especially interested in the writing of different disciplines. As the principal investigator for the Civil Engineering Writing Project , she collaborates with engineering faculty and practitioners to help new civil engineers write more effectively. To study and teach academic writing, students work with her in compiling the PSU Corpus of Student Academic Writing .

She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in applied linguistics and train teachers of English as a second/foreign language. She has taught ESL/EFL in the United States, South Korea and Lesotho , and has conducted teacher-training seminars in many countries, including Thailand, Taiwan, Argentina, Chile and Italy. Using her grammar and discourse expertise, she occasionally acts as a consultant for attorneys on legal cases involving language in contracts, regulations, and other documents.

Books from Susan Conrad (linguist)

Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English

3.9/5 ( ratings)

An A-Z of English Grammar & Usage

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Longmans Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Register, Genre, and Style

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Corpus Linguistics: Investigating Language Structure and Use

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Writing Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Real Grammar: A Corpus-Based Approach to English

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Variation in English: Multi-Dimensional Studies

5/5 ( ratings)

The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics

4/5 ( ratings)

Longman Dictionary Pack: WITH Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English AND The Longman Student's Grammar of Spoken and Written English

4/5 ( ratings)
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