Office Address                                   Home Address

Department of English                                      1104 Roosevelt Avenue
203 Ross Hall                                                  Ames, IA 50010
Iowa State University                                      
Ames, IA 50011-1201 USA                            e-mail: jlevis@iastate.edu
515-294-2834                                                          levisjohn@netscape.net
515-294-6814 (FAX)

Doctor of Philosophy - Second Language Acquisition/Education
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 1996
    Dissertation Title: An Experimental Study of the Status of Two Low-Rising Intonation Contours in American English

Master of Arts - Teaching English as a Second Language
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 1989

Bachelor of Arts  English Literature
    University of Wyoming, June 1986

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration/Marketing
     California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, June 1978

My primary expertise is in applied phonology with a strong interest in pronunciation theory and teaching, the integration of pronunciation into oral communication curricula, and speech intelligibility.  I also enjoy teaching ESL Methodology and  Linguistics.

I am currently working on several articles on English intonation, both about how it should best be described and in how it is most effectively taught in a communicative framework.  I am also working on a book project on Dialect awareness in  ESL Teacher Training.

I am also developing a pronunciation textbook that emphasizes practice with English stress, rhythm and melody.  The book will have a strongly communicative focus.  Each lesson will be organized around a pronunciation point, but it will have a functional focus that will provide meaningful practice of the pronunciation in a conversational context.