Curriculum Vita

 

 

Helen Hoyt Schmidt                                                                        Phone:515-294-3235

Intensive English and Orientation Program                   Fax:     515-294-6814

108A Landscape Architecture Bldg.                                E-Mail:  hschmidt @

Iowa State University                                                                      iastate.edu

Ames, Ia 50011

Education

Degrees:

M.A.                 Teachers College, Columbia University                         1965

                                    New York, New York

 

B.A.                 Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida                              1962

 

Teaching Experience

 

Intensive English and Orientation Program

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa                                                                           (part-time)     1972 - 1976

(full-time)       1976 - 2005

 

Des Moines Area Community College                                                   1970 - 1971

Ames, Iowa

 

Overseas Experience

 

Lived in Cali, Colombia                                                                              1968 - 1969

 

Studied French and Spanish at the University of Geneva, Geneva,

Switzerland and University of Santander, Santander, Spain,                         1959 - 1960

 

Traveled in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Spain,

Morocco, Colombia, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands,

St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Tonga, Croatia, and Great Britain                                                                                                                                                             1964 – 2011

Materials Development

 

Advanced Academic Grammar in progress                                          2005-2011

 

Advanced Academic English for the IbTOEFL, PBT, IELTs, and University Preparation – a 15 week on-line course developed for the highest level Intensive English Students.  Available on WebCT (blackboard), an online course management system at ISU.                                                           1998-2011

 

 

Papers

 

 

ÒNew Courses Link IEP to Mainstream University Classes,"

with Suzanne van der Valk, TESOL International Convention,

Long Beach, California.                                                                             2003

 

"New Courses Link IEP to Mainstream University Classes,"

 with Suzanne van der Valk, MidTesol Conference, Ames, Iowa,      2002

 

ÒThe Internet Minicourse for International Students,Ó

TESOL International Convention, New York, New York.                      1999

 

ÒThe Internet Minicourse for International Students,Ó

TESOL International Convention, Seattle, Washington.                      1998

 

ÒGrammargraphs:  A New Approach to Teaching Grammar,Ó

TESOL International Convention, Chicago, Illinois.                             1996

 

"Teaching Grammar Inductively:  A new technique,"

TESOL International Convention, Long Beach California                   1995

 

"Using Student-created Visual imagery to Enhance

Vocabulary Development," presented with Roberta J. Vann,

TESOL International Convention, Long Beach California                   1995

 

"Building Collaboration in an ESL Writing Class" (paper),

presented with Jennifer Thornburg, InterComm Conference,

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.                                                          1994

 

"Word Processing for ESL Writers" (workshop),

 presented with Jennifer Thornburg, Computers in Applied

Linguistics Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.              1994

 

"Bridging The Gap:  Exercises in Advanced Academic Grammar,"

TESOL International Convention, Baltimore, Md.                                  1994

 

"Enhancing Student Note Taking Through Graphic

Representation of Text," presented with Roberta Vann,

TESOL International Convention, Baltimore, Md.                                  1994

 

"Discovering Advanced Academic Grammar,"

 TESOL International Convention,  Atlanta, Georgia.                            1993

 

"Using Student Notes to Assess Reading Strategies,"

presented with Roberta Vann, TESOL International

Convention, Atlanta, Georgia.                                                                   1993

 

"Classroom Format and Student Reading Strategies: 

A Case Study,"  presented with Roberta Vann,

TESOL International Convention, Vancouver, Canada.                       1992

 

"The Process of Developing a CAI Lesson,"

 Midwest TESOL Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.                         1985

 

"Using Authentic Discourse in the TESL Classroom: 

The Newsweek English and College English Program,"

TESOL International Convention, Houston, Texas.                              1984

 

"Developing Materials for Academic ESL from Authentic

Discourse," presented with Barbara Matthies and Roberta

 Abraham, TESOL International Convention, Detroit Michigan.          1981

 

Publications

Book:

Advanced English Grammar,  Prentice Hall Regents,                                    1995

 

Articles

"Assessing Reading Strategies Through Note-Taking,"

in New Ways in Teaching Reading, Richard R. Day, Ed.,

New Ways in TESOL Series, Teachers of English to

Speakers of Other Languages, Alexandria, Virginia,                           1993

 

"Using Authentic Discourse in Teaching the Conditional,"

Cross Currents, Vol. viii, No. 1, the Language Institute of Japan,

 Odaware, 250, Japan.                                                                               1981

 

Demonstrations/Presentations/ Workshops

Workshop

ÒLanguage and Culture:  Overcoming Communication Barriers,Ó presented with Mary Barratt and Suzanne van der Valk,  Professional & Scientific Professional Development Day, Iowa State University, April 4, 2005

 

 

Grants

 

CELT Learning and Teaching grant to bring Barbara Dowling          2004-2005

and Tina Withrow-Robinson from the English Language Institute

at Oregon State University to Iowa State University to conduct a

two-part workshop on creating flexible, cost-effective,

multilevel classes in Intensive English Programs.  Grant written with Suzanne van der Valk .  Workshop and presentation January 27, 28, 2005.

 

LAS small grant awarded for travel to a conference to present a paper      2003

            Attended the TESOL International Convention,

Long Beach, California.