Professor Mary Ward has over 30 years of teaching and textbook writing experience at the university and community college levels in the U.S. and Italy. Since 1991, she has taught English composition, English as a Foreign Language, intensive academic English skills, public speaking, critical thinking skills, and technical writing to native and non-native speakers of English. 聽
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she completed a B.A. in Italian language and literature (1991), a junior-year abroad program with the Universit脿 di Bologna (1988-1989), and an M.A. in Applied English Linguistics (1995). Based on her M.A. coursework, Professor Ward has always approached the classroom with an open mind and an awareness of how sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and pedagogy contribute to students鈥� learning experience. 聽
She has applied these theories to her analytical teaching practice in classrooms at Columbia University鈥檚 American Language Program, the University of California-Berkeley鈥檚 College Writing Program in the U.S., as well as Rome鈥檚 Luiss University (Academic English for Political Science and the master鈥檚 in International Relations, Professional Writing Skills for the MBA program) , 91直播 of Rome鈥檚 academic and technical writing courses (graduate-level Food Writing Across Media, and undergraduate-level Business Writing), Public Speaking, as well as introductory academic composition, and Intellectual Heritage,聽at Temple University鈥檚 Rome campus over the past eighteen years. 聽
One of her three major textbook projects include a 2008 listening skills textbook for Pearson-Longman, What I Believe: Listening and Speaking about What Really Matters, about which she presented a talk at the annual Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Langauges (TESOL) convention that same year. In 2012, she worked with editors at Oxford University Press to author an eight-unit textbook for professionals in the fashion industry (English for the Fashion Industry). For Kaplan International (US-based locations), in 2018, Professor Ward completed materials for an internal course that make up a nation-wide textbook of six modules, with five lessons each, titled Best of America.
From each of these publications, she has garnered confidence in framing instruction to meet students鈥� learning needs across a variety of courses. 聽The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need to update her classroom approach, so she completed an online course with Columbia University, via EdX, titled Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom.
In addition to textbook writing, Mary has contributed articles to blogs and teaching publications on the topics of the effects on learning regarding the visual experience of layout and textbook design, and the importance of drawing upon authentic sources for learning materials. Her other areas of research include investigating effective feedback strategies to enhance learning.聽
Selected publications
- Mary Ward,聽course book,聽鈥淏est of America鈥� for Kaplan International:聽develop, proofread 6 modules, 5 lessons each, approx. 45 pages per module, for internal-course use, Kaplan International, Boston, MA, U.S.A.,聽July 2017 鈥� May 2018.聽
- Mary Ward,聽article,聽鈥淭hinking Visually: Image Design, Layout, & Application in L2 Materials,鈥澛�Modern English Teacher, Vol. 25, Issue 4, pp. 44-46, October 2016, co-author Anna Riera Mora from Istituto Cervantes in London, U.K.聽
- Mary Ward,聽textbook,聽English for the Fashion Industry, Oxford聽University Press, 2011- 2012.聽
- Mary Ward,聽post,聽OUP Global ELT Blog,聽鈥淗ow can knowing about textiles help me with my PR job in fashion?鈥�听础耻驳耻蝉迟,听2012.听听听
- Mary Ward,聽post,聽North Star Blog,聽鈥淭echnology & Socializing: Authentic Listening Comprehension Exercise,鈥� 鈥淭echnology, Socializing, and Expressing Frustration,鈥�聽Longman U.S.A., 2010.聽聽聽聽
- Mary Ward,聽ESP聽course booklet,聽Report Writing for the World Food聽Programme, Byron Language Development,聽Rome, Italy, 2007-2008.聽
- Mary Ward,聽textbook, teacher鈥檚聽manual聽What I Believe聽2: Listening and speaking about what really matters.聽Pearson-Longman publishers, White Plains, New York, 2006-2007.聽聽
- Mary Ward,聽Curriculum Developer - Volunteer for the Alternative Learning Division, Madison Area Technical College,聽Madison, Wisconsin, May-July 1994. Use Competency-Based Education principles to draft, revise, and聽submit聽for approval Competency Statements and Performance Standards for ESL curriculum聽at a community college.
Affiliations
- Temple University Abroad聽
- Luiss University
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