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Ravi Sheorey
Professor
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Learning Styles and Strategies in Second Language Acquisition
- Second Language Reading
- Learning and Teaching English in Non-native Contexts
Recent Upper Division and Graduate Courses Taught
- Studies in SLA: Learning Styles and Strategies
- Teaching Reading and Writing Skills to ESL Students
- TESL Methodology/SLA
- TESL Internship
- Studies in English Grammar
- Seminar in TESL: Second Language Testing
Selected Publications
Reading Strategies of First and Second Language Learners: See How they Read. (2008). Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers. (with Kouider Mokhtari).
Studies in Applied and Theoretical Linguistics (2007). Debrecen, Hungary: Kossuth Egyetem Kiado (with Judit Kiss-Gulyas).
Learning and Teaching of English in India. (2006). New Delhi, London, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
"Perceptions of Reading Strategy Use Among Hungarian EFL Students." (2004). IATEFL Research News, 19-23. (with E. Szoke).
"Predicting Learning Strategies from Learning Styles of ESL Students: An Exploratory Study." (2003). The Journal of College Literacy and Learning, 31, 13-26. (with N. Choi).
"A Comparative Study of the Learning Strategies of Hungarian and Russian College Students." (2002). NovELTy, 9.3, 23-36. (with E. Szoke).
"Learning and Teaching English in India: Looking in From Outside." (2002). Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 28.2, 13-24. (with B. Nayar).
"Sophisticated Noticing: Examination of an Indian Professional's Use of English." (2002). Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 28.2, 121-136. (with A. Poole).
"Measuring ESL Students' Awareness of Reading Strategies." (2002). Journal of Developmental Education, 25.3, 2-10. (with K. Mokhtari).
"Differences in the Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Between Native and Nonnative Readers." (2001). System: Journal of Applied Linguistics and Educational Technology, 29, 431-449.(with K. Mokhtari ). [Nominated for Prentice Hall-TESOL Award for Outstanding Research]
"An Examination of Language Learning Strategy Use in the Setting of an Indigenized Variety of English." (1999). System: A Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 27, 173-190.
"Do U.S. MATESOL Programs Prepare Students to Teach Abroad?" (1999). TESOL Quarterly, 33, 114-125. (with A. Govardhan and B. Nayar).
Honors & Offices
- Oklahoma State Regents Distinguished Teaching Award (2007)
- OKTESOL "ESL Professional of the Year" (2005)
- Fulbright Professor of English and Applied Linguistics (Spring, 2004), University of Veszprem, Hungary.
- Co-editor, Journal of Balanced Reading Instruction
- College of Arts & Sciences Research Award (2000).
- Nominated for the Feldman Award for Teaching Excellence (2002), OSU-Tulsa.
- Award for Outstanding Service as Editor of TESOL's ESL in Higher Education Interest Section Newsletter (1989-1998).
- President, OKTESOL (1998-99)
Recent Conference Presentations
"Language learning beliefs of Hungarian EFL teachers." (2006) Paper presented at the IATEFL-Hungary Annual Conference, Esztergom, Hungary.
"An examination of foreign language anxiety among Hungarian English teachers." (2005). Paper presented IATEFL-Hungary Annual Conference, Budapest. (With J. Heitzmann and Z. Toth)
"Hungarian EFL students' theories of English language learning." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL). (2004). Liverpool, U.K. (with K. Csoma).
"Metacognitive awareness of the reading strategies of Hungarian college students." (2003). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, Brighton, U.K. (with E. Szoke).
"English language education in Hungary." (2002). Paper presented at the OKTESOL Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, OK. (with S. Sahabazian).
"Reading strategies of Japanese ESP students." (2002). Paper presented at the annual conference of Japanese Association of Language Teachers. (with Y. Kamimura & M. Freiermuth).
"See how they read." (2002). Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, Salt Lake City. (with K. Mokhtari).
"Mastering English on their own: Learning strategy of Indian female college students." (2001). Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, St. Louis, MO. (with A. Rahim).
"Reading strategies of native and nonnative speakers of English." (2001). Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, St. Louis, MO. (with M. Mahar & R. Miller).
Current Research & Projects
Book-length manuscript on learning EFL in the nonnative English enviroments (in progress).
English Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Oklahoma State University
205 Morrill Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9474
For Information about English Programs: english.information@okstate.edu
Webmaster: engweb@okstate.edu
Ms. Zsuzsa Rednik, Pannon University, Hungary
With (from left) Zsuzsa, Zoli, Paul and Bogi in Hungary
With (from left) Ildiko, Eva, Orsi, and Peter in Hungary.