English as a Second Language (ESL)

With extensive experience in English as a Second Language (ESL), Dr. Green is otherwise competent in the evaluation of bilingual children or children who learned English as a second language and are struggling in school.  Prior to earning her doctorate, Dr. Green was involved in teaching, developing programs, and providing teacher training workshops in ESL.  From 1985 through 1990, she engaged in university teaching and research on attention, lateralization, and language processing in native English speakers and/or Spanish-English bilinguals.  Following a two‑year post-doctoral fellowship (1991‑1993) at the Kennedy‑Krieger Institute —  through the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medical School, Dr. Green was a staff psychologist in the Department of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Kennedy‑Krieger Institute.  During this time she held an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Neurology.

Dr. Green has co‑authored book chapters and has several published articles on lateralization, attention, and language processing in native English speakers and English-Spanish bilinguals.  She is the first author of an ESL textbook and co‑author of a textbook in cross cultural communication.

 

ESL CURRICULA AND PROGRAMS DEVELOPED

"Oral and Written Communication Skills for the Foreign Medical Graduate" and A Pronunciation Course for Foreign Medical Graduates", written and field tested for a combined grant awarded to the Youngstown Hospital Association by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (1981-1983).

"English as a Second Dialect for Junior High School" (1976-1977).