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John M. Green

English Department, Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, USA

Office: Sullivan Building 207C
Office phone: (978) 542-6252
(If I am not in my office, a recorded message will tell you when Iam likely to be available.)
E-mail: jgreen@salemstate.edu

NOTE: Some parts of this page need to be updated. I’m working on it…

"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."
--George Bernard Shaw

Some of the members of my January 2000 English 101E (Writingin English as a Second Language II) class

Information about my courses (syllabi and so forth)

English 779 – Learner Differences in English as a Second Language. Spring 2007 semester.

Online content in this course will be delivered using a system called WebCT. If you have not used WebCT before, go to the Salem State WebCT page. You should run the browser check you will find there to make sure your computer is configured appropriately. You should also make sure pop-ups are not blocked on your browser preferences. The first time you log in, your login information is sent to your salemstate.edu e-mail account.. Whenever you log in, you will probably get a message asking whether you “trust certificates” or something like that. The correct answer is yes, you do trust it or them. If you experience problems, sources of help are listed on the login page.
A current syllabus for the course will be available on this page at a later date.

Materials for courses I am teaching in the September 2002 semester.

English 100E3 - Writing in English as aSecond Language I. Course syllabus.
English 770 / Education 791 - Theories andPrinciples in ESL a.k.a. Teaching English as a Second Language: Principlesand Theories (graduate class). Course syllabus.

Course materials from past semesters ( information in this section last updated in fall 2002)

English 101E - Writing in English as a SecondLanguage II. January 2002 syllabus , including weekly writing assignmentdeadlines.
English 101 - Composition I
English 772 - Methods and Approaches in ESL5-12 (graduate class). Last taught in January 2001 semester.

Photos of my classes in previous semesters:English 101 (Fall 1999); English 100E3 (Fall 1999); English 101E (Spring1999)

English language courses at Salem State Collegefor students whose first language is not English

Information about the Fluency First courses in the English Departmentand the Department of Theatre and Speech Communication; the LanguageIntensive Interdisciplinary Program (L.I.I.P.) in the InterdisciplinaryStudies Department; and the ESL program in the Center for InternationalEducation. (I teach some of the Fluency First courses in theEnglish Department.)

The M.A. program in TeachingEnglish as a Second Language at Salem State College (PDF file)

Helping ESL Writers Grow (article)

How should teachers read and respond to the writing produced by studentsfrom other language backgrounds who are still developing their Englishskills?

Links to Internet sources of informationabout teaching English to speakers of other languages

Information about me

The true story of my experiences as a languagelearner (including both good and bad experiences). How I learned French in the classroom (it took a long time) and Spanish "on the streets."
My teaching philosophy
My educational background
My teaching experience
Professional activities and awards: publications,materials development, presentations, etc.
My favorite on-line newspapers:

New York Times - I especially likethe Books section of the Times on the Web, which includes not only reviewsbut also the opening chapters of hundreds of current books.
Los Angeles Times
El Pais, Madrid (in Spanish)
Le Monde, Paris (in French)
My wife Colette and I are "news junkies." At our house, we get homedelivery of the New York Times (see link above), the BostonGlobe, and the Salem Evening News.

I usually listen to these Boston area radio stations. If you havethe software, you can click on these links and listen to them on line.

WGBH (89.7 fm):NPR news, classical music, and (my favorite) jazz in the evenings.
WBUR (90.9 fm) : news and talk from NPR,the BBC, and elsewhere.
WCRB (102.5 fm): A commercial classicalmusic station, pleasant to listen to but very unadventurous. Theannouncers keep using the phrase "relaxing classical music" to describewhat they play. To its credit, WCRB also features live broadcastsof the Boston Symphony Orchestra (or in the summer, the Boston Pops) onSaturdays at 8 p.m.
WEEI (850 am) - Sports radio. I tune into this station for live broadcasts of BostonRed Sox games.

A few of my favorite places in and around Boston and the North Shore:

Swampscott - the "official" webpage of the town where I live. Lots of pictures of the town on thissite.
Temple Emanu-El, Marblehead - Selectthis link if you want to find out where I go when I cancel class for RoshHa-Shana or Yom Kippur.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem - This worldclass museum's collection began with the many items that Yankee ship captainswho sailed out of Salem in the late 18th and early 19th centuries broughthome from their voyages to the far east. Lots of great graphics onthis site.
Community Boating, Boston- "sailing for all" on the Charles River Basin.
Walden Pond - inConcord, Massachusetts, less than an hour's drive from Salem. This is wherethe photo above was taken.
Plimoth Plantation - Thisliving history museum recreates how the Plymouth Pilgrims and their Wampanoagneighbors lived in 1627.
Montréal Jazz Festival- okay, I admit that listing Montréal under "places in and aroundBoston and the North Shore" is stretching it. But Montréalis only a day's drive away from Boston, and this festival, which takesplace every year around the beginning of July, is probably the world'sbest and biggest block party. Lots of free music in addition to paidevents with some big-name stars.