James Schumann

Current

• Graduate Instructor at North Dakota State University

Past

• (Skills and Technology Center) Tutor Volunteer at North Dakota State University
• (Kmart) Sales Supervisor at Sears, Roebuck and Co.
• Outreach Volunteer at Fargo Public Library

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Education

• Minnesota State University, Moorhead
• Le Groupe ESA : Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture; Angers
• Minnesota State University, Moorhead

1 more...

Connections

33 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Website

James Schumann’s Summary

Broad summary: I am new to the field of language and language teaching. I wish to pursue both linguistics and TESL training. Eventually I want to teach and research in the fields of Linguistics and Literature.

Research Interests:
* English Language Lexical Analysis, Rhetorical Syntax, Encoded and
Reduced Structures
* Sociolinguistics of Queer Identity and Community
* Second Language, Culture, and Cognitive Development
* Gender and Power in Early English and French Literature
* Fantasy and Myth in Literature
* Millennial rhetoric in American discourse

Languages:
English (Native), Spanish (Intermediate, second home language), French (Academic, not communicative)

James Schumann’s Specialties:

Teaching low-proficiency English language learners

James Schumann’s Experience

• Graduate Instructor

  North Dakota State University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  I teach an English language class to international students. I work here in connection with completing a Graduate Certificate in TESL at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
  Courses Taught: Language 103.1 ESOL Grammar and Writing I, Fall 2008
  Currently Teaching: Language 103.1 ESOL Grammar and Writing I, Spring 2009

Additional Information

James Schumann’s Websites:

• My Website

James Schumann’s Interests:

Activism, Applied Linguistics, Astronomy, Beat literature, Chaos, Chocolate, Civil liberties, Code Switching, Discourse analysis, Discourse theory, Dragons, Dreams, Early-Modern Literature and Theatre, Education Technology, Electronic Music, Emerson, ESL, Ethics, Etymology, Fantasy, Feminism, Finland, Finnish, France, French, Gaelic, Gay Rights, Gender, Genre, Hermeneutics, History, Humanism, Human rights, Identity, Ideology, Imagination, Intertextuality, Language Acquisition, Latin, Linguistic and Cultural Identity, Linguistics, Linguistics in Literature, Meditation, Middle English, Millennialism, Myth, Mythology, NASA, Networking, Old English, Peace, Phonetics, Photography, Politics, Power, Queer Pedagogy, Queer Studies, Queer Theory, Rhetorical analysis, Science Fiction, Semantics, Socio-linguistics, Solar Eclipses, Sexuality, Spanish, Spectacle, Speech-Act Theory, Star Trek, Swedish, Syntax, TESL, Tolkien, Veganism, Vegetarianism, Yoga

James Schumann’s Groups:

TESOL

•    Friends of Finland
•    Tutors, Inc.
•    ESL Educators
•    Technology in Education
•    Professional English Teachers Network
•    Minnesota State University Moorhead
•    EDUCAUSE
•    ESL Professionals
•    Fans of Digsby

James Schumann’s Honors:

Summa cum Laude, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Dragon Scholarship, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Forensics Scholarship (offered), Concordia College, Moorhead
Faculty Scholarship (offered), Concordia College, Moorhead

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