Lionel Menasche

MA, University of Edinburgh
Dip TESL, University of North Wales
MPhil, University of Cambridge
PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Lecturer in Linguistics

Associate Director, English Language Institute

Telephone: (412) 624-5928
E-mail: esleli@pitt.edu
FAX: (412) 624-6130


Areas of Specialization:

  • TESOL, English for Academic Purposes, materials development

Current Projects

  • Advanced ESL writing materials
  • Writing a Research Paper . This is a resource site for instructors who teach the writing of research papers.


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Selected publications

Words for Students of English
, Volume 8, University of Michigan Press, 2004 (co-authored with D. McCormick, M. Slaathaug, J. Yogman).

Writing a Research Paper
(2nd edition), University of Michigan Press, 1997.

Teaching Vocabulary. The current word, in Proceedings of the Georgetown Round Table on Language and Linguistics, 100-113 (with E. M. Anthony; 1991)

Making Progress in English: Grammar and Composition (with Patricia Furey; University of Michigan Press, 1990

Recent presentations

"Authentic Materials, Tasks, and Student Output," Three Rivers TESOL Conference, 2003 (with S. Brown).

"Moving from a materials idea to textbook scope and sequence," workshop, Three Rivers TESOL Conference, 2002 (with S. Iannuzzi).

"Teaching Collocations from Any Texts Used in the ESL Classroom," Three Rivers TESOL Conference, 2001 (with D. McCormick).

"Weaving Authenticity into the Pre-MBA Program," panel, TESOL Conference, 2001 (with J. Dunphy, B. Fulton, and D. Smith).

"Including Collocations in ESL Vocabulary Materials,"  TESOL Convention, March 2001 (with D. McCormick and G. Mizera).

"Students Who Make Slow Progress in IEPs," Three Rivers TESOL Conference, 1999.

"Designing Successful Pre-MBA Activities", panel, TESOL Conference, 1999 (with J. Dunphy, and B. Fulton).

"Integrating Listening and Reading through Audiobooks," TESOL Conference, 1999.

"Hook Your Book to the Web II," TESOL Conference, 1999 (with C. Frowd). 

"Hook Your Book to the Web," TESOL Conference, 1998 (with C. Frowd). 

"Establishing and Maintaining a Pre-MBA Program," panel, TESOL Conference, 1998. 
(with J. Dunphy, B. Fulton, and D. Smith).

"Writing a research paper," Revised Edition," publisher’s session,  Three Rivers TESOL Conference, 1997.




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