Loretta Kasper's Publications

Books:

Kasper, L.F. (2000). Content-based college ESL instruction. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (View Table of Contents, Preface, and Reviews and Ordering Information).

Kasper, L.F. (1998). Interdisciplinary English (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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Kasper, L.F. (1997). Teaching English through the Disciplines: Psychology (2nd ed). New York: Whittier.

Chapters in Books:

Kasper, L.F. (2000). Sustained content study and the Internet: Developing functional and academic literacies. In M. Pally (Ed.). Sustained content-based teaching in academic ESL/EFL: A practical approach (pp. 54-71). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Kasper, L.F., & Singer, R. (1999). Inherit the Text: An interdisciplinary perspective on argumentation. In E. Bishop (Ed.). Cinema-(to)-graphy: Film and writing in contemporary composition courses (pp. 116-124). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Kasper, L.F. (1998). Meeting ESL students' academic needs through discipline-based instructional programs. In T. Smoke (Ed.), Adult ESL: Politics, pedagogy, and participation in classroom and community programs (pp. 147-157). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. PREPUBLICATION DRAFT available: https://lkasper.tripod.com/smokebook.html

Kasper, L.F. (1998).Convince the opposition. In P. Master & D. Brinton (Eds.). New ways in English for specific purposes (pp. 55-56). Washington, D.C.: TESOL.

Kasper, L.F. (1998). Start with an ad. In P. Master & D. Brinton (Eds.). New ways in English for specific purposes (pp. 178-180). Washington, D.C.: TESOL.

Book Reviews:

Kasper, L.F. (1999). Review of Electronic Literacies: Language, Culture, and Power in Online Education by Mark Warschauer. Language Learning and Technology, 3(1), 27-30.
[Online]. Available: http://llt.msu.edu/vol3num1/review/review3.html

Kasper, L.F. (1999). Review of Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning by Stephen D. Krashen. Teaching English in the Two-Year College (Silver Anniversary Issue), 27(1), 122-123.
Available online at: https://lkasper.tripod.com/krashenreview.pdf

Scholarly Articles:

Kasper, L.F. and Weiss, S. T. (2005). Building ESL Students’ Linguistic and Academic Literacy Through Content-Based Interclass Collaboration. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 32(3), 282-297.
Available online at: https://lkasper.tripod.com/interclasscollaboration.pdf

Kasper, L.F. (2004). Beyond the Book: Designing a Course-Specific Web Page. College Now Resource of the Month
Available online at: http://www.collegenow.cuny.edu/teachers/resource/current.html.

Kasper, L.F. (2003). Interactive Hypertext and the Development of ESL Students’ Reading Skills. Reading Matrix (Special issue on "Reading and Technology"), 3(3).
Available online at: http://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/kasper/index2.html

Kasper, L.F. (2002). Technology as a tool for literacy in the age of information: Implications for the ESL classroom. Teaching English in the Two-Year College (Special issue on "English in a New Key: Reporting on, and Critiquing, Technology-Mediated Instruction"), 30(2), 129-144. **WINNER OF THE AWARD FOR BEST ARTICLE OF THE YEAR**
Available online at: https://lkasper.tripod.com/technology.pdf

Kasper, L.F. (2002). Hypertext as a Tool for Building ESL Students' Reading Skills: A Pilot Study. Learning Technology Newsletter (Special issue on "Hypermedia and the Web as Learning Tools"), 4(3), July, 2002. [Online]. Available: http://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/issues/july2002/index.html#2

Kasper, L.F. (2002). Building literacy in the age of information: Technology as a tool for sustained content study. Reading Matrix (Special issue on 'Literacy and the Web'), 2(2), June, 2002. [Online]. Available: http://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/kasper

Kasper, L.F. (2002). Focus discipline research and the Internet: Literacy for college ESL students. The Internet TESL Journal, 8(6), June 2002. [Online].
Available online: http://iteslj.org/Articles/Kasper-Focus/.

Kasper, L.F. & Singer, R. (2001). Unspoken content: Silent film in the ESL classroom. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 29(1), 16-31.
Available online at: https://lkasper.tripod.com/unspoken.pdf

Kasper, L.F. (2000). New technologies, new literacies: Focus discipline research and ESL learning communities. Language Learning and Technology, 4(2), 105-128. [Online]. Available: http://llt.msu.edu/vol4num2/kasper/default.html

Kasper, L.F. (2000). The imagery of rhetoric: Film and academic writing in the discipline-based ESL course. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 28(1), 52-59.
Available online at https://lkasper.tripod.com/imagery.pdf

Kasper, L.F. & Petrello, B.A. (2000). Responding to ESL student writing: The value of a nonjudgmental approach. Community Review (20th Anniversary Issue of the Best of Community Review), 16, 178-185. Available online: https://lkasper.tripod.com/kasperandpetrello.pdf

Kasper, L.F. (2000). A content-based Internet collaboration: Focus discipline research and academic learning communities. Idiom, Spring. Available online: https://lkasper.tripod.com/idiom2000.html

Kasper, L.F. (1999). Print, film, and hypertexts: A multimedia model for discipline-based ESL instruction. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 26, 406-414.
Available online at https://lkasper.tripod.com/print.pdf

Kasper, L.F. (1998). ESL writing and the principle of nonjudgmental awareness: Rationale and implementation. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 25, 58-66.
Available online at: https://lkasper.tripod.com/esl.pdf

Kasper, L.F. (1998). Interdisciplinary English and the Internet: Technology meets content in the ESL course. TCC-J, 3. [Online].
Journal available at: http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/pub/tcc-j/tccj98.pre4.htm
Paper available at: http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/org/tcon98/paper/kasper.html

Kasper, L.F. (1997). Writing, metacognition, and computer technology. Selected papers from ESL for the 21st century, A New Jersey Statewide Higher Education Conference. October 18, 1997. (pp. 58-70). Elizabeth, NJ: Union County College.

Kasper, L.F. (1997). Assessing the metacognitive awareness of ESL student writers. TESL-EJ, 3. [Online]. Available: http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej09/a1.html

Kasper, L.F. (1997). Teaching the short story, "Flowers for Algernon," to College-Level ESL Students. The Internet TESL Journal, 3. [Online]. Available: http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/Kasper-Algernon/index.html

Kasper, L.F., & Singer, R. (1997). Reading, language acquisition, and film strategies. PostScript, 15, 5-17.
Preprint available online at: https://lkasper.tripod.com/postscript.html.

Kasper, L.F. (1997). The impact of content-based instructional programs on the academic progress of ESL students. English for Specific Purposes, 16(4), 309-320.

Kasper, L.F. (1996). Writing to read: enhancing ESL students' reading proficiency through written response to text. Teaching English in the TwoYear College, 23, 25-33. Available online: https://lkasper.tripod.com/writingtoread.pdf

Kasper, L.F. & Petrello, B.A. (1996). Responding to ESL student writing: The value of a nonjudgmental approach. Community Review, 14, 5-12. Available online: https://lkasper.tripod.com/kasperandpetrello.pdf

Kasper, L.F. (1995/96). Using discipline-based texts to boost college ESL reading instruction. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 39, 298- 306. DRAFT available online: https://lkasper.tripod.com/topairornot.html

Kasper, L.F. (1995). Applying the principle of nonjudgmental awareness to the evaluation of ESL students' writing. Journal of Teaching Writing, 14, 73-85. DRAFT available online at https://lkasper.tripod.com/jtwnja95.html

Kasper, L.F. (1995). Theory and practice in content-based ESL reading instruction. English for Specific Purposes, 14, 223-230. DRAFT available online: https://lkasper.tripod.com/theoryandpractice.html

Kasper, L.F. (1995). Discipline-oriented ESL reading instruction. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 22, 45-53.

Kasper, L.F. (1995). Using multi-media integration in a thematic-based ESL reading course. Journal of College Reading, 2, 19-29. PREPUBLICATION DRAFT available online: https://lkasper.tripod.com/jcrncw.html

Kasper, L.F. (1994). Developing and teaching a content-based reading course for ESL students. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 21, 23-26.

Kasper, L.F. (1994). Improved reading performance for ESL students through academic course pairing. Journal of Reading, 37, 376-384.

Kasper, L.F. (1994). Using songs to teach poetry to ESL students. Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 2, 92-94.
Available online: http://www.njcu.edu/CILL/vol2/kasper.html

Kasper, L.F. (1994). Audiotapes improve responses to writing. Resource, Spring, 14.

Kasper, L.F. (1993). The keyword method and foreign language vocabulary learning: A rationale for its use. Foreign Language Annals, 26, 244-251.

Kasper, L.F. (1993). Enhancing ESL students' reading skills through academic pairing. Resource, Summer, 7-8.

Kasper, L.F. (1993). Developing an academically based curriculum for college bound ESL students. Resource, Winter, 10.

Kasper, L.F. (1992). Integrating the four basic language skills into a reading lesson for ESL students. Resource, Spring, 9-10.

Kasper, L.F., & Glass, A.L. (1988). An extension of the keyword method facilitates the acquisition of simple Spanish sentences. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2, 137-146.

Kasper, L.F. (1983). The effect of linking sentence and interactive picture mnemonics on the acquisition of Spanish nouns by middle school children. Human Learning, 2, 141-156.

Kasper, L.F., & Glass, A.L. (1982). The role of the keyword method in the acquisition of Spanish nouns. Human Learning, 1, 235-250.

CD-ROM Proceedings:

Kasper, L.F. (1998). ESL and the Internet: Content, rhetoric, and research. W.E. Tanner & S.S. Webb (Eds.), Proceedings of Rhetoric and Technology in the Next Millennium (CD-ROM). Mexquite, TX: Caxton's Modern Art Press.
Available online at: https://lkasper.tripod.com/rhetoric.html

Kasper, L.F. (1998). Focus discipline research and the Internet: Keys to academic literacy for at-risk college students. Proceedings of WebNet 98 (CD-ROM). Charlottesville, VA: AACE.
Available online at: https://lkasper.tripod.com/webnet98paper.html