College of Arts & Sciences
Autumn Witt
Assistant Professor
English, ESOL, Director of the Center for
English Language Education
- B.A. Northwest University, 2001
- TESOL Certificate Northwest University, 2001
- M.A. University of Arizona, 2007
- Ph.D. University of Arizona, 2010
Courses Taught
- LANG 0810 Integrated Speaking, Reading, Listening I
- LANG 0910 Integrated Speaking,Reading,Lstng II
- LANG 0830 Grammar I
- LANG 0930 Grammar II
Articles
Witt, A. (2010) Blogging Personal Narratives. In Juarez, M., Witt, J., and Haley, J. (Eds.)
Student’s Guide to First Year Composition. Pearson.
Doctoral Dissertation
Establishing the Validity of the Task-Based English Speaking Test (TBEST) for International Teaching Assistants (University of Arizona, 2010)
Presentations
Task-Based Assessment of International Teaching Assistants’ Spoken English, TESOL, Boston MA, March 2010 with Dr. Jun Liu, and Karen Barto-Sisamout
Blogging Our Way to Intercultural Competence, CERCLL Intercultural Competence Conference, Tucson, AZ, January 2010
Exploring New Frontiers of Self and Other through Writing, TESOL, Denver, CO, March 2009
The Shifting Concept of Other: The Power of Writing to Transform Self, CCCC, San Francisco, CA, March 2009
Winning Against the Feedback Odds, TESOL, Seattle, WA, March 2007
Identifying Variables of Successful Teacher Revision Feedback to L2 Writers, SLAT Roundtable, University of Arizona, February 2006
English Teacher Training Presentations in Japan:
- Teaching Communicative English, August 2003, 2004 Ajigasawa High School
- TESOL Methods, Phonics, and Grammar, JET Orientation Conference, Aomori City, Aug 2004
- English in the Elementary Classroom, Elementary Teachers Conference, Aomori City, Sept 2002, 2003, 2004
- Active Listening Techniques, JET Conference, Hachinohe, Nov 2004
- TESOL Methods, Making the Most of your Textbook, JET Conference, Hirosaki, Nov 2002, 2003
- TESOL Methods, Phonics, JET Orientation Conference: Aomori City, Aug 2003