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Kean University

Education

  • English Studies / English as a Second Language
  • Degrees Earned (with Granting Institutions and years): Ed.D., Applied Linguistics, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2020
  • Courses Taught: Conversation II, English as a Second Language I, English as a Second Language II

Courses Taught

Research Interests

  • Classroom interaction
  • Second-language instruction
  • Discourse analysis
  • Conversation analysis

Biography

Elizabeth Reddington is an applied linguist and language educator with over 15 years of experience teaching English as a Second Language. She holds an Ed.D. in applied linguistics from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her work involves applying conversation analysis in the study of professional practice, and she is particularly interested in examining classroom interaction to gain insight into relationships between teacher practices, student participation, and opportunities for language learning. Her single- and co-authored work has appeared in edited volumes and in journals such as Classroom DiscourseDiscourse & Communication, and Linguistics and Education. She is the editor, with Hansun Zhang Waring, of Communicating with the Public: Conversation Analytic Studies (Bloomsbury).