Instructor

College of Marin - Intensive English Program
Bldg. 3, Room 261
1800 Ignacio Blvd.,
Novato, California 94949
Tel: (415) 457.8811 ext. 8579
Fax: (415) 883-2632
Email: patricia.seery@marin.edu

EDUCATION

M.A. Education specializing in Language, Literature, and Culture, 1993
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

B.A. Honors Degree in Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of English as a Second Language, 1985 
University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

B.A. English and Drama, 1979
University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

About me

Patricia Seery is an ESL instructor at the College of Marin and Berkeley City College.  She has taught ESL in both South Africa and the United States. In South Africa, she was also involved in teacher training which involved assisting ESL teachers in townships to gain access to the latest ESL theory and methodology and incorporate it into their teaching.

She enjoys yoga, reading, and traveling.

interest areas

• ESL Teacher Training
• ESL Theory and Methodology

awards

• O’Bie Schultz Fellowship in International Studies from the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, 2000
  
  
• Stanford Research Training Small Grant – School of Education Grant to Doctoral Students in Support of Excellence in Dissertation Research, 1999
  
  
• Graduate Research Opportunity Grant – Stanford University, 1998

Courses Typically Taught