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In Context Reading Skills for Intermediate Students of English As a Second Language
Text for students of English as a second language.
246 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1982
About the author
Jean Zukowski-Faust
23 booksDr. Zukowski/Faust was a professor and associate professor in Northern Arizona University’s Department of English from 1984 until her death in 2006. She taught a variety of courses and held special interest in teaching English as a second language, bilingual education, editing and grammar.
Born April 3, 1941, in Iron Mountain, Mich., Dr. Zukowski/Faust earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin in 1966 and her master’s in English as a second language from the University of Arizona in 1973. She earned her doctorate in applied linguistics and English education from the UofA in 1978.
She taught English from 1964 to 1971 at three institutions in Turkey before moving to the University of Arizona’s Department of English from 1972 to 1984, when she moved to NAU. From 1990 to 1992, while on leave from NAU, Dr. Zukowski/Faust was Associate Director of the U.S. Peace Corps in Poland, for which she was awarded a 1992 Medal of Honor from Poland’s Ministry of National Education.
She was fluent in both Turkish and Polish.
Dr. Zukowski/Faust was a pioneer in concerns related to bilingual education and English as a second language instruction, McGroarty pointed out, and helped found NAU’s master's degree in Teaching English as a Second Language and the NAU Program in Intensive English, which serves students from around the globe.
Dr. Zukowski/Faust wrote more than 25 textbooks for English language learners. She was a frequent speaker and workshop presenter at state, national and international conferences. She served as a director-at-large on the board of directors of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, known as TESOL, the U.S.-based international professional association for English language teachers; she was a long-time member of the Arizona TESOL executive board, chaired three AZ-TESOL state conferences and served many years as editor and desktop publisher of the AZ-TESOL Newsletter.
In 1997, 1999 and 2004 she was awarded the AZ-TESOL's Distinguished Service Award.
Born April 3, 1941, in Iron Mountain, Mich., Dr. Zukowski/Faust earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin in 1966 and her master’s in English as a second language from the University of Arizona in 1973. She earned her doctorate in applied linguistics and English education from the UofA in 1978.
She taught English from 1964 to 1971 at three institutions in Turkey before moving to the University of Arizona’s Department of English from 1972 to 1984, when she moved to NAU. From 1990 to 1992, while on leave from NAU, Dr. Zukowski/Faust was Associate Director of the U.S. Peace Corps in Poland, for which she was awarded a 1992 Medal of Honor from Poland’s Ministry of National Education.
She was fluent in both Turkish and Polish.
Dr. Zukowski/Faust was a pioneer in concerns related to bilingual education and English as a second language instruction, McGroarty pointed out, and helped found NAU’s master's degree in Teaching English as a Second Language and the NAU Program in Intensive English, which serves students from around the globe.
Dr. Zukowski/Faust wrote more than 25 textbooks for English language learners. She was a frequent speaker and workshop presenter at state, national and international conferences. She served as a director-at-large on the board of directors of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, known as TESOL, the U.S.-based international professional association for English language teachers; she was a long-time member of the Arizona TESOL executive board, chaired three AZ-TESOL state conferences and served many years as editor and desktop publisher of the AZ-TESOL Newsletter.
In 1997, 1999 and 2004 she was awarded the AZ-TESOL's Distinguished Service Award.
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