English Language Institute

Dawn E. McCormick

  • Director
  • Teaching Professor

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. Foreign Language Education, University of Pittsburgh
  • M.Ed. Foreign Language Education, University of Pittsburgh
  • TESOL Certificate, University of Pittsburgh
  • B.A. French, Grove City College

ESL Teaching Interests

  • Classroom discourse, Teacher questions, Student self-correction

Presentations (recent)

  • 2019 “IEP learners’ self-correction profiles during an oral production task,” TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo, M. L. Vercellotti & D. E. McCormick
  • 2018 " Applying TESOL’s 6 principles to your teaching context,” Three Rivers TESOL Conference, D. E. McCormick & Rob Mucklo
  • 2018 "Writing discrete-point items for reading and listening comprehension assessment," Three Rivers TESOL Conference, D. E. McCormick, H. McNaught, & Rob Mucklo
  • 2018 "60-Second podcasts: Connecting text, activity, and student learning outcomes," TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo, D. E. McCormick & H. McNaught
  • 2017 “Enriching vocabulary learning through the involvement load hypothesis,” TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo, D. E. McCormick & B. Davis

Workshops (recent)

  • 2019 “Creating rubrics for assessing language performance in the TESOL classroom,” TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo, Pre-Convention Institute, M. L. Vercellotti & D. E. McCormick

Publications (selected)

  • McCormick, D. E. & McNaught, H. (2019, March). Designing podcast activities to achieve GOSLOs. TESOL International Association: As We Speak… The Newsletter of the Speech, Pronunciation, and Listening Interest Section. 
  • Vercellotti, M. L., & McCormick, D. E. (2018, November). Self-correction profiles of L2 English learners: A longitudinal multiple-case study. TESOL-EJ, 22(3).
  • Davis, B., Juffs, A., McCormick, D. E., Mizera, G., O’Neill, M. C., Ranson, S., Smith, D., Smith Slaathaug, M. (2015). Academic Vocabulary Building in English, Low-Intermediate, Volume 2. Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press.
  • Davis, B., Juffs, A., McCormick, D. E., Mizera, G., O’Neill, M. C., Ranson, S., Smith, D., Smith Slaathaug, M. (2015). Academic Vocabulary Building in English, Low-Intermediate, Volume 1. Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press.
  • McCormick, D. E., & McNaught, H. (2015, Spring). Using Scientific American three ways for self-study. Three Rivers TESOL Newsletter, 25(1), 2.
  • McCormick, D. E., & Vercellotti, M. L. (2013). Examining the impact of self-correction notes on grammatical accuracy in speaking.  TESOL Quarterly, 47(2), 410-420. 

Professional Memberships

  • TESOL International Association
  • Three Rivers TESOL Association

Overseas Experience

  • Israel