Kenneth Levinson
Professor
Chairperson
Academic Literacy and Linguistics
EMAIL: klevinson@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: N-499E
Office Hours: M-F 11-6
Phone: +1 (212) 220-1413
Expertise
Degrees
Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University
B.A., Wesleyan University
Courses Taught
- This course will introduce the student to the study of Language and Culture. The course will introduce related topics, such as bilingual/bidialectal families and bilingual education, language and gender, literacy in a changing, technological society, child language acquisition, and different dialects and registers of English. The readings will draw on works in linguistics, literature and related fields. Students will work on critical reading and produce writing based on the readings in connections with their own experiences and backgrounds.
- This intensive writing course for ESL students focuses on basic components of effective writing, including paragraph development and structure, sentence structure, word choice, and content. Students read and respond to a variety of texts and use argumentation, narrative, and description as modes of developing ideas in writing.