Background
Sivell, John Norman was born on June 14, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Arthur Leslie and Josephine Ruth Sivell.
(From Near and Far is a reproducible intermediate level ES...)
From Near and Far is a reproducible intermediate level ESL reader for high school and adult students. From Near and Far features sixteen original, illustrated stories set in cultural and geographical contexts from around the world. This revised and enlarged edition of From Near and Far builds on the very features that made students, teachers and reviewers so enthusiastic about the first edition. It provides carefully designed activities in purposeful, confident reading for teen-aged and adult readers at an intermediate level.
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Sivell, John Norman was born on June 14, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Arthur Leslie and Josephine Ruth Sivell.
Bachelor in English with honors, U. Toronto, 1969; diploma in English, Cambridge (England) University, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in English, U. East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1974; Master of Education, U. Wales, Cardiff, 1983.
Assistant professor, head English department, Jundi Shapur U., Ahwaz, Iran, 1974-1978; assistant professor, U. Riyadh, Abha, Saudi Arabia, 1978-1979; maî de conferences, Faculty of Letters, Rabat, Morocco, 1980-1982; visiting lecturer, Institute American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1982-1983; instructor English as a 2d language, Brock U., St. Catharines, Ontario, 1983-1986; assistant professor applied language studies, Brock U., St. Catharines, Ontario, 1986-1988; associate professor applied language studies, Brock U., St. Catharines, Ontario, 1988-1991; professor applied language studies, Brock U., St. Catharines, Ontario, since 1991; interim dean faculty of humanities, Brock U., St. Catharines, Ontario, 1994-1995; dean faculty of humanities, Brock U., St. Catharines, Ontario, since 1995.
(From Near and Far is a reproducible intermediate level ES...)
Member of advisory board alphabase project Alpha Ontario, Toronto, 1992-1996. Member International Association Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Langs., Ontario Teachers English as Second Language (board directors since 1991, conference chairman 1989, 90), International Reading Association, Canada Association Applied Linguistics, American Ednl. Research Association, Canada Association Second Language Teachers.
Married Chirawibha Pongruang. Children: Vincent, Florent.