Spring Schedule:

Hour/Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
8:00-9:15	Office Hour LIA 210	Office Hour LIA 210	Office Hour LIA 210	Office Hour LIA 210
9:25-10:40	ENGL 1101-03 Seq 114	ENGL 3025-01 LIA 307	ENGL 1101-03 Seq 114	ENGL 3025-01 LIA 307
10:50-12:05	RGTE 0199-30O LIA 210	Office Hour LIA 210	Office Hour LIA 210	Writing Lab LIA 315
12:15-1:30		ENGL 1101-10H LIA 313
1:40-2:55

Biography:

     Dr. Monte Salyer graduated from Michigan State University with a Ph.D. in English with concentrations in Applied Linguistics, Reading Theory, and 20th Century American Literature.  (Applied Linguistics includes the History of the English Language, Language Acquisition,  Functional Grammar, Discourse Analysis, and Language Assessment).  His dissertation is The Significance of Difficult Vocabulary to Reading in a Second Language.

     Dr. Salyer has taught courses in ESL, TESOL, Linguistics, Developmental Writing, English Composition, American Literature, British Literature, and Philosophy at Sahmyook University in Korea, Andrews University in Michigan, St. Mary of the Plains College in Kansas, and Lewis University in Illinois.

     At Dalton State, Dr. Salyer has taught Learning Support English I, Learning Support English II, Learning Support Reading II, English Composition I, and Linguistics.  He also coordinates the Summer Academy each June to prepare bilingual students for higher education.                                                                   

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Southern Grammar:

   A current study finds that the essays of 150 students in the University System of Georgia have four times as many errors--30 vs. 7 per paper--as in the writing samples of college students nationwide.  Especially evident in the chart below is the dramatically higher rate (20x) of missing words or phrases and missing or wrong word endings. The conclusion is that first-year USG writers may require more grammar instruction in general as well as specific training to refine particular aspects of grammar usage.