John Beaumont

Professor (ESL, Linguistics) and Faculty Director of the BMCC Teaching Collaboratory (CoLab)

Contact

212-220-1417

Academic Interests

Faculty development, non-judgmental peer observation, SoTL research, ESL learners, classroom practices and materials development, the structure of American English

Positions

Professor, Academic Literacy and Linguistics, Borough of Manhattan Community College

Education

Ed.D., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Teacher College, Columbia University, New York, NY

B.A., English, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals and Chapters in Edited Volumes

Beaumont, J., & Baecher, L. (2021, in press) Passing as a teacher and the dance of supervision. Burns, R.W., Baecher, L., & McCorvey, J. Eds. Supervision in Clinically Based Teacher Education: Advances, Opportunities, and Explorations. Information Age Publishing.

Beaumont, J. (2018). Cross-Disciplinary professional development at community colleges. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2018.1558134

Baecher, L., & Beaumont, J. (2017). Supervisor reflection for teacher education: Video-based inquiry as model. European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 6(2), 65-78.

Beaumont, J. (2017). Indicating a shift in college culture: Author response to Whitestone’s and McPherson’s Reader’s Comments and Views on my Brief Report, “Toward a holistic approach to supporting English learners in universities” (Vol. 3, No. 1, 2016). NYS TESOL Journal, 4(1), 1-2.

Beaumont, J. (2015). ENG 101 instructors’ perspectives on the ESL experience. NYS TESOL Journal, 2(1), 89-97.

Beaumont, J. (2010). A sequence of critical thinking tasks. TESOL Journal, 1(4), 1-22.

Textbooks

Beaumont, J. & Yancey, A. J. (2019). NorthStar 1 Reading and Writing, 4th Ed. Hoboken, NJ: Pearson ELT.

Beaumont, J. & Yancey, A. J. (2014). NorthStar 1 Reading and Writing, 3rd Ed. White Plains, NY: Pearson.

Beaumont, J. (2012). Focus on Writing 4. White Plains, NY: Pearson.

Beaumont, J. (Series Ed.). (2012). Focus on Writing, Books 1-5. White Plains, NY: Pearson. (Lead author and pedagogical designer.)

Beaumont, J. (2009). NorthStar 1 Reading and Writing, 2nd Ed. White Plains, NY: Pearson Longman.

Beaumont, J. (2005). NorthStar Building Skills for the TOEFL-iBT, Intermediate. White Plains, NY: Pearson Longman.

Beaumont, J. (2002). NorthStar Focus on Reading and Writing, Introductory. White Plains, NY: Pearson Longman.