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.orn in ;ew or# 7ity and raised in )ndiana% Eric Foth has taughtEnglish and Writing in 7alifornia for the last do1en years( Fothcurrently teaches undergraduate engineering students and graduatescience students the pleasures of writing and pu&lic spea#ing inEnglish at the University of Southern 7alifornia( D for"er /ournalistand 7ongressional aide% he has also taught nu"erous ESL courses atSanta 4onica 7ollege% U7LD E'tension% and 7al State % Long .each*sD"erican Language )nstitute( Foth also taught the first citi1enshipclass in the Santa 4onica-4ali&u Ddult Education 7enter and later directed the 7ES Ddult Education 7enter( Foth received his .D in

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of Ather Languages% and the )nternational 7o""unication Dssociation(He recently pu&lished his first &oo#% 7o"pelling 7onversations89uestions and 9uotations on Ti"eless Topics - Dn Engaging Te't&oo# for Ddvanced ESL Students(

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