Eric H. Roth teaches international graduate students the pleasures and perils of academic writing and public speaking in English at the University of Southern California (USC) as a Master Lecturer. He also advises the USC American Language Institute Conversation Group program, consults English language schools on communicative methods, and regularly presentations at CATESOL conferences, and TESOL conventions. Since 1992, Roth has taught English to high school, community college, adult, and university students. Career highlights include: teaching the first Saturday morning citizenship class in