High Variability Phonetic Training in the Classroom
My colleagues Silvina Bongiovanni (Michigan State University), Alisha Reaves (Towson University), Ryan Lidster (Marshall University), Chisato Kojima (Illinois Wesleyan University), and Jamie Root (New York University) have created short online perception training sessions for Spanish, French, and Japanese based on principles of high variability phonetic training. We are currently in the process of making a free website that teachers can incorporate into their courses. Stay tuned for details!
Pedagogical Presentation: Practice with Phonetic Symbols
Check out the teaching materials I presented at the Ignite session at CASPSLaP 2018!:
IPA Battleship: Practice with phonetic symbols and their descriptions (lesson plan and PowerPoint)
More teaching materials are available at the Ignite 2018 website
IPA Battleship: Practice with phonetic symbols and their descriptions (lesson plan and PowerPoint)
More teaching materials are available at the Ignite 2018 website
Teaching Experience
Linguistics and Pedagogy
I have designed and taught an Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics course, a Spanish phonetics/pronunciation course, and a graduate teaching methods course. Go to my "Resources & Links" page to see some resources for teaching Spanish phonology and regional variation, and check out the presentation at the top of the page for an example of an activity I've made for the Hispanic Linguistics class.
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Spanish as a Second Language
I've taught a variety of Spanish language courses, from beginner to advanced level. As a specialist in second language acquisition and Hispanic Linguistics, I consistently aim to apply my knowledge of research on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language to the classroom. Here are the courses I've taught:
University of North Carolina Wilmington
English as a Second Language
My experience as an ESL instructor includes teaching in an intensive immersion program and in an English language improvement program for university students. I've designed courses within a content-based curriculum in reading and writing as well as speaking and listening. I've also taught more specialized courses in English pronunciation, "phonics" (a class on pronunciation and sound-spelling correspondences for lower-level learners), and extensive reading (a class designed to boast learners' reading fluency and vocabulary knowledge through the extensive reading of easy books for their level). See below for my list of courses taught:
Intensive English Program
Courses in this program range from Level 1 (lowest proficiency) to Level 7 (ready for academic coursework in a university)
This program is for students registered as regular university students
I have designed and taught an Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics course, a Spanish phonetics/pronunciation course, and a graduate teaching methods course. Go to my "Resources & Links" page to see some resources for teaching Spanish phonology and regional variation, and check out the presentation at the top of the page for an example of an activity I've made for the Hispanic Linguistics class.
University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Current Research and Practices in Teaching Spanish (Fall 2020)
- Phonetics (Spring 2021)
- Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
Spanish as a Second Language
I've taught a variety of Spanish language courses, from beginner to advanced level. As a specialist in second language acquisition and Hispanic Linguistics, I consistently aim to apply my knowledge of research on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language to the classroom. Here are the courses I've taught:
University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Intermediate Spanish I (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
- Second-Year Spanish II (Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2018)
- Spanish Grammar in Context (Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017)
- Elementary Spanish II (Summer 2014, Summer 2016)
- Second-Year Spanish I (Fall 2012, Fall 2013)
English as a Second Language
My experience as an ESL instructor includes teaching in an intensive immersion program and in an English language improvement program for university students. I've designed courses within a content-based curriculum in reading and writing as well as speaking and listening. I've also taught more specialized courses in English pronunciation, "phonics" (a class on pronunciation and sound-spelling correspondences for lower-level learners), and extensive reading (a class designed to boast learners' reading fluency and vocabulary knowledge through the extensive reading of easy books for their level). See below for my list of courses taught:
Intensive English Program
Courses in this program range from Level 1 (lowest proficiency) to Level 7 (ready for academic coursework in a university)
- Phonics Level 2 (Summer 2015)
- Extensive Reading Level 4 (Summer 2014, Summer 2015)
- Reading & Writing Level 4 (Summer 2014)
- Reading & Writing Level 6 (Summer 2013)
- Reading & Writing Level 3 (Spring 2012)
- Communication Level 1 (Fall 2011)
- Communication Level 3 (Summer 2011, Fall 2011)
- Communication Level 4 (Summer 2011)
This program is for students registered as regular university students
- Pronunciation (Spring 2012)