Department Archives: Modern Languages and Literatures

At the 2012 TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo in Philadelphia, Keith Folse was presented with the National Geographic Learning 2012 Heinle Outstanding Achievement Award. This award is given at the annual TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) conference to a National Geographic author who has made a major contribution to the field. As the largest organization […]

Martha García was awarded an Ambassadorship & Speaker at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, England, 2010. Her research presentation Devotio Moderna: Theological Dialogues Within Celestina and Don Quixote de La Mancha is based on her third book manuscript. Her most recently published article “El hijo pródigo en El condenado por desconfiado de Tirso de […]

Keith Folse published a second edition of Clear Grammar, an ESL textbook series published by the University of Michigan Press. What makes this new series cutting-edge in a traditional field is that the language presented to learners is based on computer-driven advances in corpus linguistics research findings since 2000.

Paolo Giordano, Neil E. Euliano Endowed Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, is the recipient of the American Association of Teachers of Italian Award for Distinguished Service for 2009. The Award recognizes Giordano’s outstanding merits as a scholar and teacher in the field of Italian studies as well as his academic leadership.

Spanish graduate students William Badillo and Erick Revuelta presented papers on Contemporary Spanish Caribbean Narrative at the 59th Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC) in October. Their presentations were so well received that the organizing committee invited the students to attend the 60th MIFLC meeting scheduled for October 2010. The students were mentored by Professor […]

Martha García was selected from a large applicant pool to take part in a Summer 2009 NEH Seminar at the University of Virginia. García participated in the seminar “Celestina and the Threshold of Modernity” directed by E. Michael Gerli, Commonwealth Professor of Hispanic Studies at UVA.

Gregory Thompson has been awarded an In-House Grant Award to study shifting pronunciation patterns in Spain and to investigate how they are changing the traditional view of the dialect of southern Spain. The project will study specifically the shifts in language usage and prestige in speakers of the Peninsular variety of Spanish (spoken in Spain).

This book on service-learning for teachers learning TESOL techniques addresses the needs of the English Language Learners in the United States – the fastest growing segment of the United States population. Our schools and communities are greatly impacted by this changing population. This book details a highly effective service-learning project which assists preservice teachers in […]

A Complete Preparation Guide to the TOEFL is intended to help students develop the English language skills they need to succeed on the new Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Each test component is explained from a theoretical and practical perspective and is accompanied by a variety of examples and exercises. Dr. Florin […]

Education, Assimilation, and Caribbean Identity: The Literary Journey of the French Caribbean, Marie Léticée’s new book, examines the role education plays in shaping Caribbean identity. ISBN: 9781584325543