Teaching English as a Second Language
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) examines the social, linguistic, educational, cognitive, cultural and political processes affecting the teaching, learning, assessment, and use of English as an additional language locally and globally. The program faculty have expertise in TESL methods, applied linguistics, second language acquisition and socialization, content-based language education, pedagogical and functional grammar, second language writing, issues of language and identity, language in education, multilingual literacies, language policy, and English in immigrant and international communities
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Faculty Members in Teaching English as a Second Language
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Ahmed, Anwar | Languages and literature |
| Darvin, Ron | ESL, TESOL, LOTE and sign language curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; identity and investment in language learning; critical applied linguistics; race, ethnicity, and social class; Digital Literacies; generative AI |
| Duff, Patricia | applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, multilingualism and work, sociocultural and sociopolitical aspects of languages in education, Adolescent issues, adult education issues, English and French as second languages, international perspecives |
| Early, Margaret | Adolescent issues, English as a second Language, language education, literacy, teacher research |
| Gunderson, Lee Paul | Languages and literature; reading-research; immigrant-achievement; home literacy environment |
| Kubota, Ryuko | Specialized studies in education; critical applied linguistics; culture and language; Language Rights and Policies; language education; language ideologies; multicultural education; race and language teaching |
| Li, Guofang | longitudinal studies of immigrant children |
| Norton, Bonny | education, ESL, international perspectives, literacy, teacher research |
| Talmy, Steven | ESL, TESOL, LOTE and sign language curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; teacher education |
| Wernicke, Meike | Specialized studies in education; Intercultural Education; Language Planning and Policy; Multi-/Plurilingualism; Second Language Education (French); teacher education |
| Zappa, Sandra | ESL, TESOL, LOTE and sign language curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; English for academic purposes; content and language integrated learning (CLIL) / content-based instruction (CBI); multilingual student experiences in higher education; inclusive teaching and learning in higher education; (interdisciplinary) collaboration between subject area and language area instructors; EAP pedagogies; genre-based pedagogies; Systemic Functional Linguistics for EAP; second language socialization theory; social network theory / individual networks of practice; qualitative research design; critical perspectives in language teaching and learning |