Applied Linguistics

Related Faculty

Ana Fernández Dobao
Associate Professor, Spanish; Language Program Director
Eduardo Viana da Silva
Associate Teaching Professor, Portuguese; Portuguese Program Coordinator

Related Research

Fernández–Dobao, A. (2023). “Pero yo también estoy aprendiendo”: Negotiating expert and novice positions in heritage–second language learner interaction. Modern Language Journal, 107, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12882
Amezcua, A., Brandl, A., Durán Urrea, E. & Rodriguez, E. (2021. The switch to remote instruction in Spanish heritage language courses: Why social presence matters. EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages.
Bernstein, K., Katznelson, N., Amezcua, A., Mohamed, S., & Diaz, S. (2020). Equity/Social justice, instrumentalism/neoliberalism; Dueling discourses of dual language in principals’ talk about their programs. TESOL Quarterly. DOI: 10.1002/tesq.582
Beaudrie, S., Amezcua, A., & Loza, S. (2020). Critical Language Awareness in the heritage language classroom: Design, implementation, and evaluation of a curricular intervention. International Multilingual Research Journal. DOI: 10.1080/19313152.2020.1753931
Salomão, A. C. B., & Viana da Silva, E. (2020). The application of the Global Competence Matrix in a virtual exchange program with US and Brazilian students. Journal of Virtual Exchange, 3 (SI-IVEC2019), 1-12.
Fernández Dobao, Ana. (2020). Exploring interaction between heritage and second language learners in the Spanish language classroom: Opportunities for collaborative dialogue and learning. In N. Storch & W. Suzuki (Eds.), Languaging in language learning and teaching: A collection of empirical studies (pp. 91-110). John Benjamins.
Fernández Dobao, Ana. (2020). Collaborative writing in mixed classes: what do heritage and second language learners think? Foreign Language Annals, 53/1, 48-68.
Sánchez-Muñoz, A. & Amezcua, A. (2019). Spanish as a tool of Latinx resistance against repression in a hostile political climate. Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literature, Arts and Cultures, 3(2), 59-76. doi:10.2979/chiricu.3.2.05
Fernández Dobao, Ana. (2018). Code switching in the Spanish heritage language classroom: communicative and cognitive functions. In R. Alonso Alonso (Ed.), Speaking in a second language (pp. 175-196). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Viana da Silva, Eduardo; Svetlana Abramova; Michele Aoki; and Bridget Yaden. “Getting to Advanced: Challenging Heritage Language Learners to Step Outside Their Comfort Zone.” The Language Educator. (vol. 8, n. 3). American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: New York, March 2018.