Results for "Texas Language Technology Center"

INACTIVE - TLTC seeks to improve foreign language instruction by exploring the potential of emerging technologies. In particular, TLTC aims to * develop and implement state-of-the-art instructional materials in foreign languages, especially materials in less commonly taught languages * disseminate foreign language materials and better practices * assess the impact of foreign language instructional technology * increase external funding for foreign language education * create a community of scholars, teachers, and learners interested in exploring foreign language learning

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Faculty

Thomas Jesús Garza

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Comparative Literature, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies, College of Education
Research Interests:

Contemporary Russian youth culture; masculinity in contemporary Russia and Mexico; the Chechen wars and conscription in Russia; the vampire myth in Slavic cultures; standards-based assessment of language programs;…

Elaine Horwitz

Affiliated Departments:
Curriculum and Instruction
Research Interests:

Foreign language anxiety, learner beliefs about language learning, language learning strategies

Orlando R Kelm

Affiliated Departments:
Spanish and Portuguese, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Marketing
Research Interests:

Hispanic linguistics, phonetics, phonology, language and culture for professional purposes, such as Business Spanish and Portuguese. Professor Kelm's current research focuses on the creation of instruction materials…

Dale April Koike

Affiliated Departments:
Spanish and Portuguese, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Uteach - Liberal Arts
Research Interests:

Spanish and Portuguese linguistics, applied linguistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis, second language acquisition. Professor Koike's research centers on pragmatics as co-constructed in dialogue (1) between…

Esther L Raizen

Affiliated Departments:
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies
Research Interests:

Modern and classical Hebrew language and literature; Jewish history and culture; teaching Hebrew as a foreign language; Israeli children's literature; women and war