Scott Alkire
Lecturer, Department of Linguistics and Language Development
Disciplines
- Reading and Language
- Linguistics
- First and Second Language Acquisition
Research Interests
- literacy
- reading theory
- writing strategies
Browse Experts
Midori Ishida
Lecturer, Japanese Language
Disciplines
- Japanese Studies
- First and Second Language Acquisition
- Semantics and Pragmatics
Research Interests
- Interactional linguistics: Use of Japanese modal expressions in recipient actions
- Conversation analysis: Interactional functions of linguistic forms in Japanese and Application to second language acquisition
- Interlanguage pragmatics: Development of interactional competence and practices of interaction for learning
Luis E. Poza
Associate Professor, Teacher Education
Disciplines
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
- Elementary Education
- First and Second Language Acquisition
Research Interests
- Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education
- Race, Inequality and Language in Education
- Elementary Education
Avizia Y. Long
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Disciplines
- Spanish Linguistics
- First and Second Language Acquisition
- Phonetics and Phonology
Research Interests
- Acquisition of second language variation
- Second language phonetics/phonology
- Study abroad and second language phonetic development