DISSERTATIONS (1990 - present)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
SPRING 1998
Bradley, Joanna Carol
“Preparing volunteers to teach adult ESL literacy: a case study”
Cheng, Yuh-show
“Examination of two anxiety constructs: second language class anxiety and second
language writing anxiety”
Kim, Sung Yeon <sung.fle@mail.utexas.edu>
“Affective experiences of Korean college students in different instructional contexts:
anxiety and motivation in reading and conversation courses”
Kim, Yong Suk <yongsuk@hyowon.cc.pusan.ac.kr>
“The effect of a networked computer-mediated discussion on subsequent oral discussion in
the ESL classroom”
Morin Lam, Alheli
“Swaffar, Arens, and Byrnes’ procedure model for teaching L2 literature: a case study of
implementation in a Mexican university course”
Norwood, Patricia M. <normand@mail.utexas.edu>
“Raters’ strategies and the oral proficiency interview: a case study”
Palacios, Lisa Marie <palacios@mail.utexas.edu>
“Foreign language anxiety in classroom environment: a study of Spanish university
students”
Richardson, Timothy Wayne <tim.richardson@mail.utexas.edu>
“James W. Heisig’s system for remembering Kanji: an examination of a relevant theory and
research - - and a 1000 character adaptation for Chinese”
Viramontes, Olga Teresa
“The strategies of spellers in a beginning Spanish native speaker program at the university
level”
Yan, Xiu <xyan@mail.utexas.edu>
“An examination of foreign language classroom anxiety: its sources and effects in a college
English program in China”
SUMMER 1998
Shen, Chao-mei
“Other-initiated repair in native-nonnative English conversation and its interactional
consequences”
SPRING 1997
Elarbi, Naima
“Face and politeness in traditional and modern Tunisia: an application of Brown and
Levinson’s politeness theory”
English, Mark Anthony
“Factors affecting foreign language study among American adolescents”
Hartmann, Connie
“Prosodic cues to syntactic boundaries in foreigner-talk”
Murphy, Susan Lynn
“Knowledge and production of English articles by advanced secondary language learners”
Ostrom, Aaron Bruce Wayne <aostrom@eli.uta.edu>
“Acquisition of American English intonation patterns by non-native speakers: use of realtime computer-mediated visual feedback”
SUMMER 1997
Buckwalter, Peggy Anne
“Repair in classroom dyadic talk-in-interaction: an exploration of an approach to the
analysis of L2 learner/learner discourse”
Collentine, Karina
“The effects of authentic and simulated-authentic video materials on the listening
comprehension abilities of foreign language learners of Spanish”
Donley, Philip Mark <phil390@austin.email.net>
“The foreign language anxieties and anxiety management strategies of students taking
Spanish at a community college”
Kunt, Naciye
“Anxiety and beliefs about language learning: a study of Turkish-speaking university
students learning English in north Cyprus”
Kunz, Jay Phillip
“A comparison of a traditional foreign language workbook vs. a computerized tutorial: their
effects of beginning German students’ study strategies, attitudes, and achievement and
language retention scores”
Liang, Jiansong <jliang@ucrac1.ucr.edu>
“How college EFL students regulate their cognition and motivation to deal with difficulties
in reading comprehension: a case study of Chinese EFL learners’ reading strategy use”
McCormick, Christopher Patrick <christopher.mccormick@ef.com>
“A case study of student protocols in the development of foreign language software”
FALL 1997
Clark, David Raleigh
“Hierarchy in the Japanese language: film as authentic material in Japanese speech, gesture,
and proxemics - - a textual discourse analysis”
Dwyer, Eric Scott <esd@mail.utexas.edu>
“Getting started the right way: an investigation into the introduction of Kanji study to
neophyte Japanese learners”
Joh, Jeongsoon
“The effects of assessment features on performance in EFL reading comprehension tests”
Nuwash, Cheryl Fandrich <cnnuwash@texas.net>
“Reading and auding (listening comprehension) in secondary English as a second language
students”
Trent, Nobuko <ntrent@austin.cc.tx.us>
“Linguistic coding of evidentiality in Japanese spoken discourse and Japanese politeness”
Wharton, Glenn
“Language learning strategy use in a multilingual setting: a study of university students of
Japanese and French in Singapore”
SPRING 1996
Lee, Mei-Ling
“The effects of narrow reading on EFL learners’ comprehension of expository texts”
Lopez-Cox, Guadalupe <coz@austin.cc.tx.us>
“The preparation of secondary teachers of Spanish in Texas: The oral proficiency issue”
Nam Jung, Yung Suk <tanj@hitel.kol.co.kr>
“Cultural and contextual influences on goal orientations and the relationships among goal
orientations, learning strategies and achievement: A study of Korean high school students
learning English”
Starz, Mary H. Perea
“A sound base: incorporating the use of English phonology in the teaching of English as a
second language”
SUMMER 1996
Biley, Patti Clare
"Language, literacy, and social class : a case study of twenty African American community
college students"
Bingham, Elizabeth Ruth
“Accommodation and foreigner talk in an experimental setting”
Oh, Myung-Joo Theresa
“Beliefs about language learning and foreign language anxiety: A study of American
university students learning Japanese”
Omura, Yoshihiro <yomura@ark.ship.edu>
“Role of translation in second language acquisition: Do learners automatically translate?”
Suzuki, Takashi <suzuki@knowledge-tree.com>
“The effect of animated hypermedia instruction on the appropriate use of post-positional
particles by beginning college students of Japanese”
FALL 1996
Baba, Junko <Babaj@Garnet.cla.sc.edu>
“A study of interlanguage pragmatics: compliment responses by learners of Japanese and
English as a second language”
Brown, Danny Walter
“The classroom-related beliefs and learning strategies of seven adult Japanese learners in a
US ESL program”
Mitschke, Cherie Celeste
“A rationale for the assessment of cultural competence in beginning French foreign
language classes”
Mohd-Shariff, Normawati
“The relationship between English vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension of
Malay technical texts”
SPRING 1995
Chen, Jung-Han <junghan@S867.thu.edu.tw>
“Metamotivation and self-regulated second language learning”
Hassell, Ruth <rhassell@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx>
“Cooperative learning in EFL classrooms in a Mexican university”
Hsiao, Tsung-Yuan <tyhsiao@ntou66.ntou.edu.tw>
“The effect of variables upon use and choice of language learning strategies”
Lee, Byungmin <bmlee@sookmyung.ac.kr>
“Differences in the epistemological beliefs of Korean and American graduate students and
their influence on an academic writing task written in Korean and English”
Litherland, Maria L. <Lucrecia_Litherland@mail.okbu.edu>
“Grammar consciousness raising and the teaching of Spanish reflexive construction to nonnative speakers of Spanish”
Nakayama, Sumiko
“Language learning strategies used by university students of Japanese in the US”
Park, Gi-Pyo <gipyop@asan.sch.ac.kr>
“Language learning strategies and beliefs about language learning of university students
learning English in Korea”
Rist, Mary Frick
“Constructing classroom discourse in oral, read, and written texts: balancing the conflicting
discourses in an undergraduate business course”
Teweles, William Jeffrey <BTeweles@LBCC.cc.ca.us>
“Contrastive interlanguage profiles: EFL learners in China and Japan”
Truitt, Susan Narceille
“Anxiety and beliefs about language learning: a study of Korean university students
learning English”
SUMMER 1995
Herman, Rebecca Lynn
“Teacher use of and beliefs about media in the ESL elementary school classrooms of
Texas”
Thatcher, Terry Lynn
“Native speaker evaluation of foreigner and Taiwanese guise choice in Mandarin Chinese”
FALL 1995
Kim, Jin-Wan
“Linguistic, rhetorical, and strategic aspects of Korean students’ persuasive writing in
English”
Lee, Soyoung
“Cloze tests as an integrative measure of Korean students’ English writing proficiency”
Schlesiger, Heiko <HeikoS14@compuserve.com>
“The effectiveness of anxiety reduction techniques in the foreign language classroom”
SPRING 1994
Chang, Hsiu-Chen
“Learning Another Language and Culture: An Introspective Analysis of A Chinese Adult’s
Acculturation Experience in the USA”
Chung, Le Na
“Diagnosing Recognition Processing in L2 Reading Comprehension of Authentic Texts”
Dies, Jeri Henson <jdies@mail.gcsu.edu>
“An Assessment and Examination of Learner-Regulated Variables in Language Learning”
Hormann, Christiane
“Acts of Identity in Aussiedler-German: Operationalizing Le Page’s Sociolinguistic
Identity Theory”
Kimura, Masanori
“Gender Confusion in the Use of English Third Person Singular Pronouns by Adult
Japanese and Spanish ESL Learners”
Lee, Jeong-Won
“Language Proficiency in Foreign Language Reading: A Study of Korean Students”
Markley, Phillip Lynn <lmt04734@kic.ritsumei.ac.jp>
“Comparing Methods for Improving Reading Comprehension and Reading Strategies in
EFL Classes in Ecuador”
Perelman-Hall, David Kirk
“Flexible CALL: Object-Oriented Unification-Based Natural Language Parsing and Error
Correction”
SUMMER 1994
Abraham, Joseph Edward, Jr.
“Eliminating the Observer’s Paradox in Participant Observation”
Thrall, Jenifer Jane
“Conceptual Level and Students’ Approaches to Learning Spanish as a Second Language”
SPRING 1993
Cha, Kyungae
“Test Tasks and Reading Comprehension of Authentic Text: Relationship of Item
Constraints to Performance”
Pihlak, Mary Rose <mpihlak@umhb.edu>
“A Criteria-Based Analysis of Textbooks and Audiotape Programs in Conversational
Medical Spanish”
Uhm, Chul Joo
“Aspects of the Relationship between Temporal Variables and Fluency in Spoken
Discourse of Korean EFL Learners”
SUMMER 1993
Andrianantenaina, Dodier Z.
“Effects of Multiple Rereadings on Foreign Language Readers’ Recall, Grammaticality
Judgement, and Vocabulary Recognition”
Ghaleb, Mary Lily Nassour <mghaleb@layla.aub.edu.lb>
“Computer Networking in a University Freshman ESL Writing Class: A Descriptive Study
of the Quantity and Quality of Writing in Networking and Traditional Writing Classes”
Linnes, Kathleen Lillian
“Contrasting Patterns in the Code-Mixing of African-American Bilectals and GermanEnglish Bilinguals in Texas”
FALL 1993
Anyidoho, Love Akosua
“Gender and Language Use: The Case of Two Akan Verbal Art Forms”
Ara, Samia Jabra
“Foreign Words in the Arabic Press: A Study of the Impact of Western Languages on
Arabic”
Kang, Poong-ja <pjkang@uog9.uog.edu>
“Parser Strategies of Adult English Speakers Learning Japanese as a Second Language:
Theory and Application”
Liskin-Gasparro, Judith Elaine <judith-liskin-gasparro@uiowa.edu>
“Talking about the Past: An Analysis of the Discourse of Intermediate High and Advanced
Level Speakers of Spanish”
SPRING 1992
Beauvois, Margaret Louise Healy <beauvois@utk.edu>
“Computer-Assisted Classroom Discussion in French Using Networked Computers”
Cline-Bailey, Jerry
“Creole-Source Language Linguistic Relatedness: Implications for English and Krio”
Matta, William Bruce <wmatta@uog9.uog.edu>
“University Writing and the Non-Native Speaker of English: A Preliminary Case Selected
United States High School Graduates”
Ordonez, Pedro Obando
“Awa-Kwaiker: An Outline Grammar of a Colombian/Ecuadorian Language, with a
Cultural Sketch”
Smith, Samuel Howard
“The Effects of Two Types of Computer-based Text Manipulation of Russian Language
Learning”
Yang, Nae-Dong <naedong@ms.cc.ntu.edu.tw>
“Second Language Learners’ Beliefs about Language Learning and Their Use of Learning
Strategies: A Study of College Students of English in Taiwan”
FALL 1992
Lee, Lina <llee@hopper.unh.edu>
“The Effect of Instructional Method and Learning Style on Spanish Vocabulary Learning in
College Students”
Moriuchi, Mayumi <MORIUCHI@modlang.swt.edu>
“A Study of Cross-Cultural Communication: American Students’ Use of Japanese
Honorific Formalisms”
Salas, Maria Gonzalez
“Sex-differential Linguistic Markers in the Spanish of Mexico City: Attitudes and
Perceptions”
SPRING 1991
Brandl, Klaus <Brandl@U.Washington.edu>
“Strategic Response to Learners in Computer Assisted Language Learning”
Coen, Gary <gary.a.coen@boeing.com>
“Machine Translation of the Competence Model”
Gharabaghi, Safar
“A Study of Teacher Training Programs in the Iranian Educational System with Specific
Reference to Foreign Language Teachers”
Han, Moon-Sub
“Comprehensibility and Availability of Input to Adult Learners of L2, with Special
Reference to Input Hypothesis and Comprehensible Input”
Rabie, Medhat
“A Sociolinguistic Study of Diglossia of Egyptian Radio Arabic: An Ethnographic
Approach”
Rhodes, Frances <Frhodes@tamiu.edu>
“Study to Examine Four Manners of Presentation of Computer Assisted Instruction in
Teaching English Irregular Verbs to Fifth Grade Spanish/English Bilinguals”
Sullivan, Nancy <sullivan@falcon.tamucc.edu>
“Evaluation Reactions to Ethnic Groups in Chicago”
SUMMER 1991
Burgos-Kohler, Ninfa
“The Effect of a Selected Group of Language Learning Strategies upon Language
Development”
Crow, Cheney
“A Comparison of Elicited Speech Errors in Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers of French
and English”
Garrott, June Rose <June_Rose_Garrott@Baylor.edu>
“Chinese Students’ Cultural Values and Their Attitudes toward English Language Learning
and Teaching”
Lahlou, Moncef <m.lahlou@mail.alakhawayn.ma>
“A Morpho-Syntactic Study of Code Switching between Moroccan Arabic and French”
Nummikoski, Marita
“The Effect of Interactive Writing Assignments on the Written Language Proficiency of
First Year Students of Russian”
Schmidt, John
“The Prediction of Academic Performance of Malaysian Undergraduate Students in an
American-Affiliated University Program Conducted in Malaysia”
FALL 1991
Anjum, Tanveer
“Urdu-English Code-Switching in the Speech of Pakistani Women in Texas”
Dolan, Cathy
“Beliefs, Opinions, and Attitudes from the Aerospace Engineering Field about Technical
Communication Instruction”
Moragne E Silva <michelem@admin.stedwards.edu>
“Cognitive, Affective, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Composing in a First and Second
Language: A Case Study of One Adult Writer”
Smith, Connie
“The Demise of Czech in Two Texas Communities”
SPRING 1990
Labadi, Ayatollah
“A Contrastive Study of Gender in English and Arabic: Pedagogical and Sociolinguistic
Implications”
Phillips, Elaine <ephillips@mail.utexas.edu>
“The Effects of Anxiety on Performance and Achievement in an Oral Test of French”
Proctor, Claude
“A Model for Classification of Errors and Evaluation of Translation Quality in a RussianEnglish Machine Translation System”
Robertson, Charles
“The Effects of Orthographic Variation on Word Latency, Pronunciation, Speed and
Comprehension of Nonnative Readers of Arabic”
SUMMER 1990
Abdel-Fattah, Nabil <nafattah@socrates.berkeley.edu>
“Linguistic Changes in Journalistic Language in Egypt, 1935-1989: A Quantitative and
Comparative Analysis”
Ahn, Byung-kyoo <bkahn@chonnam.chonnam.ac.kr>
“The Effect of Errors on Native Speaker Comprehension in Written English Discourse of
Korean Students”
Canagarajah, Sresh <ARABB@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
“Negotiating Competing Discourses and Identities: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of
Challenges in Academic Writing for Minority Students”
Eftekhary, Ali
“Foreign Language Teaching in the Context of Religious Instruction in Iran: A Case Study”
Labadi, Yumi Takekura
“A Contrastive Study of Tense and Aspect in English and Japanese: Pedagogical
Implications”
Teng, Wen-hua <whteng@mail.utexas.edu>
“Typical Errors of Taiwanese Students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) as
Perceived by Native English Speakers and Taiwanese EFL Teachers”
Vogely-Cuadros, Anita
“How College Level Foreign Language Learners Perform in an Authentic Listening Task
and Perceive
Themselves as Learners”
Watzinger, Johanna <johanna@m.cc.utah.edu>
“Tense and Mood in the German Colloquial Standard”
Yang, Byunggon
“Development of Vowel Normalization Procedures: English and Korean”
FALL 1990
Kassen, Margaret <kassen@cua.edu>
“Responding to Foreign Language Student Writing: A Case Study of Twelve Teachers of
Beginning,
Intermediate, and Advanced Level French”
McTague, Mark <mmctague@towson.edu>
“A Sociolinguistic Description of Attitudes to and Usage of English by Adult Korean
Employees of Major Korean Corporations in Seoul”
Oh, Junil
“On the Relationship Between Anxiety and Reading in English as a Foreign Language
among Korean University Students in Korea”
Quan, Clarisa <Risaquan@uog9.uog.edu>
“Language Play and Rhetorical Structure in the Tagalog Duplo and Balagtasan”
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Compiled by E.G. Kim-Rivera.
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