Joseph J. Goebel Jr.
945 Musket Drive
Lansdale, Pa. 19446
609-771-2049
goebel@tcnj.edu
I. Academic and professional employment
2009-pres.
Assoc. Professor, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.
1997-2009
Asst. Professor, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.
1992-1997
Asst. Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
1991-1992
Instructor, Cambridge University Institute Copenhagen, Denmark
1989- 1991 Instructor, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
1988-1989
Lecturer Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
II. Educational background
A. Degrees and diplomas
Georgetown University.
Washington D.C. Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics, 1991
Temple University.
Philadelphia, PA. M.A. in Spanish Literature, 1984
La Salle College.
Philadelphia, PA. B.A. in Spanish, 1982
B. Title of dissertation and name of supervisor
The Acquisition of OP and Pronominals in Spanish as a Second Language August, 1991
Diss. Director: Héctor Campos
III.
Academic or Professional Honors, Prizes, and Awards
Faculty Recognition Award (from The College of New Jersey-Student Life), November 30, 2004
Overall Teaching Award The College of New Jersey GRATA Awards Ceremony,
February 10, 2002
Teacher of the Year Honors Program, Temple University, Spring 1997
The Dr. Rocco Carzo Jr. Award for Teaching Excellence Presented by the Golden Key Honor
Society, November 1, 1995
Distinguished Teaching Award in the College of Arts and Sciences, Temple University
awarded May, 1994
IV Teaching Record
A. Delivery of Instruction for Courses taught at TCNJ
1. Courses taught and number of students
Student Teaching: Spanish (Span 490)
F-1998 (1)
S-1999 (3)
S-2000 (4)
F-2000 (1)
S-2002 (1)
F-2002 (1)
S-2003 (7)
F-2003 (1)
F-2005 (3)
S-2006 (5)
F-2006 (1)
S-2007 (3)
S-2009 (2)
F-2009 (4)
S-2001 (7)
S-2004 (4)
S-2008 (2)
F-2001 (1)
S-2005 (2)
F-2008 (1)
Student Teaching Seminar (Span 489)
F-1998 (1)
S-1999 (3)
S-2000 (4)
S-2002 (1)
F-2002 (1)
S-2003 (7)
F-2005 (3)
S-2006 (5)
F-2006 (1)
F-2000 (1)
F-2003 (1)
S-2001 (7)
S-2004 (4)
F-2001 (1)
S-2005 (2)
Student Teaching Overseas (Costa Rica)
S-2002 (5)
S-2003 (5)
Second Language Acquisition and Related Teaching Methodologies (SPA 590-Graduate level)
S-2003 (17) F-2006 (3)
Second Language Acquisition and Related Teaching Methodologies (MDL 390)
S-1998 (17) F-1998 (8), F-1999 (15) S-2000 (14) F-2000 (9)
S-2001 (14)
F-2001 (15) S-2002 (13) F-2002 (14) F-2003 (6)
S-2005 (10) S-2008 (12)
F-2008 (7)
S-2009 (24)
Special Arrangement (Second Language Acquisition and Related Teaching Methodologies-MDL
370) F-2007 (4)
Advanced Spanish Grammar (Span. 360)
S-1999 (26)
The Structures of Modern Spanish (Span. 350)
F-1997 (11)
Advanced Oral Proficiency (Spa 302)
F-2004 (17) F-2005 (11)
Advanced Spanish Grammar (Span. 301)
S-1999 (18)
Speech and Grammar Review (Span 203)
F-2001 (24, 22)
Intermediate Oral Proficiency (Span. 203)
F-2003 (20, 20) S-2004 (17) S-2005 (17)
F-2006 (21) S-2007 (23) F-2007 (23) S-2008 (18, 16) F-2008 (18) S-2009 (19)
International Business (INBU 497)
Winter-1999 (13); 2001 (7) planned trip and team-taught with Dr. Al Quinton (SOB)
Basic Spanish III (Span. 103) S-2004 (24)
Basic Spanish II for First Year Seminar (Span 102) F-2004(9)
First Year Seminar on Mexico (FSP 124)
S-2005 (7)
S-2006 (13) S-2007 (20)
F-2008 (8)
Basic Spanish II (Span. 102)
F-1997 (22)
S-1998 (20, 19)
S-1999(21, 23, 23) F-1999 (22)
S-2001(21, 20)
S-2003 (21)
F-2004 (24)
F-2005 (20,14)
F-2006 (6)
F-2007 (24,18)
Basic Spanish I (Span. 101)
F-1997 (22,22)
S-1998 (22)
F-1998 (21,22,22)
F-1999 (22, 23)
S-2000 (23)
F- 2000 (22, 20)
F-2002 (21, 20)
F-2009 (24)
Open Options (HMRL 099)
Fall 1998 (17)
2. Discussion of quality of teaching effectiveness.
Peer reviews, anonymous student evaluations (Scantrons) and anonymous student evaluations
(comments from end of the year evaluations) and letters from former students and teacher
candidates uniformly underline the effectiveness of my teaching.
3. First Year Seminar on Mexico (FSP-124) –I designed and implemented this multi-component
FSP program. The purpose of this program is to combine the study of Spanish language with the
culture, history, geography, literature and politics of Mexico in an intense, student-centered,
immersion experience. This program offers the first year students the opportunity to study
Mexico in depth while they continue to develop their ability to communicate in Spanish. The
exposure to another people´s language, history, culture and language also offers students the
opportunity to reflect on their own language and culture. Students participate in a culminating
experience in the form of a two week immersion experience in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico
to see, hear, smell, taste and touch what they have studied. Student evaluations have been
extremely positive about all aspects of this program.
C. New courses, curricula, or pedagogies developed at TCNJ
Masters in Applied Spanish Studies
I participated in the creation of the graduate program and taught the first graduate course for this
program which officially began in September, 2003.
Spanish 302 Advanced Oral Proficiency
Spring, 2004
I designed and implemented a new higher level oral proficiency course the objective of
supporting students´ development to the Intermediate High/Advanced Low level on the ACTFL
OPI scale.
Spanish 203 Intermediate Oral Proficiency
Fall, 2003
I redesigned the former Speech and Grammar Review and implemented the new 203 with the
objective of supporting students´ development to the Intermediate Mid level on the ACTFL OPI
scale. This course received special recognition
Basic Spanish 101, 102 103
Spanish Major Redesigned
International Business (INBU 497)
Advanced Spanish Grammar (SPAN 301)
Fall 1997 to present
Fall, 1997
Winters 1999, 2001
Spring 1999
D. Independent Studies
Ind Stdy Mod Languages (Spanish 391)
Ind Stdy Mod Languages (Spanish 391)
Ind Stdy Mod Languages (Spanish 391)
Ind Stdy Mod Languages (Applied Linguistics-MDLA-499)
Ind Stdy Mod Languages (Applied Linguistics-MDLA-499)
Ind Stdy Mod Languages (Applied Linguistics-MDLA-499)
Ind Stdy Mod Languages (Applied Linguistics-MDLA-499)
Ind Stdy Mod Languages (Applied Linguistics-MDLA-499)
Ind Stdy Mod Languages (Spanish Phonetics-Span 371)
Ind. Stdy Mod Languages (Language Acquisition-MDLA 499)
Honors Ind Stdy (Spanish Adv. Grammar-MDLA 476)
Ind Stdy (Spanish Adv. Grammar-Span 499)
Ind Stdy (Spanish Teaching Practicum-Span 499)
Fall, 2009 (1)
Fall, 2008 (3)
Spring, 2008 (1)
Spring, 2007 (1)
Spring, 2002 (1)
Spring, 2001 (1)
Fall, 2000 (3)
Summer, 2000 (1)
Spring, 2000 (1)
Fall, 1999 (1)
Fall, 1998 (1)
Fall, 1998 (1)
Spring, 2004 (1)
E. Professional conferences or workshops ATTENDED related to teaching
1) NCATE Certification Conference national conference in Washington D.C. (March 30-April 2,
2005)
2) ACTFL Oral Proficiency Testing II (September 18-19, 2003 at TCNJ)
3) ACTFL Oral Proficiency Testing I (April 4-5, 2002 at TCNJ)
4) “Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey” annual spring conference at Rider University
(March 24, 2001)
5) “Latest Theory and Practice in Second Language Acquisition: Its Application in Teaching
and Learning.” a symposium in the Distinguished Scholars Series at Bucks County Community
College (March 10, 1998)
6) “Teaching Discussions for New Faculty”:a) Cooperative Learning and b) Teaching on the
Internet. a TCNJ workshop (January 15, 1998)
V. Advising and Mentoring Record
I advise approximately twenty Spanish and Spanish/Education majors each semester. In
addition to the usual meetings to choose classes, I mentor Spanish student teachers during
their junior and senior years providing them with feedback on their teaching, lesson plans
and future employment opportunities.
VI. Scholarly Record
A. Books edited or compiled
1) Dos Mundos. fourth edition, McGraw Hill, 1998
I served as the primary textbook consultant and contributing author for this edition of the
nationally best-selling basic Spanish textbook. Responsibilities included:
1) reviewing the third edition of the Dos mundos package including:
a) the student textbook; b) the instructor’s edition, and c) the student workbook;
2) reviewing the manuscript of the fourth edition of the textbook;
3) creating writing activities for the end of each chapter of the fourth edition textbook.
4) creating a series of oral activities which appear in the Instructor’s Resource Kit.
B. Journal articles
1) “The Role of Input in JFL university-level teaching materials: An Examination of Three
Widely-Used Textbooks” (co-authored with Dr. Holly DK Didi-Ogren) Princeton University
Japanese Pedagogy Fall, 2008.
2) “Basic Vocabulary Instruction: Teaching Strategies or Teaching Words?” (co-authored with
Dr. Regina Morin) Foreign Language Annals March, 2001
3) “Training and Coordinating New Teaching Assistants in Multi-Section Language
Classes: Creating a Feedback Loop" The Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant
Development. Vol. 4, Number 2, 1996-7. (prior to TCNJ)
C. Articles published in refereed conference proceedings
1) “Technology and Oral Proficiency: Integrating the Best of Two Worlds" Perspectives in
Foreign Language Teaching, Volume XIX. Youngstown State University, 1996. (prior to
TCNJ)
D. Conference Presentations
1) “INPUT: the Critical Key to Successful Language Acquisition” to be given at TESOL/Applied
Linguistics/Foreign Languages Conference at West Chester University on May 3, 2008. (Pa
conference)
2) “A Day of Danish Immersion” a full day workshop at the annual Foreign Language Educators of
New Jersey Conference on March 7, 2008 (NJ conference).
3) “Developing Oral Proficiency with Scenarios” a full day workshop at the annual Foreign
Language Educators of New Jersey Conference on March 30, 2007 (NJ conference).
4) “The Galapagos Islands: Building Student Interest through Thematic Units”conference copresenter at the annual Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Foreign Languages (regional
conference) in New York City on April 1, 2006.
5) “Developing Oral Proficiency with Scenarios” at the annual Foreign Language Educators of New
Jersey Conference on March 18, 2006 (NJ conference).
6) “Second Language Acquisition in the World Language Classroom” at the Cumberland County
In-Service Day on October 17, 2005.
7) “SLA Theory, National Standards, ACTFL Guidelines: So what do I do in the classroom?”
Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (MIFLC) at Wake Forest University on
October 14, 2005. (regional conference)
8) “The Galapagos Islands: Building Student Interest through Thematic Units” conference copresenter at the annual Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey Conference on March 12,
2005 (NJ conference)
9) “Creating Thematic Units: Rationale and Reality” an afternoon workshop for Spanish language
teachers in Bergen County on March 10, 2005.
10) “Teaching Languages in the New Millenium: Are we learning from our mistakes or repeating
them? Keynote address at West Chester University´s Workshop on Foreign Languages on
November 3, 2001. (Pa/NJ conference)
11) “The Role of the Supervisors of World Languages in Working with Pre-Service and InService Teachers” Keynote address at the New Jersey Supervisors of World Languages
Statewide Conference in Edison, New Jersey on June 1, 2001. (state conference)
12) “What do you do with the Novice in a Communicative Classroom?” at West Chester
University´s Workshop on Foreign Languages on December 2, 2000. (Pa/NJ conference)
13) “Reconceptualizing Pre-Service Teacher Preparation Programs: Recommendations from the
1999-2000 New Jersey World Languages Professional Development Institutes presented at
the New Jersey Department of Education seminar entitled The Impact of K-12 Standards: Issues
for Teacher Educators at Fairleigh Dickinson University on September 29, 2000. (state
conference)
14) “Classroom Strategies: Concrete Techniques for Teaching Foreign Languages” at AMTNJ´s
Elementary School Proficiency Assessment Conference on December 1, 1999. (state conference)
15) “Using Multimedia in the Communicative Classroom” at West Chester University´s Workshop
on Foreign Languages, Integrating Culture into the Foreign Language Classroom on October 30,
1999. (Pa/NJ conference)
16) “Vocabulary Acquisition in Basic Language Courses: Teaching Strategies or Teaching
Words?” presented at the 1999 Conference on L1 and L2 Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese
at Georgetown University jointly presented with Dr. Regina Morin – TCNJ October 8, 1999
(international conference)
17) “Multimedia in the Language and Literature Classroom.” presentation at The Northeastern
Modern Language Association (NEMLA) April 21, 1999 (regional conference)
18) “Integrating Culture into the Language Classroom: Rediscovering the Immersion Program.”
presentation at NEMLA April 18, 1998 (regional conference)
19) “Placing the Focus on Students and Communication from Day One" a two hour workshop
presented at the Twentieth Annual Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and
Literature at Youngstown State University, October 26, 1996. (regional conference)
20) “Technology and Oral Proficiency: Integrating the Best of Two Worlds" presented at the
Nineteenth Annual Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and Literature at
Youngstown State University, October 27, 1995. (regional conference)
21) “Team-teaching: A Time Efficient Method of Coordinating Language Programs" presented at
the Issues in Foreign Language Program Direction pre-session of the Georgetown University
Roundtable, March 7, 1995. (international conference)
22) “Evaluating Oral Proficiency in the Classroom on a Daily Basis" presented at the Thirteenth
Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literature, May 13, 1993. (national
conference)
E. Workshops in which I was invited as the sole presenter:
1. “Language Acquisition: What do current theories tell us and what do we do with them?”a
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morning workshop for faculty, adjuncts and graduate teaching assistants at West Chester University
on August 28, 2009.
“From Theory to Practice: Effective Teaching in the Foreign Language Classroom” an
afternoon workshop for faculty and adjuncts at The City College of New York on August 25, 2009.
“Teaching for Proficiency” a morning workshop for graduate teaching assistants at Villanova
University on August 20, 2009.
“Communicative Language Teaching” a one day workshop for faculty, adjuncts and graduate
teaching assistants at Auburn University on August 14, 2009.
“World Language Teaching: Theory and Application-part III” an afternoon workshop for K-12
world language teachers in the Robbinsville School District on April 23, 2009.
6. “Students Can Learn a World Language and Enjoy It: Applying Current SLA Theories and
Best Practices” an afternoon workshop given as a pre-session for the annual NECTFL Conference,
New York, New York on April 16, 2009.
7. “The Natural Approach in the 21st Century: Current Theories and Best Practices” a one day
professional development workshop for invited college and university faculty sponsored by McGrawHill Publishing in San Francisco, California on February 20, 2009.
8. “World Language Teaching: Theory and Application-part II” a morning workshop for K-12
world language teachers in the Robbinsville School District on February 17, 2009.
9. “The Natural Approach in the 21st Century: Current Theories and Best Practices” a one day
professional development workshop for invited college and university faculty sponsored by McGrawHill Publishing in New York, New York on February 6, 2009.
10. “From Input to Output: Supporting the Development of Language Proficiency” a one day
workshop for Gloucester County K-12 teachers on November 5, 2008.
11. “World Language Teaching: Theory and Application-part I” a morning workshop for K-12
world language teachers in the Robbinsville School District on November 4, 2008.
12. “Second Language Acquisition and Dos mundos” a two day workshop for faculty, adjuncts and
graduate teaching assistants in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at
University of Rhode Island on August 28 and 29, 2008.
13. “Dos Mundos: la teoría y la práctica” a morning workshop for faculty and adjuncts of Spanish at
West Chester University on August 21, 2008.
14. “SLA Theories in Support of Creating a World Languages Curriculum” an afternoon workshop
for high school teachers at Rumson-Fairhaven High School on March 20, 2008.
15. “Second Language Acquisition: Theory and Practice” a morning workshop for high school
teachers at Marlboro High School on February 15, 2008.
16. “Dos mundos: la teoría y la práctica” an afternoon workshop for faculty and instructors at West
Chester University on January 24, 2008.
17. “World Language Teaching: An Update on Current Theories and Best Practices” a one day
workshop for Gloucester County K-12 teachers on November 7, 2007.
18. “Critical Concepts and the teaching of Foreign Languages” a one day workshop for faculty and
instructors at University of Rhode Island on August 31, 2007.
19. “World Language Teaching: What has changed in Theory and Practice?” an afternoon
workshop for high school teachers at Lawrenceville High School on June 29, 2007.
20. “Dos mundos and Second Language Acquisition Theory” an afternoon workshop for faculty and
instructors at Chicago State University on March 15, 2007.
21. “Theory and Practice in the World Language Classroom!” a morning workshop for K-12
teachers in the Holmdel School District on February 2, 2007.
22. “The Key to High Quality World Language Teaching: Applying Current SLA Theories in the
Classroom” a one day workshop for K-12 world language teachers in the Gloucester Township
School District on November 11, 2006.
23. “SLA Theory, the Standards and Oral Proficiency: So what do we do in the classroom?” a
morning workshop for K-12 world language teachers in the Dover School District on October 6,
2006.
24. “Input/Output: Theory and Application” a one day workshop for faculty and instructors at
University of Rhode Island on September 1, 2006.
25. “The Natural Approach: Theory and Practice” a morning workshop for faculty and instructors at
Kansas State University on August 18, 2006.
26. “Second Language Acquisition: The Importance of Target Language Use” a one day workshop
at Auburn University on August 14, 2006.
27. “Dos mundos and Second Language Acquisition Theory” an afternoon workshop for faculty and
instructors at Dutchess County Community College on June 21, 2006.
28. “Teaching World Languages: SLA Theory, the National Standards and Dos mundos” an
afternoon workshop for faculty and instructors at the University of Akron on March 10, 2006.
29. “Teaching and Assessment: What can the students do? a one day workshop for K-12 world
language teachers in the Somerset Hills School District on February 17, 2006.
30. “Assessing Progress Towards the Standards-Part 2”a one day workshop for K-12 world language
teachers in the Wall School District on January 16, 2006.
31. “World Language in 2006: What do we know? How do we use it?” a one day set of two
workshop in the Chathams School District (part one for the school board and other administrators and
part two for elementary through high school world language teachers) on January 13, 2006.
32. “Second Language Acquisition: Theory and Best Practices” an afternoon workshop for faculty
and instructors at Rider University on November 22, 2005.
33. “Testing and the Standards: How do we Improve our Assessments?” a one day workshop for K12 world language teachers in the Gateway Regional School District on November 9, 2005.
34. “SLA Theory and the NJ State Standards: So what do we do in our classrooms?” a morning
workshop for K-12 teachers in Cumberland County on October 7, 2005.
35. “El acercamiento natural: unas clases típicas” an afternoon workshop for faculty and instructors
at Towson University on September 23, 2005.
36. “Assessing Progress Towards the Standards-Part 1” a one day workshop for K-12 world
language teachers in the Wall School District on September 20, 2005.
37. “Teaching with Dos mundos: a theory-based textbook” an afternoon workshop for faculty and
instructors from Orange Coast Community College on September 9, 2005.
38. “Improving our Product: Teaching Students a World Language” a morning workshop for
teachers at South River High School on September 2, 2005.
39. “Teaching Languages in 2005: SLA Theory and the Real Classroom” a one day workshop for
faculty and instructors at University of Rhode Island on August 31, 2005.
40. “Using Dos mundos in a College Curriculum” a one day workshop at Camden County
Community College on August 23, 2005.
41. “Dos mundos, SLA Theory and the College Classroom” an afternoon workshop at Towson
University on August 22, 2005.
42. “Teaching World Languages in New Jersey” a five day workshop for new world language
teachers in the state of New Jersey sponsored by the Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey and
held at West Windsor-Plainsborough on August 16-18, 2005, September 30, 2006, January 28, 2006
and February 25, 2006.
43. “Dos mundos: La teoría y la aplicación “ an afternoon workshop for faculty, adjuncts and
graduate student instructors at the Stoneybrook College, NY on April 23, 2005.
44. “Communicative Language Teaching: Creating Excitement in the Classroom!” an afternoon
workshop for faculty, adjuncts and graduate student instructors at Bronx Community College on
April 8, 2005.
45. “Teaching Languages in 2005: SLA Theory and the Real Classroom” an afternoon workshop
for faculty and graduate student instructors at the University of Rhode Island on March 2, 2005.
46. “Modern World Language Teaching: Input is the Answer”a one day workshop for K-12 world
language teachers in the Gateway Regional School District on February 22, 2005.
47. “How do we best apply current SLA theory to our language classrooms?” a one day workshop
for K-12 world language teachers in the Somerset Hills School District on February 18, 2005.
48. “Improving Our Product: Teaching Students a World Language” a one day workshop for K-12
world language teachers in the South River School District on February 11, 2005.
49. “Second Language Acquisition: What do we do in the classroom?” a one day workshop for K12 world language teachers in the Wall School District on February 8, 2005.
50. “World Language Teaching: Creating Outcomes, Assessments and Activities” a one day
workshop for K-12 world language teachers in the Lindenwold School District on January 18 2005.
51. “Linden Improving our Performance in the WL Classroom: What do we do and Why?” a one
day workshop for K-12 world language teachers in the Linden School District on November 2, 2004.
52. “SLA Theory and the Standards: What do we do in our classes?” a one day workshop for K-12
world language teachers in the Salem County School District and area schools on October 29, 2004.
53. “SLA Theory, the National Standards, The Communicative Approach and ACTFL; so now
what? An afternoon workshop for faculty and adjuncts at Villanova University on September 27,
2004
54. “Language Teaching in 2004 with the Communicative Approach, The National Standards,
The ACTFL Guidelines and SLA Research: Mission Impossible? an all day workshop for
faculty and adjuncts at Coastal Carolina University on September 10, 2004.
55. “Dos mundos: Las teorías y su aplicación” a morning workshop for faculty, adjuncts and
graduate student instructors at the University of Michigan on September 3, 2004.
56. “El acercamiento comunicativo y Dos mundos” a morning workshop for faculty and adjuncts at
Jersey City University on August 31, 2004.
57. “Spanish in the Elementary Schools: Using the language” a four day workshop for elementary
school general and world language language teachers in Hasbrouk Heights on August 23-26 2004.
58. “Teaching World Languages” a five day workshop for new world language teachers in the state of
New Jersey sponsored by the Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey and held at West WindsorPlainsborough on August 17-19 and October 9, 2004 and January 15, 2005.
59. “Second Language Acquisition Research and Foreign Language Teaching: What do we know
and what do we do?” a one day workshop for graduate student instructors at Auburn University on
August 16, 2004.
60. “Developing Oral Proficiency in K-12” a morning workshop for K-12 world language teachers in
the Hillsborough School District on June 22, 2004.
61. “Modern Teaching Techniques based the latest Second Language Acquisition Research-7
an afternoon workshop for faculty and staff at Purdue University at Calumet on April 16, 2004.
62. “Modern Teaching Techniques based the latest Second Language Acquisition Research-6
a one day workshop for faculty and staff at Pellissippi State Technical Community College on March
17, 2004.
63. “Modern Teaching Techniques based the latest Second Language Acquisition Research-5
a one day workshop for faculty and staff at University of Memphis on March 16, 2004.
64. “Modern Teaching Techniques based the latest Second Language Acquisition Research-4
an afternoon workshop for faculty and staff at University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa on February 27,
2004.
65. “Modern Teaching Techniques based the latest Second Language Acquisition Research-3
an afternoon workshop for world language teachers, professors and staff in the Chicago area on
February 20, 2004.
66. “Research-Based Strategies for Second Language Acquisition” a one day workshop for middle
and high school language teachers in the Central Regional School District on February 13, 2004.
67. “Modern Teaching Techniques based the latest Second Language Acquisition Research-2
an afternoon workshop faculty and staff at Auburn University, Al on February 11, 2004.
68. “Modern Teaching Techniques based the latest Second Language Acquisition Research -1
an afternoon workshop faculty and staff at Kennessaw State University, Ga on February 10, 2004.
69. “Putting Theory into Practice in the World Language Classroom-Part II” a one day workshop
for K-12 world language teachers in Lindewold School District on January 16, 2004.
70. “Assessment: How do we evaluate language acquisition in the modern teaching paradigm?”
an afternoon workshop for K-12 world language teachers in Princeton Day School on November 4,
2003.
71. “World Language Teaching: Theory and Practice” a one day workshop for K-12 world language
teachers in the Salem County School District and area schools on October 31, 2003.
72. ”The Communicative Approach in a University Level Spanish Program” an afternoon
workshop for faculty and staff at The University of Houston on October 24, 2003.
73. “Putting Theory into Practice in the World Language Classroom” a one day workshop for K-12
world language teachers in Lindenwold School District on October 10, 2003.
74. “Input to Output: How do we convince our students to use L2? an afternoon workshop for K-12
world language teachers in the Hillsborough School District on October 7, 2003.
75. “The Natural Approach, Dos mundos and Communicative Language Teaching” an afternoon
workshop for faculty and staff at Lehman College on August 26, 2003.
76. “Teaching in the Modern World Language Classroom” a four day workshop for new world
language teachers in the state of New Jersey sponsored by the Foreign Language Educators of New
Jersey and held at Edison High School on August, 20-23 and October 18, 2003.
77. “Second Language Teaching at the Elementary School Level” a three day workshop for
elementary school general and world language language teachers in Hasbrouk Heights on August 12,
13 and 14, 2003
78. “Teaching Communicatively: Why and How?”, a morning workshop for K-12 world language
teachers in the Hunterdon-Flemington School District on June 20, 2003.
79. “Teaching Towards Proficiency-Part 2” two, one day workshop for K-12 world language
teachers in the Cherry Hill School District on April 22 and April 25, 2003.
80. “The Role of Grammar in a Communicative Classroom-Part 2” a one day workshop for high
school world language teachers in Newark City School District on April 14, 2003.
81. “Teaching Towards Proficiency” a one day workshop for K-12 world language teachers in the
Cherry Hill School District on February 14, 2003.
82. “The Role of Grammar in a Communicative Classroom” a one day workshop for high school
world language teachers in Newark City School District on January 16, 2003.
83. “World Language Teaching” an afternoon workshop for world language teachers in the Monroe
school district on November 11, 2002.
84. “World Language Teaching in Accordance with Current Theory and Practices” a morning
workshop for world language teachers in the Pittsgrove-Salem school district on November 1, 2002.
85. “Language Acquisition and Dos Mundos: Basic Spanish Instruction at the University Level”
a one day workshop for faculty and staff at Kansas State University on September 6, 2002.
86. “World Language Teaching: Theory and Practice” a one day workshop for world language
teachers in the Chathams School District on August 27, 2002.
87. “Dos Mundos: Language Teaching with the Natural Approach” an afternoon workshop for
teaching assistants at the University of Memphis on August 23, 2002.
88. “Using Dos Mundos in a College Curriculum” an afternoon workshop for faculty and staff at
Camden County Community College on August 22, 2002.
89. “Teaching Spanish Using the Natural Approach” an afternoon workshop for faculty and staff at
Ball State University, Indiana on August 12, 2002.
90. “Developing Oral Proficiency” a one day workshop for experienced world language teachers in the
West Windsor school district on August 9th, 2002.
91. “Second Language Acquisition: World Language Teaching in 2002” a two day workshop for
new world language teachers in the West Windsor school district on August 5th and 7th, 2002.
92. “Building a Spanish Program using the Natural Approach” an afternoon workshop for faculty
and staff at Rider University, New Jersey on July 3, 2002.
93. “World Language Instruction and the New Jersey Standards” a morning workshop for world
language teachers in the Howell School District on June 20, 2002.
94. “What is the Communicative Approach and what do we do with it?” a morning workshop for
world language teachers in the Hunterdon School District on June 19, 2002.
95. “Using the Natural Approach in a College Classroom” a morning workshop for foreign language
faculty at St Joseph´s University in Philadelphia, Pa. on June 5, 2002.
96. “World Language Teaching in K-12” an afternoon workshop for world language teachers in the
East Orange School District on May 22, 2002.
97. “World Language Instruction: Matching Theory and Practice!” a morning workshop for world
language teachers in the Paramus School District on May 20, 2002.
98. “Second Language Acquisition Theory and World Language Teaching” a one day workshop
for world language teachers in the Newark School District on May 16, 2002.
99. “World Language Teaching and Programming: Where do we go from here?” a one day
workshop for world language teachers at Princeton Day School on May 2, 2002.
100.
“World Language Instruction: Teaching for Maximum Effect!” an afternoon workshop for
world language teachers in the Nutley School District on April 15, 2002.
101. “Teaching World Languages in Accordance with Current SLA Theories” an afternoon
workshop for world language teachers in the Morris Hills School District on April 8, 2002.
102. “World Language Teaching: What do we do now?” a morning workshop for world language
teachers in the Roselle School District on March 25, 2002.
103. “Second Language Acquisition Theory: What does it tell us?” a one day workshop for
world language teachers in the Morris School District on February 1, 2002
104.
“Exemplary World Language Instruction: What should we be doing and why?” a morning
workshop for world language teachers in the Fairlawn and Waldwick School Districts on January 21,
2002
105. “Effective Strategies for Communicative-Based High School Teaching and Assessment”
presented for The New Jersey Department of Education/Foreign Language Educators of New
Jersey (FLENJ) Professional Development Collaborative held at the following locations on the
dates given below. These workshops are intended to provide secondary school educators with some
theoretical background on current second language acquisition theory and to teach them how to apply
these theories in the language classroom.
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
June 27, 2001
July 24, 2001
August 22, 2001
January 26, 2002
Clayton Complex Bergen Com. College The College of NJ
Bergen Com. College
Southern NJ
Northern NJ
Central NJ
Northern NJ
Session 5
February 2, 2002
The College of New Jersey
106.
Central NJ
“Cuál es el rol de la gramática en la clase de una lengua mundial?” part eight of eight
monthly workshops organized and conducted for Cherry Hill school district language teachers (K-12)
on December 10, 2001.
107. “Theory and Practice in a Modern Language Classroom” an afternoon workshop for
secondary school world language teachers in the Colts Neck school district on November 6, 2001.
108.
“Language Instruction: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century” an afternoon workshop for
middle and secondary school world language teachers in the West Orange and South
Orange/Maplewood school districts on October 30, 2001
109.
“El curriculo local (parte 2) y los mapas semánticos” part six of eight monthly workshops
organized and conducted for the Cherry Hill school district language teachers (K-12) on October 15,
2001.
110. “Language Acquisition Theory and Related Methodogies” an afternoon workshop for
elementary, middle and secondary school world language teachers in the Warren school district on
October 8, 2001
111.
“El currículo local de acuerdo con el New Jersey Curriculum Framework” part five of
eight monthly workshops organized and conducted for the Cherry Hill school district language
teachers (K-12) on September 24, 2001.
112.
“Effective Strategies for Communicative-Based Secondary School Teaching and
Assessment” a one day workshop for secondary world language teachers in the Central Regional
school district on September 7, 2001.
113.
“Teaching World Languages in Elementary and Middle School: Modern Theory and Best
Practices” a one day workshop for the elementary and middle school world language teachers in the
Jackson school district on September 5, 2001
114.
“Implementing the Communicative Approach in a Multi-Section Language Program” a
one day workshop for faculty to be given at DePaul University, Chicago on May 30, 2001.
115. “Adopting Dos mundos and Tesoros” an afternoon workshop for faculty given at Southern
Illinois University at Edwardsville on May 4, 2001.
116.
“Second Language Acquisition Theories in K-12 Language Classes” an afternoon
workshop for elementary, middle and secondary school world language teachers in the Edison school
district held on May 8, 2001
117.
“La evaluación moderna de los estudiantes” part three of eight monthly workshops organized
and conducted for the Cherry Hill school district language teachers (K-12) on April 19, 2001.
118.
“El dominio oral” part two of eight, monthly workshops organized and conducted for Cherry
Hill school district language teachers (K-12) on March 15, 2001.
119. “ World Languages in NJ: Teaching and Assessing the Students” a day long workshop for
elementary, middle and secondary school world language teachers in the Tom´s River school district
held on March 9, 2001.
“Language Acquisition Theory for the Classroom Teacher” a two part workshop for
elementary, middle and secondary school world language teachers in the West Windsor school
district held on February 20 and 27, 2001.
121. “La adquisición de lenguas: Teorías y Aplicaciones” part one of eight monthly workshops
organized and conducted for Cherry Hill district language teachers (K-12) on February 8, 2001.
122.
“Teaching in the Target Language: How do we do it?” an afternoon workshop for
elementary, middle and secondary school world language teachers in the Cranford school district on
November 7, 2000.
123.
“Energizing Students in the Foreign Language Classroom” a morning workshop at the Fall
Modern Language Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity (MLAPV) meeting at Rosemont College
on October 28, 2000
124.
“The NJ World Language Standards Framework in an Articulated Curriculum: What do
we do with the students?” a day long workshop for elementary, middle and secondary school
world language teachers in the Hopewell school district held at Timberlane Middle School on
October 6, 2000.
125.
“Implementing a Communicative Syllabus: Changing our Perspective” at an afternoon
workshop at St. Joseph´s College (New York) on September 14, 2000.
126.
“Teaching Foreign Languages: Our Past and Our Future” a day long workshop for
elementary middle and secondary school world language teachers from TCNJ´s Professional
Development School network (PDS) simultaneously broadcast to three remote sites through the
Mercer Net on April 11, 2000.
127.
“Towards Authentic Communication in the Classroom: DiPietro´s Scenarios” an evening
workshop held at the annual Bucks County Intermediate Unit teacher training workshop on March 14,
2000.
128.
“The Communicative Approach; What should I do in the classroom? a day long
workshop for graduate students and faculty at the University of Memphis on October 15, 1999.
129. “Adopting Dos mundos: Changes in Curriculum and Teaching.” a day long workshop for
faculty at Hunter College on October 1, 1999.
130.
“Communicative Language Teaching: Theory and Practice” a day long workshop for
graduate students and faculty at West Virginia University on August 20, 1999.
131. “Using the Natural Approach and Dos mundos in a Basic Spanish Program” a day long
workshop for graduate students and faculty at Southwest Missouri State University, Missouri, August
21, 1998.
132.
“The Natural Approach to Teaching Foreign Languages” a day long workshop for faculty at
Howard University, Washington D.C., April 30, 1998.
133.
“Activities and Student Communication in the Classroom" a day long workshop for
secondary school language teachers at Delta College, Michigan, May 3, 1997.
134.
Teacher-training Workshop Series (to teachers of Spanish and English) a series of morning
workshops for language instructors at the Centro de Idiomas del Sureste, Mérida, México. February
29 - March 5, 1996.
135.
“Teaching for Oral Proficiency, Models for Basic and Advanced Classes" a workshop for
adjuncts and graduate students at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania,
February 7, 1996.
120.
F. Workshops in which I was one of a few invited presenters:
1) Member of panel on World Language Teacher Certification at Central Jersey World
Languages Professional Development Institute at Rutgers University on June 26-28, 2000.
2) Served as a panel member for the Summer 2000 Central Jersey Professional Development
Institute a four day institute designed to update practicing world language teachers on current
methodologies and second language acquisition theory.
3)
“Foreign Language Instruction in the 90's: Teaching for Content Proficiency"
at the
Pennsylvania Council for International Education, Regional Conference, Temple University,
October 26, 1990.
G- Essays or other written work in trade magazines without scholarly referees.
1) “Our Disappearing Southern Border" Temple Review, Fall 1994, 11-13.
VII. Professional Activity Record
1) World Language Program Evaluation for Somerset Hills School District: Current Strengths
and Future Challenges I served as an outside evaluator for K-12 World Language Program at
Somerset School District and wrote and presented my report to the School Board. (March-April 2004)
VIII. Record of Service to the College Community
A. Departmental committees or formal assignments
Fall, 2009
to present
Fall, 2005
to present
Chair Department Curriculum Commitee
Fall, 2003
to present
Fall, 2008
Fall, 2003
to present
Fall, 2002
to Spring, 2007
Spring, 2002
Member Personnel, Tenure and Reappointment Committee
Coordinator, NCATE recertification- collected data and authored NCATE
report which was successful in accrediting the Departmental Spanish/Education
Program
Chair Department Curriculum Commitee
Member Department Curriculum Commitee
Member Graduate Committee
Chair of Search Committee for a new joint line in Spanish Applied
Linguistics and Secondary Education
Fall, 1997 to present Co-coordinator of Basic Spanish Program (Spanish 101, 102 103). I
created and implemented the new Basic Language Program (Spanish 101, 102
and 103) for the Fall, 1997 semester. I continue to serve as one of two Language
Coordinators (Dr. Luis Gabriel-Stheeman is the other.) As coordinators we write
course syllabi, Destinos schedules, and final exams. We also write and distribute
chapter exams and serve as resource persons for our colleagues.
Spring, 2000
Spring, 2000
Fall, 1999 to
Spring, 2000
Spring, 1998
Fall, 1997
Member of a departmental faculty search committee in charge of finding
one-year replacements for our leaving or retiring colleagues.
Member of the Departmental Grievance Committee
Member of the Latin American Studies Committee
Member of a departmental faculty search committee
Changed Spanish Major Requirements In collaboration with Dr. Luis
Gabriel-Stheeman, we rewrote the requirements for a Spanish Major. The new
requirements went into effect in Fall, 1998.
Fall, 1997
Adjunct Faculty Observation Form Dr. Gabriel-Stheeman and I created an
evaluation form for faculty observation of adjunct faculty teaching. It is now the
standard form for all adjunct faculty evaluation. As the rest of my colleagues, I
conduct yearly reviews of adjunct faculty in our department.
B. School committees
Fall, 1998 to
Member, Implementation Committee School of Education and School of
Spring, 2000
Arts and Sciences
Fall, 1999 to present Member, TEAC/TECP School of Education and School of Arts and Sciences
C. College committees
Fall, 2005
Member, Search Committee for the Vice President of Student Life
Fall, 2005
Member, Search Committee for the Dean of Education
Fall, 2002 to
Chair, Presidents Taskforce on the First Year Experience
Spring, 2003
Spring, 2002
Orientation Committee The College of New Jersey TCNJ
to Spring 2004
Fall, 1999
The Committee for Cultural and Intellectual Community the committee
to Spring, 2003
charged with overseeing Community Learning Day and planning other related
activities for the year.
Spring, 2000
The Broadening Our Perspectives Task Force – a subcommittee of the
Planning and Priorities Council
D. Other forms of significant service
Fall 2006 to present Conduct pre-semester workshop on second language acquisition for
faculty and teachers in the Department of Modern Languages.
Fall 2006-2008
Speaker for Sophomore Experience, Student Life Activity, TCNJ
Fall 2005 to present Conduct twice annual workshops for Conversation Hour Leaders
(Modern Languages)
Fall 2000 to
Liaison for the Tae Kwon Do Club at TCNJ
Spring, 2004
Fall 2007 to present Liaison for Barkada at TCNJ
Fall, 1998
Summer Readings Facilitator
to present
Fall, 1998 to
Faculty Fellow
Spring, 2001
Fall, 1998
Open Options Instructor
VIII Record of Service to the Profession
A. Leadership roles in or significant contributions to a professional organization
2) Member of the Board of Reviewers for Learning Languages, the blind, peer reviewed journal
of the National Network of Early Language Learning (NNELL).
3) Member Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ) Executive Board (Spring 2005
to present)
4) Member the NJ State Adhoc Committee to Revise the New Jersey World Language
Standards. (Summer, 2001-Spring 2002)
5) Keynote speaker at the Sigma Delta Pi Honor Society ceremony at Temple University on April 26,
2002.
6) Session chair at the 1999 Conference on L1 and L2 Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese at
Georgetown University on Classroom Research on Writing on October 9, 1999.
7) Member of a New Jersey DOE Committee - I served on NJ State World Languages Curriculum
Committee which made recommendations on Foreign Language Teacher Training in the state of New
Jersey and which held semesterly three day workshops and two, five day workshops in the summer.
(Summer, 1999 to Summer, 2000)
8) Keynote speaker at Lawrenceville High School Honors Convocation on March 30, 2000.
9) Panel participant on post-secondary language programs at The Bucks County School District
Teachers-In Service Day on Nov 2, 1999.
10) Textbook Reviewer for the manuscript of the then forthcoming Spanish textbook, Gramática
española. Fall 1997.
11) Translation Accuracy Consultant for Time Life Books' Lost Treasures Spring 1991
12) Oral Proficiency Tester for the Social Security Administration, Philadelphia, Pa. 1989-1990.
B. Contributions as a consultant to another institution
1) I served on the Hopewell School District World Language Curriculum Committee.
(Fall, 2000 –Fall, 2001)
C. Contributions as a consultant to another institution
1) I have served as Ph.D. Dissertation Reader for two graduate students:
The Social Life of Language in a Venezuelan Immigrant Family: Aspects of
Spanish/English Bilingualism. Frieda Elaine Brinkmann, 1997. (Temple
University)
Aspectos sociolingüísticos del español de Catamarca capital, Argentina. María Amalia
Coronel de Schweizer, 1994. (Temple University)