Sara Beaudrie's Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor
Director of the Spanish for heritage learners program
Spanish and Portuguese Department
University of Arizona
Modern Languages 523

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Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, August 2006

Major: Pedagogical Theory and Program Administration
Minor: Spanish (Concentration in Linguistics)

Master of Arts – English language/Linguistics (ELL), May 2002
       University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

          Major: English as a second language


   Bachelor of Arts in Education – Teaching English as a Foreig language,            Instituto Superior del Profesorado Joaquín V. González, Buenos Aires, Argentina,            1999

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Heritage language pedagogy

Computed-assisted language learning

Language teacher development

Spanish program development and administration

Spanish in the U.S.

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Assistant Professor – University of Arizona, 2007 / present

Visiting Assistant Professor – University of Arizona, 2006/2007

Spanish Heritage Language Program Director – University of Arizona, 2006/present

Research Assistant to Dr Janet Nicol, University of Arizona – Summer 2005

Co-Designer of the the Computerized Spanish Heritage Language Placement Exam for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese– Spring 2005

  Assistant to the Director of Heritage Language Program – Summer 2003/2004

    Conversation Analysis Transcriptionist for Talk Bank Project– Fall 2002/2004

    Adjunct Faculty for the Spanish Department, Pima Community College – 2003/2005

  Teaching Associate in Teaching, Department of Spanish and Portuguese – 2002/2006
    University of Arizona

  Teaching Assistant in Teaching, Department of Spanish and Portuguese – 2001/2002
      University of Arizona

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Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship – Spring 2006/Fall 2007, U of A

- Based on topic, methodology and contribution of dissertation ($14, 504)

Herbert E. Carter Travel Award – Spring 2006

- For participation in paper presentation at CALICO with an innovative project with outstanding promise and creativity in the area of interdisciplinary activities ($600)

Under-represented graduate student Final Project Fund – Fall 2005 , U of A
($ 1,500)

Graduate Fellowship – Fall 2005 , SLAT, University of Arizona

Graduate registration scholarship – Spring 2005, SLAT, University of Arizona

Centennial Achievement Graduate Student Award- Nomination by SLAT Program Director (fo outstanding achievement and contributions of minority graduate students– Fall 2004

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) – Fall 2003/Spring 2004, University of Arizona ($17,758)

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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Graduate Courses

- Spanish Heritage Language Pedagogy (Spanish 574) – Fall 2006

- Topics in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (Analysis Section) (SLAT596y) –

Fall 2003, Fall 2004

• Co-taught course for incoming graduate students in SLAT Ph.D. Program

    Upper-division courses

        - Spanish Applied Linguistics (Span 457)– Fall 2004-Fall 2006 - Fall 2007


       - Phonology and Phonetics for the Spanish Native Speaker (Span 343)– Spring 2005, summer              2005, Fall 2006

Heritage language courses

        - Advanced Composition for Heritage Learners (Span 333)– Spring 2005

        - Intermediate Composition for Heritage Learners (Span 253)– Fall 2004

   Grammar and writing foreign language courses

        - Intermediate Writing and Grammar Class: (Span 251) – Spring 2003

   Beginning and intermediate language and culture foreign language courses

        - Second semester Spanish (Span 102) - Fall 2001-Spring 2002
       - Third and fourth semester Spanish (Span 206) - Summer 2002
        - Third semester Spanish (Span 201) - Fall 2002



                                                        PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

     Beginning and intermediate classes in Spanish language and culture

        - Introductory Spanish (Spanish 85)- Spring 2003
        - Third semester Spanish (Spanish 201)-Fall 2003-Spring 2004
        - Fourth semester Spanish (Spanish 202)-Summer 2004
       - First semester Spanish (Spanish 101)-Fall 2005

AMPHITHEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL

        - Bilingual Teaching Assistant – Fall 2001, Spring 2002

                                                       BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

   Secondary school English teacher (1990-1999)

                • Worked at public and private schools in 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th grades


   Business English/Spanish instructor (1994-1999)

                • Developed individual and group ESP classes in business English with a focus on travel, finance,                   economics, negotiations, banking, law, and accounting
                • Taught TOEFL prep classes

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Refereed journals articles

Beaudrie, S. (in press). La enseñanza del acento ortográfico en español y su relación con la percepción de la sílaba tónica. Hispania.

Beaudrie, S. (2005). Refinando la noción de foco en español: Cuestiones semánticas y
sintácticas, Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, 12, 21-30.

Beaudrie, S. & Ducar, C. (2005). Beginning level university heritage language
programs: Creating a space for all heritage language learners. Heritage language Journal, 3. Available at www.heritagelanguages.org

Beaudrie, S., Brown, A. & Thompson, G. (2004). Multiple perspectives on teacher
e valuation in the foreign language classroom, Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, 11, 57-80.

Work in progress

- Papers submitted for publication

Beaudrie, S. (submitted). Receptive bilinguals’ language development in the classroom: The
differential effects of heritage versus foreign language curriculum. Español en Estados Unidos: Cuestiones sociolingüísticas, políticas y pedagógicas.

Beaudrie, S. (submitted). Spanish receptive bilinguals: Understanding the cultural and
linguistic profile of learners from three different generations.

Beaudrie, S. (submitted). Breaking the silence: The native/non-native issue revisited in the SHL
context. Foreign Language Annals.

- Manuscripts in preparation

Beaudrie, S., Ducar, C., & Relaño-Pastor, A. Curricular and pedagogical considerations in
the SHL context: Student perspectives.

Beaudrie, S., Ducar, C. & Thomas, H. Spanish heritage language placement exams: An
introduction and model for implementation.

Beaudrie, S. Spanish heritage language programs in the American Southwest: A survey of four-year universities

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National/international presentations

“Curricular and pedagogical considerations in the SHL context: Student perspectives” to be presented in AAAL 2007 Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, California, April 2007 (co-presenters Cynthia Ducar & Ana María Relaño-Pastor).

“Receptive bilinguals’ language development in the classroom: The differential effects of heritage versus foreign language curriculum” to be presented at the XXI Conference on Spanish in the US and IV Spanish in Contact with other languages, Arlington, Virginia, March 2007.

“¡Dime cómo hablas y te diré en qué clase debes estar! Creating your own Spanish heritage language placement exam” to be presented at the XXI Conference on Spanish in the US and IV Spanish in Contact with other languages, Arlington, Virginia, March 2007 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar).

“Spanish Heritage Language Programs in the American Southwest: A Snapshot of Current Programs” to be presented at the 2007 SWCOLT conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2006.

"El acento ortográfico en español y su relación con la percepción del acento prosódico en la clase de español como segunda lengua" accepted for First Internacional Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish as a First and Second Language, June 2006.

"The acquisition of orthography in the heritage language classroom: An action research study" to be presented at 2006 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in Nashville, Tennessee , November, 2006.

"Spanish Heritage Language Placement Exams: An introduction and model for implementation" presented in May 2006 at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Convention (CALICO) in Waikiki , Hawaii (co-presenters Cynthia Ducar & Hale Thomas).

“Heritage Language Teacher Preparation: A framework of implementation” paper presentation at 2005 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, November 2005 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar).

“Beginning Level Heritage Language Learners: Attitudes and Pedagogical Implications,” paper presentation at the Tenth Anniversary Conference on Teaching Spanish to Native Speakers, Las Cruces, New Mexico, July 2004 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar).

Regional/local conferences

"Maximizing the heritage language learner’s satisfaction and language development in the classroom: Students’ perceptions and pedagogical implications" paper presented at AZLA conference, University of Arizona, October 2006.

“La enseñanza del acento ortográfico en español y su relación con la percepción de la sílaba tónica,” paper presentation at the 16th Annual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, University of Arizona, February 2006.

"I have a Heritage learner in my class, now what do I do?" paper presentation at the 2005 Second Language Teachers' Symposium, University of Arizona, September, 2005, (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar).

“Forgotten Learners: Creating a Niche for Beginning Heritage Language Students" to be presented at the SLAT Roundtable, University of Arizona, March 2005 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar).

“Perspectives on Teacher Effectiveness”, poster presentation at SLAT Roundtable, University of Arizona, February 2004 (co-presenters Alan Brown & Greg Thompson).

“Teacher Evaluations: Perceptions of Teacher Effectiveness,” paper presentation at the14th Annual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, University of Arizona, February 2004 (co-presenter Alan Brown & Greg Thompson).

Invited talks

"Publish or perish: How to survive as a graduate student in academia", guest lecture in Academic Culture: A preparatory course for Fullbright scholars beginning graduate studies. Center for English as a Second Language, University of Arizona, July 2005 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar).

"Programmatic and placement issues in the heritage language classroom", Guest lecture at Spanish applied linguistics, University of Arizona, November, 2005.

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Local/state Outreach

Faculty mentor and tutor, Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs Office, University of Arizona, Fall 2006 - present

Faculty advisor and organizer: Club Latinos de Arizona (club for heritage language learners at the University of Arizona), 2006 - present

Steering Committee, Partnership Across Languages (PAL), 2007

Chair of organizing committee of Student/Faculty interaction day for heritage learners program (bi-annual event), 2007

Southern Arizona Language Fair – K-16 Outreach – Organizer of heritage language program participation, 2007

Moderator, session “Lengua y alfabetización,” 17th Annual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, University of Arizona, 2007

Organizer, Fall 2006 Heritage Language Program Social.

    Secretary of SLATSA (SLAT Student Association), University of Arizona, 2005-2006

    Organizing Committee of Fifth Annual SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable, 2006

    SLAT webmaster: University of Arizona, 2005-2006

    SLAT Colloquium organizer, University of Arizona, 2004-2005

   Pedagogy Area Editor for the Arizona Working Papers, SLAT program, University
       of Arizona, 2004-2005.

Pedagogy Area Student Representative, SLAT program, University of Arizona, 2004-2005

Abstract reviewer and volunteer for SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable, 2004, University of Arizona

Peer mentor for incoming SLAT student, University of Arizona, 2003-2004

Judge, Poetry Contest for Spanish Native Speakers, Southern Arizona Language Fair, Spring 2005

Workshop series presenter, Spanish and Portuguese Department: Preterite forms, Spring 2002.

National service/outreach

Treasurer of Spanish for Native Speakers Special Interest Group, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2006-2008

Advisory Board for Vista Learning for the creation of heritage language textbook, 2006

Abstract reviewer and volunteer for SLRF 2003-University of Arizona

Editorial assistant for scholarly journal: Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural
Studies (AJHCS)-Summer 2003

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   American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
            - Spanish for Native Speakers Special Interest Group

   Modern Language Association (MLA)

   American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)

Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO)

American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators (AAUSC)

Arizona Language Association (AZLA)

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	Assistant Professor Director of the Spanish for heritage learners program Spanish and Portuguese Department University of Arizona Modern Languages 523
	Education \| Major fields \| Professional Experience \| Honors and Awards\| Teaching Experience \| Peer-Reviewed Publications \| Scholarly Presentations \| Professional Service \| Professional Affiliations \| Click here for a pdf version of my CV
	Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, August 2006 Major: Pedagogical Theory and Program Administration Minor: Spanish (Concentration in Linguistics) Master of Arts – English language/Linguistics (ELL), May 2002 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Major: English as a second language Bachelor of Arts in Education – Teaching English as a Foreig language, Instituto Superior del Profesorado Joaquín V. González, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1999 Return to top
	Heritage language pedagogy Computed-assisted language learning Language teacher development Spanish program development and administration Spanish in the U.S. Return to top
	Assistant Professor – University of Arizona, 2007 / present Visiting Assistant Professor – University of Arizona, 2006/2007 Spanish Heritage Language Program Director – University of Arizona, 2006/present Research Assistant to Dr Janet Nicol, University of Arizona – Summer 2005 Co-Designer of the the Computerized Spanish Heritage Language Placement Exam for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese– Spring 2005 Assistant to the Director of Heritage Language Program – Summer 2003/2004 Conversation Analysis Transcriptionist for Talk Bank Project– Fall 2002/2004 Adjunct Faculty for the Spanish Department, Pima Community College – 2003/2005 Teaching Associate in Teaching, Department of Spanish and Portuguese – 2002/2006 University of Arizona Teaching Assistant in Teaching, Department of Spanish and Portuguese – 2001/2002 University of Arizona Return to top
	Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship – Spring 2006/Fall 2007, U of A - Based on topic, methodology and contribution of dissertation ($14, 504) Herbert E. Carter Travel Award – Spring 2006 - For participation in paper presentation at CALICO with an innovative project with outstanding promise and creativity in the area of interdisciplinary activities ($600) Under-represented graduate student Final Project Fund – Fall 2005 , U of A ($ 1,500) Graduate Fellowship – Fall 2005 , SLAT, University of Arizona Graduate registration scholarship – Spring 2005, SLAT, University of Arizona Centennial Achievement Graduate Student Award- Nomination by SLAT Program Director (fo outstanding achievement and contributions of minority graduate students– Fall 2004 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) – Fall 2003/Spring 2004, University of Arizona ($17,758) Return to top
	UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Graduate Courses - Spanish Heritage Language Pedagogy (Spanish 574) – Fall 2006 - Topics in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (Analysis Section) (SLAT596y) – Fall 2003, Fall 2004 • Co-taught course for incoming graduate students in SLAT Ph.D. Program Upper-division courses - Spanish Applied Linguistics (Span 457)– Fall 2004-Fall 2006 - Fall 2007 - Phonology and Phonetics for the Spanish Native Speaker (Span 343)– Spring 2005, summer 2005, Fall 2006 Heritage language courses - Advanced Composition for Heritage Learners (Span 333)– Spring 2005 - Intermediate Composition for Heritage Learners (Span 253)– Fall 2004 Grammar and writing foreign language courses - Intermediate Writing and Grammar Class: (Span 251) – Spring 2003 Beginning and intermediate language and culture foreign language courses - Second semester Spanish (Span 102) - Fall 2001-Spring 2002 - Third and fourth semester Spanish (Span 206) - Summer 2002 - Third semester Spanish (Span 201) - Fall 2002 PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Beginning and intermediate classes in Spanish language and culture - Introductory Spanish (Spanish 85)- Spring 2003 - Third semester Spanish (Spanish 201)-Fall 2003-Spring 2004 - Fourth semester Spanish (Spanish 202)-Summer 2004 - First semester Spanish (Spanish 101)-Fall 2005 AMPHITHEATER MIDDLE SCHOOL - Bilingual Teaching Assistant – Fall 2001, Spring 2002 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Secondary school English teacher (1990-1999) • Worked at public and private schools in 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th grades Business English/Spanish instructor (1994-1999) • Developed individual and group ESP classes in business English with a focus on travel, finance, economics, negotiations, banking, law, and accounting • Taught TOEFL prep classes Return to top
	Refereed journals articles Beaudrie, S. (in press). La enseñanza del acento ortográfico en español y su relación con la percepción de la sílaba tónica. Hispania. Beaudrie, S. (2005). Refinando la noción de foco en español: Cuestiones semánticas y sintácticas, Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, 12, 21-30. Beaudrie, S. & Ducar, C. (2005). Beginning level university heritage language programs: Creating a space for all heritage language learners. Heritage language Journal, 3. Available at www.heritagelanguages.org Beaudrie, S., Brown, A. & Thompson, G. (2004). Multiple perspectives on teacher e valuation in the foreign language classroom, Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, 11, 57-80. Work in progress - Papers submitted for publication Beaudrie, S. (submitted). Receptive bilinguals’ language development in the classroom: The differential effects of heritage versus foreign language curriculum. Español en Estados Unidos: Cuestiones sociolingüísticas, políticas y pedagógicas. Beaudrie, S. (submitted). Spanish receptive bilinguals: Understanding the cultural and linguistic profile of learners from three different generations. Beaudrie, S. (submitted). Breaking the silence: The native/non-native issue revisited in the SHL context. Foreign Language Annals. - Manuscripts in preparation Beaudrie, S., Ducar, C., & Relaño-Pastor, A. Curricular and pedagogical considerations in the SHL context: Student perspectives. Beaudrie, S., Ducar, C. & Thomas, H. Spanish heritage language placement exams: An introduction and model for implementation. Beaudrie, S. Spanish heritage language programs in the American Southwest: A survey of four-year universities Return to top
	National/international presentations “Curricular and pedagogical considerations in the SHL context: Student perspectives” to be presented in AAAL 2007 Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, California, April 2007 (co-presenters Cynthia Ducar & Ana María Relaño-Pastor). “Receptive bilinguals’ language development in the classroom: The differential effects of heritage versus foreign language curriculum” to be presented at the XXI Conference on Spanish in the US and IV Spanish in Contact with other languages, Arlington, Virginia, March 2007. “¡Dime cómo hablas y te diré en qué clase debes estar! Creating your own Spanish heritage language placement exam” to be presented at the XXI Conference on Spanish in the US and IV Spanish in Contact with other languages, Arlington, Virginia, March 2007 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar). “Spanish Heritage Language Programs in the American Southwest: A Snapshot of Current Programs” to be presented at the 2007 *SWCOLT* conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2006. "El acento ortográfico en español y su relación con la percepción del acento prosódico en la clase de español como segunda lengua" accepted for First Internacional Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish as a First and Second Language, June 2006. "The acquisition of orthography in the heritage language classroom: An action research study" to be presented at 2006 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)* Conference* in Nashville, Tennessee , November, 2006. "Spanish Heritage Language Placement Exams: An introduction and model for implementation" presented in May 2006 at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Convention (CALICO) in Waikiki , Hawaii (co-presenters Cynthia Ducar & Hale Thomas). “Heritage Language Teacher Preparation: A framework of implementation” paper presentation at 2005 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, November 2005 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar). “Beginning Level Heritage Language Learners: Attitudes and Pedagogical Implications,” paper presentation at the Tenth Anniversary Conference on Teaching Spanish to Native Speakers, Las Cruces, New Mexico, July 2004 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar). Regional/local conferences "Maximizing the heritage language learner’s satisfaction and language development in the classroom: Students’ perceptions and pedagogical implications" paper presented at AZLA conference, University of Arizona, October 2006. “La enseñanza del acento ortográfico en español y su relación con la percepción de la sílaba tónica,” paper presentation at the 16th Annual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, University of Arizona, February 2006. "I have a Heritage learner in my class, now what do I do?" paper presentation at the 2005 Second Language Teachers' Symposium, University of Arizona, September, 2005, (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar). “Forgotten Learners: Creating a Niche for Beginning Heritage Language Students" to be presented at the SLAT Roundtable, University of Arizona, March 2005 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar). “Perspectives on Teacher Effectiveness”, poster presentation at SLAT Roundtable, University of Arizona, February 2004 (co-presenters Alan Brown & Greg Thompson). “Teacher Evaluations: Perceptions of Teacher Effectiveness,” paper presentation at the14th Annual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, University of Arizona, February 2004 (co-presenter Alan Brown & Greg Thompson). Invited talks "Publish or perish: How to survive as a graduate student in academia", guest lecture in Academic Culture: A preparatory course for Fullbright scholars beginning graduate studies. Center for English as a Second Language, University of Arizona, July 2005 (co-presenter Cynthia Ducar). "Programmatic and placement issues in the heritage language classroom", Guest lecture at Spanish applied linguistics, University of Arizona, November, 2005. Return to top
	Local/state Outreach Faculty mentor and tutor, Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs Office, University of Arizona, Fall 2006 - present Faculty advisor and organizer: Club Latinos de Arizona (club for heritage language learners at the University of Arizona), 2006 - present Steering Committee, Partnership Across Languages (PAL), 2007 Chair of organizing committee of Student/Faculty interaction day for heritage learners program (bi-annual event), 2007 Southern Arizona Language Fair – K-16 Outreach – Organizer of heritage language program participation, 2007 Moderator, session “Lengua y alfabetización,” 17th Annual Graduate and Professional Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, University of Arizona, 2007 Organizer, Fall 2006 Heritage Language Program Social. Secretary of SLATSA (SLAT Student Association), University of Arizona, 2005-2006 Organizing Committee of Fifth Annual SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable, 2006 SLAT webmaster: University of Arizona, 2005-2006 SLAT Colloquium organizer, University of Arizona, 2004-2005 Pedagogy Area Editor for the Arizona Working Papers, SLAT program, University of Arizona, 2004-2005. Pedagogy Area Student Representative, SLAT program, University of Arizona, 2004-2005 Abstract reviewer and volunteer for SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable, 2004, University of Arizona Peer mentor for incoming SLAT student, University of Arizona, 2003-2004 Judge, Poetry Contest for Spanish Native Speakers, Southern Arizona Language Fair, Spring 2005 Workshop series presenter, Spanish and Portuguese Department: Preterite forms, Spring 2002. National service/outreach Treasurer of Spanish for Native Speakers Special Interest Group, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2006-2008 Advisory Board for Vista Learning for the creation of heritage language textbook, 2006 Abstract reviewer and volunteer for SLRF 2003-University of Arizona Editorial assistant for scholarly journal: Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies (AJHCS)-Summer 2003 Return to top
	American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) - Spanish for Native Speakers Special Interest Group Modern Language Association (MLA) American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators (AAUSC) Arizona Language Association (AZLA)
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