Tracy D. Terrell, late of the University of
California, San Diego, received his Ph.D. in Spanish linguistics from the University
of Texas at Austin. His extensive research publications are in the area of
Spanish dialectology, with particular focus on the sociolinguistics of Caribbean
Spanish. Professor Terrell’s publications on second language acquisition and
on the Natural Approach are widely known in the United States. Mary B. Rogers holds her undergraduate and
graduate degrees in French from Vanderbilt University. She teaches French and
second language pedagogy at Friends University (Kansas) and works in teacher
training. Professor Rogers has been a certified teacher for the ACTFL Oral
Proficiency Interview and has given numerous workshops and presentations on
language teaching. She is a coauthor of Bravo!, a Natural Approach program
for teaching Spanish in secondary and middle schools. Betsy J. Kerr is an Associate Professor of
French at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. She received her Ph.D.
in French linguistics from Indiana University and has published in the areas
of French syntax and pragmatics, specializing in the analysis of spoken French
discourse. At the University of Minnesota, Professor Kerr (formerly Barnes)
teaches all levels of French language and basic courses in French linguistics.
She also served for many years as director of the Lower Division French Program. Born and raised in Marseille, Guy Spielmann
(Ph.D. Vanderbilt University) is Associate Professor of French at Georgetown
University and Associate Director of the French School, Middlebury College.
He has done research, lectured and published extensively on second language
acquisition and performing arts in Early Modern Europe. He has also done pioneering
work in the scholarly and pedagogical use of information technology. Visit
La Page de Guy at www.georgetown.edu/spielmann. |