Maria Luisa Spicer-Escalante
Linguistics, Spanish
Emeritus Professor
Biography
USU Fulbright scholar in Mexico and Brazil; L2 teacher preparation; visiting professor for English teaching preparation in México, China, Brazil, and the U.S; Co-Director, Master of L2 Teaching Program; professor of Linguistics and Spanish in Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English, and Michigan State.
Ph.D., Spanish Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Second language acquisition; bilingualism and bilingual education; teacher preparation; Spanish heritage speakers; dual language education
Teaching Modern Languages Methods; Foundations of Dual Language Immersion; Student Teaching Seminar; Teaching Clinical Experience, Student Teaching in Secondary Schools, Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics; Spanish for the Professional World, Teaching English in the Global Context.