Dr. Jorge Aguilar-Sánchez
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Contact Information
| E-mail: | jaguilar-sanchez@uwlax.edu |
| Office: | 329 B GMH |
| Telephone: | 608-785-8312 |
Education
| PhD | Indiana University (2009) |
|---|---|
| Major: Hispanic Linguistics | |
| Major: TESOL and Applied Linguistics | |
| MA | Indiana University (2006): Hispanic Linguistics |
| MA | Indiana University (2004): TESOL and Applied Linguistics |
| BA | Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica (1995): English Education |
Specialties
- Sociolinguistics
- Second Language Acquisition
- Research Methodology (Sample Size Planning)
- Syntax and Pronunciation
Teaching and Research Interests
- Languages in Contact
- Second Language Acquisition
- Bilingualism
- Second Language Acquisition
- Linguistics
- Teaching Methodologies
- Sample Size Planning
- Language Attitudes
- Pronuncation
- Syntax
Recent Classes
- Graduate Classes
- CI 567 Method of Teaching Foreign Languages
- Undergraduate Classes
- SPA 330 Advanced Spanish Grammar and Syntax
- SPA 410 Advanced Conversation in Spanish
- SPA 460 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
- SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I
- SPA 102 Elementary Spanish II
- SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I
- SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish II
- Education
- CI467 Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages
- Current Classes
- SPA 330 Advanced Spanish Grammar and Syntax (fully online)
- Graduate Research Mentoring
- Student: Yu-Wen Wang
University: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Project: Effectiveness of three modes of instruction in the teaching of speaking in foreign languages - Undergraduate Research Mentoring
- Student: Luis Alfonso Aguilar Sánchez
University: Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Project: Proyecto Águilas del Saber (Eagles of Knowledge Project): Contextualized language learning and language resources application for the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse</li>
Current Research Projects
- Project: Emergent Technologies and Second Language Acquisition Facilitation
To be submitted for publication Fall 2013 - Project: Emergent Technologies and the Teaching of Spanish Grammar
Co-Researcher: Thomas Donar
To be submitted for publication Fall 3013 - Project: Águilas del Saber (Contextualized language learning resource application for the Department of Modern Languages at UW-L)
Institution: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
URL: http://aguilasdelsaber.uwlax.edu - Project: Etapas de la Adquisición del Español como Segunda Lengua por Personas Sordas en Costa Rica. (Acquisitional Stages of Spanish as a Second Lnaguage by Deaf People in Costa Rica).
Institution: Centro Nacional de Recursos para la Educación Inclusiva, CENAREC, Ministerio de Eduación Pública, Costa Rica (National Resource Center for Inclusive Education, Ministry of Education)
Co-Researcher: M.A. Ana Lucía Carranza
Recent Publications
- Aguilar-Sánchez, J. (2012). Formal Instruction and Language Contact in Language Variation: the Case of Ser and Estar + Adjective in the Spanishes of Limón, Costa Rica. In Geeslin, K., & M. Díaz-Campos (Eds.), Selected Proceedings of the 14th Hispanic Linguistic Symposium (9-25). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
- Aguilar-Sánchez, J., Cubillo, D., Duran, M., Josephy, D. (2009). Por una política educativa basada en la ciencia: el caso de ingles en Costa Rica. Proceedings of the 2 Congreso Internacional en Lingüística Aplicada (CILAP). Heredia: Universidad Nacional.
- Aguilar-Sánchez, J. (2007b). Spanish Second Language Acquisition and Its Impact on General SLA Theory. Proceedings of the 1st Congreso Internacional en Lingüística Aplicada (CILAP). Heredia: Universidad Nacional.
- Aguilar-Sánchez J. & McNulty, E. with Lee, J. F. & Benati, A. (2007). Chapter 4: Comparing three modes of delivering Processing Instruction on preterit/perfect distinction and negative informal commands in Spanish. In Lee, J. F. & Benati, A. (2007a). Delivering Processing Instruction in Classrooms and Virtual Contexts: Research and Practice (pp. 73-98). London: Equinox.
- Aguilar-Sánchez, J. (2007a). The use of Spanish Ser and Estar + adjectives: A sociolinguistic pilot study on the oral Spanish of Costa Rica. Proceedings of the 5th Hawaii International Conference on the Arts and Humanities. Hawaii: Hawaii International Conferences.
- Aguilar-Sánchez, J. (2005). English in Costa Rica. World Englishes, 24(2), 161-172.
Recent Papers Presented
| 2012 | Methodological Issues and the Replicability of Variation Studies. New Ways of Analyzing Variation 41 (NWAV 41), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. | |
| 2011 | Sample Size Planning in Sociolinguistic Research: How many subjects? How many tokens? Which Statistical Analysis? New Ways of Analyzing Variation 40 (NWAV 40), Georgetown University, Washington, DC. (Workshop) | |
| 2010 | Formal instruction and language contact in Language variation: The case of ser and estar + adjective in the Spanishes of Limón, Costa Rica: Hispanic Linguistics Symposium 2010. Indiana University, Bloomington (10/20). | |
| 2009 | How many speakers? How many tokens?: A methodological contribution to the study of variation. New Ways of Analyzing Variation 38 (NWAV 38), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. | |
| 2009 | (with Deyanira Cubillo, Mairene Durán and Daniel E. Josephy) Por una política educativa fundamentada en la ciencia: el caso de inglés en Costa Rica. [For a scientifically founded educational policy: the case of English in Costa Rica]. 2do Congreso Intercional en Linguistica Aplicada (CILAP) 2009, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica. |
Invited Workshops
| 2009 | (with Deyanira Cubillo, Daniel E. Josephy and James F. Lee) Processing Instruction and the teaching of Foreign Languages. Seminario “Caminos Diversos para la Educación del Mundo 2009 [Diverse Paths for World Education], Universidad Nacional, Nicoya, Costa Rica. (Joint effort with the University of Wisconsin-La Cross). Video Available Here |