Sociolinguistics of Foreign Language Classrooms Contributions of the Native, the Near-Native, and the Non-Native Speaker

Julie Auger is Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Departments of French & Italian and Linguistics at Indiana University where she teaches courses in sociolinguistics and French linguistics Julie Belz, Assistant Professor of applied linguistics and German at The University of California at Berkeley, specializes in discourse analysis, learner identity, and (telecollaborative) foreign language learning and teaching Carl S. Blyth is Associate Professor of French Linguistics in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Texas at Austin Evelyn Canabal-Torres is Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland-College Park where she coordinates the Heritage language program and teaches courses in Spanish Language and Latin American literatures and cultures Monika Chavez is Associate Professor of German at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she supervises second-year German courses. She teaches language, linguistics, and pedagogy courses Anke Finger is Assistant Professor of German and the Director of the German Language program in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Connecticut. She teaches German literature and language, sociolinguistics and cultural theory, and methods in foreign language teaching Thomas J. Garza is Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Director of the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He teaches courses in Russian language, applied linguistics, and contemporary Russian (post -- Soviet) culture Stacey Katz is Assistant Professor of French and Language Program Director in the Department of Languages and Literature at the University of Utah. She supervises the teaching assistants in French, and she teaches methodology and French language and linguistics courses Betsy Kerr is Associate Professor of French in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where she teaches courses in French language and linguistics Dale A. Koike is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Texas at Austin. She works primarily in the areas of second language acquisition, discourse analysis and pragmatics, applied linguistics, with a special interest in language testing, and sociolinguistics, in both the Spanish and Portuguese languages Manel Lacorte is Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland-College Park, where he coordinates the Spanish Language Program and teaches courses in Spanish linguistics, applied linguistics, and language teacher education Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro is Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of the General Education Program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Iowa where she directs the elementary and intermediate Spanish program and teaches courses in teaching methods, second language acquisition, and Spanish language H. Jay Siskin is Director of the Language Learning Center at Cabrillo College. His research interests include methodology, pedagogical culture, and classroom applications of technology Robert W. Train is Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Sonoma State University where he is also Director of the Language and Culture Learning Lab. His research interests include ideologies of language and language teaching, critical language awareness, Romance sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, heritage languages, bilingualism and multilingualism, bilingual literatures, and instructional technologies Albert Valdman is Rudy Professor of French & Italian and Linguistics at Indiana University-Bloomington. He is Director of Instruction for the basic French language program, chair of the Committee for Research and Development in Language Instruction, and Director of the Creole Institute. He is also founder and editor in chief of Studies in Second Language Acquisition. He teachers courses in French linguistics and, in the department of Linguistics, courses in pidgin and creole linguistics, lexicology, language contact and bilingualism, and Haitian CreoleBlyth, Carl S. is the author of 'Sociolinguistics of Foreign Language Classrooms Contributions of the Native, the Near-Native, and the Non-Native Speaker' with ISBN 9780838405116 and ISBN 0838405118.