Major Conferences

2018 “Students learning strategies for listening comprehension” Paper presented at the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference, New Orleans.

2018 A longitudinal study on language learning vocabulary in L2 Spanish. Paper presented at HEAd’ 2018. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia. June 21, 2018. http://www.headconf.org/program/

2018 Design-based research in translation. Paper presented at AAAL, Chicago, March 27.

2018 “Listening tasks: A longitudinal study on language learning vocabulary in L2 Spanish” Paper presented at the Modern Language Association, New York, January 5, 2018. (Invited Panel from the AAUSC session)

2017 “Technology in a translation course for engaging learners.” Paper presented at the Modern
Language Association, Philadelphia, January 6, 2017. (Invited Panel)

2017 “Student engagement for language learning in a translation course”. Paper presented at the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference, Nashville, 2017.

2016 “L2 Collaborative E-writing” 2nd International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd ‘ 16, June 2016, Valencia, Spain.

2015 “Task-based language learning and teaching” Task Design and CALL. XVIIth International CALL Research Conference Tarragona, Spain,6-8 July 2015. (Accepted, not presented)

2015 Comprehending spoken input under varied forms of listening support. Paper presented at Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Annual Conference, Colorado, May 2015.

2015 La evaluación de comprensión auditiva en pruebas en línea mediante el uso de video. Proposal sent to present a paper at the AESLA international conference, Madrid, Spain, April 2015. (Accepted, not presented)

2014 Adapting to the medium of delivery and collaboration features in a CMS: An analysis of learners’ perceptions in online writing assignments. Paper presented at European Association for Computer-Assisted Language (EUROCALL) Annual Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, August, 2014.

2014 Writing Spanish in the Digital Age: Facilitating Communication and Collaboration. Paper presented at CALICO Annual Conference, May 9th at Ohio University.

2013 Students’ perceptions about medium and collaboration in peer writing assignments. Paper presented at the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. Orlando, November, 2013.

2013 Daily Content and Assessment: A Virtuous Circle of Cultural Competency.” Paper presented at the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference. Orlando, November, 2013.

2013 “Español 200: bridging medium, collaboration, and communities of practice.” Paper presented at the MLA Division on Applied Linguistics entitled “Learning Outcomes in Online Second Language Environments” in Boston, January 3, 2013.

2013 “Adapting to the medium of delivery and collaboration features in a CMS: An analysis of learners’ perceptions in online writing assignments” accepted for the EUROCALL conference at the University of Évora, Portugal (not presented).

2010 “Using a multimedia program to develop language and culture skills.” American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference, Boston, USA, November 20, 2010.

2009 “A faculty mentoring experience in Second Life.” American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference, San Diego, USA, November 20, 2009.

2009 “The development of materials for hybrid Spanish courses,” with Dr. Julio Rodriguez (ISU). Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Annual Conference, University of Arizona, March14, 2009.

2009 “Faculty mentoring experience: Learning together in Second Life.” Society for Information & Teacher Education Annual Conference, Charleston, USA, March 4, 2009.

2008 “The construct validity of a Web-based listening comprehension test.” Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Annual Conference, University of San Francisco, USA, March 20, 2008.

2006 “CALL evaluation: Effectiveness of a Hybrid Course.” European Association for Computer- Assisted Language (EUROCALL) Annual Conference, Granada, Spain, September 6, 2006.

2006 “Assessing Oral Proficiency for L2 Spanish: Hybrid vs. Traditional Classrooms.” Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Annual Conference, University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center, USA, May 16, 2006.

2006 “College students’ responses to an Online Survey of a Hybrid Spanish Language Course.” The third UC Language Consortium Conference on Second Language Acquisition, Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives, UC Los Angeles, USA, April 22, 2006.

2006 With Robert Blake and Maria Cetto. “Assessment of L2 Spanish Students in Hybrid and Virtual Courses,” with Dr. Robert Blake and Dr. Maria Cetto (UC Davis). The third UC Language Consortium Conference on Second Language Acquisition Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives, UC Los Angeles, USA, April 22, 2006.

2004 “Spanish without Walls.” 20th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin –Madison, USA, August 2004.

2004 “Evaluating Online Language Learning: The Case of Spanish without Walls,” with Dr. Robert Blake (UC Davis). National Foreign Language Resources Center Symposium, University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA, July 28, 2004.

2004 “Assessing listening comprehension through a web- based Spanish placement test.” University of California Language Consortium’s Biennial Conference, UC Santa Cruz, USA, March 27, 2004.

Invited presentations at Major conferences

2017 “Technology in translation and interpreting courses for engaging learners” Paper presented at the Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, January 6, 2017.

Refereed Posters at Major Conferences

2010 “A Design-based Research approach to the development of reading materials” poster presented with Dr. Julio Rodriguez (ISU) at the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conference, Boston, USA, November 20, 2010.

2008 “Listening Comprehension in Web-based Testing: Validity issues.” Poster presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Washington DC, USA, March 28, 2008.