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Elaine Tarone

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Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations

Narrative

My research, teaching and community engagement activities focus on second/foreign language acquisition and teaching in post-secondary and adult basic education settings. I study the impact of alphabetic literacy on oral language processing in second-language acquisition, and the impact of social context on cognitive processes of second language learning. I work through CARLA on collaborative projects with colleagues in CEHD, CLA and OIP to improve the quality of foreign language learning and teaching in the U.S.


Specialties

  • second language acquisition
  • learner language analysis by language teachers
  • impact of alphabetic literacy on oral processing in second-language acquisition
  • applied linguistics
  • bilingualism

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. and M.A.: Speech Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1970, 1972.
  • Diploma: Applied Linguistics, Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1969.
  • Secondary Licensure (Lifetime): English, Spanish, University of California, Berkeley, 1967.
  • B.A.: English, Spanish, University of California, Berkeley, 1966.

Publications

  • Tarone, Elaine, Martha Bigelow and Kit Hansen (2009). Literacy and Second Language Oracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Tarone, Elaine and Bonnie Swierzbin (2009). Exploring Learner Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Bayley, Robert and Tarone, Elaine (in press). Variationist perspectives. In S. Gass and A. Mackey (eds.), Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. New York: Routledge
  • A sociolinguistic perspective on interaction in SLA: Tarone, Elaine E, Routledge, Ed. A. Mackey & C. Polio, Multiple Perspectives on Interaction, 41-56, 2009. Download
  • Alphabetic print literacy and processing of oral corrective feedback in L2 interaction: Tarone, Elaine E, Martha Bigelow, Oxford University Press, A. Mackey (Ed.), Conversational interaction in second language acquisition: A series of empirical studies, 101-121, 2007. Download
  • Tarone, Elaine E, Rau, D.V., Chang, H.A. & Tarone, E. (2009). Think or sink: Chinese learners' acquisition of the English voiceless interdental fricative. Language Learning, 59, 581-621.
  • Equipping teachers to be language explorers: Tarone, Elaine E, CARLA, Bridging Contexts, Making Connections: The proceedings of the fifth international language teacher education conference, 7-22, 2009. Download
  • History and impact of Title VI on language learning in the U.S., in D. Wiley and R. Glew (eds), Knowledge for the Nation's Global Future: Fifty Years of Title VI and Fulbright Hays Programs for Language and International Expertise in the United States. Lansing,MI: Michigan State University Press.
  • Literacy and the processing of oral recasts in SLA: Tarone, Elaine E, Martha Bigelow, Bob DelMas, Kit Hansen, Elaine Tarone, TESOL, TESOL Quarterly, 40 1-25, 2006. Download
  • Sociolinguistic approaches to second language acquisition research, 1997-2007: Tarone, Elaine E, Modern Language Journal, 91 837-848, 2007. Download
  • Still wrestling with 'context' in interlanguage theory: Tarone, Elaine E, Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 20 182-198, 2000. Download
  • Is it fun? Language play in a fifth grade immersion classroom: Tarone, Elaine E, Maggie Broner, Modern Language Journal, 85, 363-379, 2001. Download
  • Situational context, variation and SLA theory: Tarone, Elaine E, Elaine Tarone, Guo-qiang Liu, Oxford University Press, Principle and Practice in Applied Linguistics: Studies in Honour of H.G. Widdowson, 107-124, 1995. Download
  • Focus on the Language Learner. Tarone, Elaine E, Elaine Tarone, George Yule, Oxford University Press, Co-Author, 1989.
  • Variation in Interlanguage. Tarone, Elaine E, Elaine Tarone, Edward Arnold, Author, 1988.
  • Tarone, Elaine E Interlanguage as chameleon. Language Learning, 29, 181-191. Download
  • Tarone, Elaine E (1983). On the variability of interlanguage systems. Applied Linguistics, 4, 142-163. Download
  • Tarone, Elaine E (1985). Variability in interlanguage use: A study of style-shifting in morphology and syntax. Language Learning, 35, 373-403. Download
  • Tarone, Elaine E, Parrish, Betsy (1988). Task-related variation in interlanguage: The case of articles. Language Learning, 38, 21-44. Download

Professional Activities

  • Director, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota: 1996 - present
  • President and Vice President, American Association for Applied Linguistics: Organized and co-chaired the first independent national conference of AAAL , 1990 - 1992
  • Co-Editor, Applied Linguistics: (with Bernard Spolsky & Alan Davies) , 1984 - 1989
  • Chair, Research Committee: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) , 1979 - 1981

Outreach Activities

  • CARLA Summer Institute for Foreign Language Teachers: "Basics of Second Language Acquisition for Teachers", 2003 - ongoing

Awards

  • TESOL Heinle Distinguished Research Award, 2007
  • Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, University of Minnesota, 2000
  • College of Liberal Arts Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 1982

Courses Taught

  • TESL 5805 - Introduction to Second Language Acquisition for Teachers
  • TESL 8751: English for Specific Purposes
  • TESL 5610: Research Methods in Language Acquisition
  • TESL 5401, 5402: Language Analysis for Teachers of English as a Second Language
  • TESL 5722 - Practicum in Teaching ESL
  • TESL 3001 - Basics of Teaching ESL
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