Modern Languages Academic Department
Welcome to the Department of Modern Languages at Florida International University.
The Department of Modern Languages offers multiple opportunities for undergraduate and graduate study in language, culture, and literature. From language classes in Arabic, German, Hebrew, or Russian; to culture classes in Chinese, Haitian Creole, Italian, and Japanese; to degree programs including Bachelor of Arts in French, Portuguese, or Spanish, Master of Arts in Spanish and Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish; the Department of Modern Languages prepares students for a variety of educational and future career opportunities.
In addition to the full degrees, Certificates are available to both traditional and non-degree-seeking students in Translation Studies, Legal Translation and Court Interpreting, Portuguese Language and Brazilian Culture Studies and German Language and Culture. Students also have the option to obtain a Minor in French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, or Spanish.
Graduate and advanced undergraduate courses reflect the variety of the faculty's research interests from second language acquisition to historical linguistics; from the traditional, historically based divisions of literature and culture to the study of related fields and modalities of interpretation from stylistics and traditional philology to cultural studies, post-structuralism, new historicism, post-colonial studies, comparative literature, and theories of gender and sexuality. We encourage independent and innovative thinking and research at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
We invite you to explore further the departments site so that you may learn more about our programs, activities, and faculty. Should you have additional questions about studying in the Department of Modern languages, do not hesitate to contact us.
Overview
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Position
- Andre, Nicolas, Associate Teaching Professor
- Baralt, Melissa, Associate Professor
- Becel, Pascale, Associate Professor
- Cadely, Jean-Robert, Associate Professor
- Camayd-Freixas, Erik, Professor
- Fanta Castro, Andrea, Associate Professor
- Filgueras-Gomez, Marisa, Assistant Professor
- Garcia, Maria, Teaching Professor
- Garcia, Myriam, Teaching Professor
- Gavioli, Nicola, Associate Teaching Professor
- Gomez, Maria, Professor
- Guiribitey, Maria, Associate Teaching Professor
- Juan-Navarro, Santiago, Professor
- Komura, Naoko, Teaching Professor
- Krol, Maria, Associate Teaching Professor
- Ma, Li, Teaching Professor
- Machonis, Peter, Professor
- Mashav, Asuka, Teaching Professor
- Morcillo Gomez Sr, Jose Manuel, Assistant Teaching Professor
- Pearson, Magda, Teaching Professor
- Rosario, Medardo, Assistant Professor
- Silverman, Renee, Associate Professor
- Wang, Shenggao, Associate Teaching Professor
- Watson, Maida, Professor
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2022How family needs informed an early literacy family reading program in multilingual and multicultural Miami-Dade CountyFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/14687984221093242 Web of Science: 000792994800001
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2022Habla conmigo, daddy! Fathers' language input in North American bilingual Latinx familiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/infa.12450 Web of Science: 000744320100001
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2021Innovating Maternal and Child Health: Incentive Prizes to Improve Early Childhood DevelopmentFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10995-021-03219-y Web of Science: 000685384000002
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2021Transculturation and Lorca's Syncretic 'Son de negros en Cuba': A 'gota de madera'Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/14753820.2020.1859721 Web of Science: 000607907400001
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2020Bilingualism and the executive function advantage in preterm-born childrenFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100931 Web of Science: 000572356800009
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2020Hablame Bebe: A phone application intervention to support Hispanic children's early language environments and bilingualismFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0265659020903779 Web of Science: 000512847400001
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2020Infant-directed language following a brief behavioral parenting intervention: The importance of language qualityFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.101419 Web of Science: 000525804200023
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2019Repositioning modernity, modernism, and the avant-garde in Spain: A transatlantic debate at the Residencia de EstudiantesFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/08831157.2019.1677413 Web of Science: 000495917800001
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2019Resituar la modernidad, el modernismo y la vanguardia en Espana: Un debate transatlantico en la Residencia de EstudiantesFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/08831157.2019.1677416 Web of Science: 000495913100001
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2019Nation, Myth and History: the Spanish-Cuban-American War in the CinemaFull Text via DOI: 10.5944/rdh.37.2019.21485 Web of Science: 000475869700007
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2018"Another starting point": Gerardo Diego's Hybrid RomancesFull Text via DOI: 10.1353/hsf.2018.0008 Web of Science: 000444821100009
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2018PERFORMANCES AND REPORTS OF ANNIHILATIONFull Text via DOI: 10.5902/31051 Web of Science: 000443362800009
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2017Bioethical Issues in Contemporary Brazilian Culture Euthanasia and LiteratureFull Text via DOI: 10.3368/lbr.54.2.129 Web of Science: 000419704500028
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2017Marti in Film: From Hagiography to HumanizationFull Text via DOI: 10.18441/ibam.17.2017.66.153-172 Web of Science: 000417441300009
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2016The Sabina: The feminine-monstrous in the cinema of Jose Luis BorauFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/14682737.2015.1125105 Web of Science: 000371307900005
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2015Bilingualism as a Potential Strategy to Improve Executive Function in Preterm Infants: A ReviewFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2014.08.015 Web of Science: 000352484900004
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2015"In the vortex of the alienation": Nicolas Guillen Landrian and implosion of the cuban scientific- popular documentary of the 60sFull Text via DOI: 10.7560/SLAPC3302 Web of Science: 000354229400002
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2014Does the medium really matter in L2 development? The validity of CALL research designsFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2013.839569 Web of Science: 000341335900003
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2014In the editing room: "Jewish mother, 1964" by Moacyr ScliarFull Text via DOI: 10.1590/s2316-40182014000100006
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2014
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2014EXPLORING LEARNER PERCEPTION AND USE OF TASK-BASED INTERACTIONAL FEEDBACK IN FTF AND CMC MODESFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0272263113000363 Web of Science: 000332957600001
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2014
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2014The Effect of Target Language Use in Social Media on Intermediate-level Chinese Language Learners' Writing PerformanceFull Text via DOI: 10.11139/cj.31.1.78-102 Web of Science: 000217244100006
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2013THE IMPACT OF COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY ON FEEDBACK EFFICACY DURING ONLINE VERSUS FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIVE TASKSFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0272263113000429 Web of Science: 000326443100004
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2011USING WORDLES TO TEACH FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITINGWeb of Science: 000297810300003
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2011Comparing learners' state anxiety during task-based interaction in computer-mediated and face-to-face communicationFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0265532210388717 Web of Science: 000288337000005
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2011A little Hollywood proletarian: Anarchosyndicalist film during the Spanish Revolution (Barcelona, 1936-1937)Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/14753820.2011.583129 Web of Science: 000291272200003
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2009Interpreting after the largest ice raid in US history: A personal accountFull Text via DOI: 10.1057/lst.2008.54 Web of Science: 000435305100008
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2007From Bambi to Mambi: the "Cuban War" in spanish cinemaFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/20063566 Web of Science: 000249544300041
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2006"One sole faith in one sole language": Spanishness as an ideological alibi in reactionary Spanish thinkingFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/20063321 Web of Science: 000237408800046
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2006Theatre, genre and identity in Spanish cinema: 'Comicos' by Juan Antonio Bardem and 'Actrices' by Ventura PonsFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/20063271 Web of Science: 000236337500052
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2005The crazy mother country: Locura de amor by Juan de Orduna, as national allegoryFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/20063117 Web of Science: 000227635700050
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2002
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2002Le statut des voyelles nasales en Créole haïtienFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3841(01)00055-9
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2001Narration and nation in the work of Rogelio SinanFull Text via DOI: 10.5195/REVIBEROAMER.2001.5867 Web of Science: 000173330400005
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1997A closer look at the role of "woman, comedy and painting" in the dramatic works of Lope de Vega and Calderon de la BarcaFull Text via DOI: 10.1353/boc.1997.0037 Web of Science: 000074185800002
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1997Neutral verbs in English: A preliminary classificationFull Text via DOI: 10.1075/li.21.2.03mac
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1995'MOI, TITUBA SORCIERE NOIRE DE SALEM' AS A TALE OF PETITE-MARRONNE + CONDE,MARYSEFull Text via DOI: 10.1353/cal.1995.0085 Web of Science: A1995RU92600009
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1985TRANSFORMATIONS OF VERB-PHRASE IDIOMS - PASSIVIZATION, PARTICLE MOVEMENT, DATIVE SHIFTFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/454907 Web of Science: A1985AXM6900001
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2015A psycholinguistic approach to technology and language learningFull Text via DOI: 10.1515/9781614513674
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2013US immigration reform and its global impact: Lessons from the postville raidFull Text via DOI: 10.1057/9781137106780
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Book Chapter
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2022El enfoque por tareas en el aprendizaje del Español como lengua de herencia. 81-96.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9780429443657-9
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2021Where the Dickens Are Melville’s Phrasal Verbs?. 99-110.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-70629-6_9
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2018Chapter 10. Becoming a task-based teacher educator. 266-192.Full Text via DOI: 10.1075/tblt.12.11bar
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2018Becoming a task-based teacher educator A case study. 265-285.Full Text via DOI: 10.1075/tblt.12.11bar Web of Science: 000611818400012
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2018Becoming a task-based teacher educator: A case study. 265-285.Full Text via DOI: 10.1075/tblt.12.11bar
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2018Functional perspective of Chinese learners’ language use on social media. 171-189.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781351208673
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2017On Behalf of the "Here and Now" Introduction. 1-10.Web of Science: 000449209400002
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2016Introduction: Fernand Braudel and the Invention of a Modernist's Mediterranean. 1-26.Full Text via DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-58656-8_1 Web of Science: 000465586400001
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2015Where do we go from here?. 259-264.
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201510. Uptake, task complexity, and L2 development in SLA: An online perspective. 199-218.Full Text via DOI: 10.1515/9781614513674-013
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2015From epic to picaresque The colonial origins of the Latin American novel. 224-246.Web of Science: 000367793100012
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2015Working Memory Capacity, Cognitive Complexity and L2 Recasts in Online Language Teaching. 248-269.Web of Science: 000388588600016
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2014
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2014Task Complexity and Task Sequencing in Traditional Versus Online Language Classes. 95-122.Web of Science: 000377775900004
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2014Teachers' Application of the Cognition Hypothesis when Lesson Planning: A Case Study. 179-206.Web of Science: 000377775900007
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2013Court interpreter ethics and the role of professional organizations. 15-30.Full Text via DOI: 10.1075/btl.109.04cam
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2009Interpreting After the Largest ICE Raid in US History A Personal Account. 159-173.Web of Science: 000283931900010
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Book Review
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2022Dependency in the Twenty-First Century? The Political Economy of China-Latin America Relations. Ed. 36.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221081349a Web of Science: 000778115200008
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2021The linguist and languages. Ed. 94.Web of Science: 000656913000053
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2021A Marxist Critique of Latin American Colonial Studies. Ed. 98.Web of Science: 000753839600011
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2020A new history of Iberian feminisms. Ed. 21.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/14636204.2020.1841386 Web of Science: 000587555100001
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2020The Invention of Nithard. Ed. 93.Web of Science: 000519651700042
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2019Literary primitivism. Ed. 55.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/17449855.2019.1664808 Web of Science: 000495917700001
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2019Reflections on Task-Based Language Teaching. Ed. 73.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccz005 Web of Science: 000469510800019
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2019The Colombian imaginary: ego-writing, literary creation and historical memory in Carpentier, Posse and Roa Bastos. Ed. 85.Full Text via DOI: 10.5195/reviberoamer.2019.7750 Web of Science: 000459683100028
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2017French in diachrony: New objectives and methods. Ed. 91.Web of Science: 000412969400097
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2017The poetry of Antonio Machado: changing the landscape. Ed. 18.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/14636204.2017.1380273 Web of Science: 000417789800011
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2016Expletive and Referential Subject Pronouns in Medieval French.. Ed. 89.Web of Science: 000372391400114
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2016Crossroads Poetics. Ed. 53.Web of Science: 000385268000003
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2016Havana: Cultural Cartography. Ed. 34.Web of Science: 000378198200015
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2015Around the verbs: constructions and interpretations. Ed. 89.Web of Science: 000362697500048
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2015Change of Object Expression in the History of French: Verbs of Helping and Hindering. Ed. 88.Web of Science: 000350613300091
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2014Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China.. Ed. 28.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0920203X14553557f Web of Science: 000354957400011
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2014Reflexive Marking in the History of French.. Ed. 87.Web of Science: 000336237600019
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2012Latin American Cinemas: Local Views and Transnational Connections. Ed. 95.Web of Science: 000305262700016
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2012Developing Writing Skills in SpanishWeb of Science: 000303977100017
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2011Splendors of Latin Cinema. Ed. 94.Web of Science: 000288933900017
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2010Fascism, kitsch and traditional Spanish cinema (1939-1953).. Ed. 44.Web of Science: 000276326000018
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2002Edgar Neville. An eye for expression. Ed. 28.Web of Science: 000175179900023
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2001El 'Ojo del cielo perdido'. Ed. 84.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/3657869 Web of Science: 000173287000039
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2001El 'Amor, la inocencia y otros excesos'. Ed. 84.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/3657916 Web of Science: 000168397400031
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2000El 'furor y el delirio. Itinerario de un hijo de la Revolucion Cubana'. Ed. 83.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/346479 Web of Science: 000166156100036
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1998Institutions of modern Spain. A political and economic guide. Ed. 81.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/345775 Web of Science: 000077634700012
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1997Freudian slips: Woman, writing, the foreign tongue. Ed. 43.Web of Science: 000071130000032
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1995THE LITTLE WORD DE - STUDY ON THE HISTORICAL SEMANTICS - FRENCH - ENGLEBERT,A. Ed. 68.Web of Science: A1995QZ63000065
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1992WHAT IS LANGUAGE - FRENCH - LECLERC,J. Ed. 66.Web of Science: A1992JW80600064
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1988AN OPEN-LETTER ON SAVING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE - FRENCH - SAINTROBERT,PD. Ed. 61.Web of Science: A1988N134300044
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2016Bilingualism and Executive Inhibitory Control in 4-and 5-Year-Old Preterm Born Children: A Pilot Study. E9-E9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000283 Web of Science: 000377147100013
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2016Phrasal verb disambiguation grammars: Cutting out noise automatically. 169-181.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55002-2_15
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2008Disambiguating phrasal verbs. 200-212.Full Text via DOI: 10.1075/li.31.2.06mac Web of Science: 000219994700008
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1998Magical Realism as primitivism: An alternate verisimilitude. 414-423.Web of Science: 000074689700069
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2021TalkAbroad: A Relaxed Setting for Learning and More Fun than Cheating. 95-102.Web of Science: 000646753300015
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2017'People Don't Dive Into Each Other's World Impunitively': A Conversation with Eliane Brum. 160-179.Web of Science: 000451681300011
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2013Jose Marti, the eye of canary. 209-211.Web of Science: 000209215500035
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2013Long distance. 211-215.Web of Science: 000209215500036
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Review
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2020A systematic review of language-focused interventions for young children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. 157-178.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2019.06.001 Web of Science: 000504513600013
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2009Gerardo Diego's Heterocronismo and the avant-garde: Imagen and Manual de espumas. 339-367.Full Text via DOI: 10.1353/hir.0.0064
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Research
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- A Lyric Revival: the Avant-Garde, Popular, and Traditional in Spanish Poetry (1925-1936).
- BILINGUALISM AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN PRETERM HISPANIC INFANTS
- FIU Virtual Tabadul: Creating Language-Learning Community Through Virtual Reality
- Salary Assistance Grant for Japanese-Language courses
- The benefits of bilingualism for children born premature
- The benefits of bilingualism for children born premature