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Curriculum Vitae

Richard Frederick Young

Professor in English Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

University of Wisconsin-Madison English Department 600 North Park Street Madison, WI 53706

Web: www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung Email: [email protected] Phone: +1 608-263-2679 Fax: +1 608-263-3709

Educational Qualifications

Academic

University of Pennsylvania (1983–89): Ph.D. 1989, Educational Linguistics. Dissertation: “Variation in interlanguage morphology: (s) Plural-marking in the speech of Chinese learners of English.”

University of Reading (1976–77): M.A. 1977, Applied Linguistics. Thesis: “English foreigner talk.”

New College, Oxford University (1967–70): B.A. 1973, Philosophy, Politics and Economics; M.A. 1975

Professional

Royal Society of Arts, London: Certificate in the Teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language, 1976

International Phonetics Association, London: Certificate of Proficiency in the Phonetics of English, 1975 – First Class

Academic Positions

2012–13 Visiting Professor, National Institute of Education, Singapore 2008 Distinguished Visiting Professor, International Islamic University of Malaysia 2006 Visiting Professor, Institut für Anglistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen,

Germany 2002 Guest Professor, Summer Institute in Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State

University 1999– Professor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison


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1995–99 Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1995–99 Director, Program in English as a Second Language, Department of English,

University of Wisconsin-Madison 1996, 97, 98

Visiting Professor, Anglistisches Institut, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany

1993–95 Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1990–93 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Southern Illinois University at

Carbondale 1986–90 Director, English Language Programs, University of Pennsylvania 1989–90 Lecturer in Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania 1983–88 Instructor in Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania 1986 Research Assistant, Language Analysis Project, Linguistics Department,

University of Pennsylvania 1986 Research Assistant, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania 1985 Lecturer in English, English Department, University of Pennsylvania 1984–85 Research Assistant, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania 1979–83 Materials and Methodology Officer, British Council, Hong Kong 1977–79 Research and Development Assistant, Regent School of English, London 1977 Course Leader, Program for Students from the People’s Republic of China, Centre

for Applied Language Studies, University of Reading 1976 Tutor, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Reading 1971–76 Lettore di lingua inglese, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università degli Studi di

Torino, Italy 1973–76 Head of English Department, Centro Linguistico Internazionale, Turin, Italy 1971–73 Instructor in English, The English Center, Turin, Italy

Awards and Honors

College of Letters and Science Faculty Fellowship (2009-2014) President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (2005-2006) Chair, AILA 2005: “The future is now: The 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, July

24-29, 2005 = L’avenir, c’est maintenant : le 14e Congrès mondial de linguistique appliquée, du 24 au 29 juillet 2005” (1998–2005)

U.S. Representative to AILA (l’Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée) (1997–2001)

Listed in TESOL Speakers Directory (1997)


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Albert Markwardt scholarship to attend the 19th annual TESOL convention, Houston, TX (1985) Distinction in the practical test, Royal Society of Arts Certificate in Teaching English as a

Foreign Language (1976) Open scholarship in Natural Sciences, New College, Oxford (1967–70)

Publications

Books and Editions

R. F. Young. (2009). Discursive practice in language learning and teaching. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Volume 6 in the Language Learning Monograph Series (xii, 267 pages). ISBN: 978-1-405-18444-1.

R. F. Young. (2008). Language and interaction: An advanced resource book. London & New York: Routledge. (xix, 330 pages). ISBN: 978-0-415-38552-7 (hardcover), 978-0-415-38553-4 (paperback).

T. McNamara & C. Roever. (2006). Language testing: The social dimension. Volume 5 in the Language Learning Monograph Series edited by Richard Young. Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell (xv, 292 pages). ISBN: 978-1-4051-5543-4. Winner of the triennial award by SAGE publishers in conjunction with the International Language Testing Association for the best book on language testing published between 2005 and 2008.

P. Seedhouse. (2004). The interactional architecture of the language classroom: A conversation analysis perspective. Volume 4 in the Language Learning Monograph Series edited by Richard Young. Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell. (xiv, 300 pages). ISBN: 978-1-4051-2009-8. Winner of the Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize from the Modern Language Association for the outstanding scholarly book of the year in the fields of language, culture, literacy or literature with strong application to the teaching of languages other than English. Shortlisted for the British Association for Applied Linguistics Prize for an outstanding book in the field of Applied Linguistics.

G. Kasper & K. R. Rose. (2002). Pragmatic development in a second language. Volume 3 in the Language Learning Monograph Series edited by Richard Young. Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell. (x, 351 pages). ISBN: 978-0-631-23430-2.

K. Bardovi-Harlig. (2000). Tense and aspect in second language acquisition: Form, meaning, and use. Volume 2 in the Language Learning Monograph Series edited by Richard Young. Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell. (xvi, 492 pages). ISBN: 978-0-631-22149-4.

R. Young & A. W. He (Eds.). (1998). Talking and testing: Discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. (x, 395 pages). ISBN: 978-90-272-4120-7.

J. Schumann. (1997). The neurobiology of affect in language. Volume 1 in the Language Learning Monograph Series edited by R. Young. Malden, MA and Oxford, UK:


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Blackwell. (xx, 341 pages). ISBN: 978-0-631-21010-8. R. Young. (1991). Variation in interlanguage morphology. New York: Peter Lang. (xvi, 279

pages). ISBN 978-0-8204-1381-5. —— (Ed.). (1989). The training of international teaching assistants. Special issue of English for

Specific Purposes, 8(2). ISSN: 0889-4906.

Articles in Refereed Journals and Refereed Chapters in Books

1. Young, R. F. (2012). Qualitative research. In P. Robinson (Ed.), The Routledge encyclopedia of second language acquisition (pp. 536-539). Abingdon, UK & New York: Routledge.

2. Young, R. F. (2012). Social dimensions of language testing. In G. Fulcher & F. Davidson (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of language testing (pp. 178-193). Abingdon, UK & New York: Routledge.

3. Young, R. F. (2011). Interactional competence in language learning, teaching, and testing. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning (Vol. 2, pp. 426-443). London & New York: Routledge.

4. P. Garrett & R. F. Young. (2009). “Theorizing affect in foreign language learning: An analysis of one learner’s responses to a communicative-based Portuguese course.” The Modern Language Journal, 93(2), 209–226.

5. R. F. Young. (2008). “English and identity in Asia.” Asiatic, 2(2), 1–13.

6. R. F. Young. (2008). “Second language acquisition as changing participation.” In G. Bernini, L. Spreafico & A. Valentini (Eds.), Competenze lessicali e discorsive nell’acquisizione di lingue seconde: Atti del convegno Bergamo, 8–10 giugno 2006 (pp. 407–435). Perugia: Guerra Edizioni. ISBN: 978-88-557-0101-3.

7. R. F. Young. (2007). “Language learning and teaching as discursive practice.” In Language learning and teaching as social inter-action, edited by Z. Hua, P. Seedhouse, L. Wei, & V. Cook (pp. 251-271). Basingstoke, UK & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

8. R. Young. (2006). “Series editor’s foreword.” In Language testing: The social dimension by T. McNamara & C. Roever (pp. xi–xiv). Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

9. R. F. Young & E. R. Miller. (2004). “Learning as changing participation: Discourse roles in ESL writing conferences.” The Modern Language Journal, 88(4), 519–535.


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10. R. F. Young & J. Lee. (2004). “Identifying units in interaction: Reactive tokens in Korean and English conversations.” Journal of Sociolinguistics, 8(3), 380–407.

11. R. Young. (2004). “Series editor’s foreword.” In The interactional architecture of the language classroom: A Conversation Analysis perspective by P. Seedhouse (pp. x–xiv). Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

12. R. Young. (2002). “Series editor’s foreword.” In Pragmatic Development in a Second Language by G. Kasper & K. R. Rose (pp. viii–x). Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

13. R. F. Young & H. T. Nguyen. (2002). “Modes of meaning in high school science.” Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 348–372.

14. R. F. Young. (2002). “Discourse approaches to oral language assessment.” Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 22, 243–262.

15. R. Young. (2000). “Series editor’s foreword.” In Tense and aspect in second language acquisition: Form, meaning, and use by Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig (pp. xi–xiii). Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

16. R. Young. (2000). “Sociolingüística de la adquisición de segundas lenguas.” In D. R. Preston & R. Young, Adquisición de segundas lenguas: Variación y contexto social (pp. 17–38). Madrid, Spain: Arco Libros. (Translation of “Sociolinguistic approaches to SLA”)

17. R. Young. (1999). “Professional associations.” In The concise encyclopedia of educational linguistics, edited by Bernard Spolsky (pp. 732–734). Oxford: Elsevier Science.

18. —— & B. Yandell. (1999). “Top-down versus bottom-up analyses of interlanguage data: A reply to Saito.” Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 21(3),477–488.

19. R. Young. (1999). “Sociolinguistic approaches to SLA.” Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 19, 105–132.

20. A. W. He & R. Young. (1998). “Language proficiency interviews: A discourse approach.” In Talking and testing: Discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency, edited by R. Young & A. W. He (pp. 1–24). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.


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21. R. Young & G. B. Halleck. (1998). “‘Let them eat cake!’ Or how to avoid losing your head in cross-cultural conversations.” In Talking and testing: Discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency, edited by R. Young & A. W. He (pp. 355–382). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

22. R. Young. (1997). “Series editor’s foreword.” In The neurobiology of affect in language by John H. Schumann (pp. ix–xi). Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

23. ——. (1996). “Form–function relations in articles in English interlanguage.” In Second language acquisition and linguistic variation, edited by R. Bayley & D. Preston (pp. 135–175). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

24. —— & R. Bayley. (1996). “VARBRUL analysis for second language acquisition research.” In Second language acquisition and linguistic variation, edited by R. Bayley & D. Preston (pp. 253–306). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

25. R. Young, M. D. Shermis, K. Perkins, & S. R. Brutten. (1996). “From conventional to computer-adaptive testing of ESL reading comprehension.” System, 24(1), 23–40.

26. R. Young. (1995). “Discontinuous interlanguage development and its implications for oral proficiency rating scales.” Applied Language Learning, 6, 13–26.

27. ——. (1995). “Funding large scale research.” TESOL Research Interest Section Newsletter, 3 (1), 1–2.

28. —— & K. Perkins. (1995). “Cognition and conation in second language acquisition theory.” IRAL: The International Review of Linguistics in Language Teaching, 33, 142–164.

29. R. Young. (1995). “Conversational styles in language proficiency interviews.” Language Learning, 45, 3–42.

30. S. Narita & R. Young. (1994). “Apologies in English by Japanese learners.” JALT Journal, 16, 75–81.

31. T. Pica, R. Young, & C. Doughty. (1994). “The impact of interaction on comprehension.” In Beyond the monitor model: Comments on current theory and practice in second language acquisition, edited by R. M. Barasch & C. V. James (pp. 97–119). Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle. (Republication of 1987 article.)

32. R. Young & M. D. Shermis. (1993). “Computer-adaptive testing in HyperCard.”


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Computer-Assisted English Language Learning Journal, 4(3), 20–25.

33. R. Young. (1993). “Functional constraints on variation in interlanguage morphology.” Applied Linguistics, 14, 76–97.

34. —— & M. Milanovic. (1992). “Discourse variation in oral proficiency interviews.” Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 14, 403–424.

35. ——. (1990). “Curriculum renewal in training programs for international teaching assistants.” Journal of Intensive English Studies, 4, 59–77.

36. ——. (1989). “Introduction” [to the special issue on the training of international teaching assistants]. English for Specific Purposes, 8(2), 101–107.

37. ——. (1989). “Ends and means: Methods for the analysis of interlanguage variation.” In Variation in second language acquisition. Volume II: Psycholinguistic issues, edited by S. Gass, C. Madden, D. Preston, & L. Selinker (pp. 65–90). Clevedon and Philadelphia: Multilingual Matters.

38. ——. (1988). “Variation and the interlanguage hypothesis.” Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 10(3), 281–302.

39. ——. (1988). “Input and interaction.” Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 9, 122–134.

40. ——. (1988). “Computer-assisted language learning conversations: Negotiating an outcome.” CALICO Journal, 5(3), 65–83.

41. ——. (1988). “TESOL in the USA.” Focus on English, 4(1), 15–28.

42. ——. (1987). “The cultural context of TESOL: A review of research into Chinese classrooms.” RELC Journal, 18(2), 15–30.

43. T. Pica, R. Young, & C. Doughty. (1987). “The impact of interaction on comprehension.” TESOL Quarterly, 21,737–758.

44. R. Young & C. Doughty. (1987). “Negotiation in context: A review of research.” In J. P. Lantolf & A. Labarca (Eds.), Research in second language learning: Focus on the classroom (pp. 212–223). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

45. R. Young & S. Lee. (1987). “EFL curriculum innovation and teachers’ attitudes.” In


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Language education in Hong Kong, edited by R. Lord and H. N. L. Cheng (pp. 83–97). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. (Republication of 1983 article.)

46. T. Pica, C. Doughty, & R. Young. (1986). “Making input comprehensible: Do interactional modifications help?” ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 72, 1–25.

47. R. Young & S. Lee. (1985). “EFL curriculum innovation and teachers’ attitudes.” In On TESOL ’84: A brave new world for TESOL, edited by P. Larson, E. Judd, & D. Messerschmitt (pp. 183–194). Washington, DC: TESOL.

48. R. Young. (1985). “Computers for the rest of us.” Secondary School English Teachers Association Newsletter, 2 (1), 4–9.

49. ——. (1984). “Negotiation of outcome and negotiation of meaning in ESL classroom interaction.” TESOL Quarterly, 18(2), 525–526.

50. ——. (1983). “The negotiation of meaning in children’s foreign language acquisition.” ELT Journal, 37(3), 197–206.

51. ——. “One foreigner’s experience in learning Chinese in China.” China Daily, August 10, 1982.

52. ——. (1982). “Testing oral English in primary schools.” Transform, 5, 3–7.

53. ——. (1981). “Syllabuses and self-directed learning in schools.” The English Bulletin, 7 (4), 52–59.

54. ——. (1981). “Focus on the learner: A new perspective for teachers of English.” In Education Interflow Week (Proceedings of a conference held in Hong Kong, April 18–22), pp. 17–23.

55. ——. (1980). “Modular course design.” In Projects in materials design (pp. 222–231). Special issue of ELT Documents. London: The British Council.

56. ——. (1980). Ngan Wai-chu’s escape: An exercise in predictive reading. Modern English Teacher, 7(3), 4-7.

57. ——. (1979). “Developing communicative tests.” The English Bulletin, 7(2).


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Book Reviews

Review of the book Race, culture, and identities in second language education: Exploring critically engaged practice edited by Ryuko Kubota and Angel M. Y. Lin. Teachers College Record. Retrieved from http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=15957 (2010)

“The secret talk of foreign language learners.” Review of the book Second language acquisition processes in the classroom: Learning Japanese by A. S. Ohta. Contemporary psychology: The APA review of books, 48(1), 105–108. (2003). With J. Mori.

Review of the book Second language acquisition: An introductory course by S. M. Gass & L. Selinker. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 17, 92–93. (1995)

Review of the book Communication strategies: A psychological analysis of second-language use by E. Bialystok. Language, 68, 860. (1992)

Review of the book On dialect: Social and geographical perspectives by P. Trudgill. Language in Society, 15, 141–142. (1986)

Review of the book Universals of second language acquisition, F. R. Eckman, L. H. Bell, & D. Nelson (Eds.). Language in Society, 14, 558–562. (1985)

Review of the book The Language of Discussion: Role-play exercises for advanced students by Frank Heyworth. The ARELS Journal, 3, 32. (1979)

Review of The M.A. in Applied Linguistics, Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading, 1976–77. The ARELS Journal, 2, 179. (1979)

Review of the book English Sign Language by M. R. Pierce. The ARELS Journal, 2, 189.

Instructional Textbooks

M. Benson, E. Benson, R. Ilson, & R. Young. (1991). Using the BBI: A workbook with exercises for the BBI combinatory dictionary of English. Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 978-90-272-2068-4.

R. Young, E. Lainé, L. Bradnack, & P. Gibbons. (1983–5). Link up: The British Council English course for primary schools (A 25-volume series of student’s books, teacher’s manuals, and workbooks at six levels). London: Evans.

R. King, V. Cheung, Y-S. Cheung, & R. Young. (1981). Testing English language proficiency. Materials for a course for teachers of English sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China held at Yantai Normal College, Yantai, Shandong Province, China, August 3–22.

R. Young. (1979). Holiday English (Student’s book and teacher’s manual, level 6). London: Mary Glasgow.


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Multimedia

R. Young. (2003). Faculty perspectives on streaming. In Teaching & Learning with Streaming [http://streaming.wisconsin.edu/teaching.html]. UW-Madison: Department of Academic Technology Solutions, Division of Information Technology.

R. Young. (2002). Interviews on content area literacy. In A. Teemant & S. Pinnegar (Eds.), The second language acquisition case: A video ethnography of second language learners [CD-ROM]. Provo, UT: Harris Video Cases.

R. Young. (2001). R. F. Young interview. In A. Teemant & S. Pinnegar (Eds.), Understanding language acquisition video segments [Videotape recording]. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University/Public School Partnership.

R. Young & S. Magnan. (1997). Multimedia teacher training [Computer program]. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of English.

C. Ford, S. Magnan, R. Young, & J. Zuengler. (1995). Learning face to face: Office hours with international teaching assistants [Video]. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin-Madison Instructional Media Development Center.

R. Young, T. Thibeault, C. Eddy, & R. Edwards. (1991). Travels through the Soviet Union [Computer program]. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Department of Linguistics.

R. Young. (1988). Van Pelt Library adventure [Computer program]. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania English Language Programs.

——(Producer) & R. Fox (Director). (1981). Pair work and group work [Video]. Hong Kong: The British Council.

——(Producer) & R. Fox (Director). (1981). Story telling [Video]. Hong Kong: The British Council.

Working Papers

R. Young. (2003). Learning to talk the talk and walk the walk: Interactional competence in academic spoken English. North Eastern Illinois University Working Papers in Linguistic, 2, 26-44.

—— (Ed.). (1993). Southern Illinois Working Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2. —— (Ed.). (1992). Southern Illinois Working Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1. ——. (1992). “A systems approach to curriculum innovation in intensive English programs.”

Southern Illinois Working Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1, 75–94. ——. (1987). “Language planning and language policy in ethnic minority areas in China.” Penn

Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 3(1), 81–111. ——. (1986). “The acquisition of a verbal repertoire in a second language.” Penn Working

Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2(1), 85–119.


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T. Pica, C. Doughty, & R. Young. (1986). “Making input comprehensible: Do interactional modifications help?” Penn Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2(1), 121–146.

—— & S. Lee. (1983). “ESL curriculum innovation and teachers’ attitudes.” Working Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 7, 1–17. (Available from The Language Centre, University of Hong Kong.)

Documents available through the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), on behalf of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education

R. Young. (2000). “Interactional competence: Challenges for validity”. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 444 361)

——. (1992). “Expert-novice differences in oral foreign language proficiency”. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 347 840)

—— & M. Milanovic. (1992). “Discourse variation in oral proficiency interviews.” (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 345 511)

——. (1990). “A systems approach to curriculum innovation in intensive English programs.” (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 317 068)

——. (1990). “Curriculum renewal in training programs for international teaching assistants.” (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 317 067)

——. (1990). “Functional interpretations of variation in interlanguage morphology.” (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 317 066)

——. (1987). “EFL Curriculum Innovation and Teachers’ Attitudes.” (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 274 179)

Grant Proposals and Reports

R. F. Young. (2004). 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Grant proposal submitted to the National Institutes of Health.

R. F. Young. (2003). Symposium on language and aging at the World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Grant proposal submitted to the Helen Bader Foundation.

R. F. Young & H. t. Nguyen. (2002). Modes of meaning in high school science. (CELA Research Report 15001). Albany, NY: The National Center on English Learning and Achievement. Retrieved from http://www.albany.edu/cela/reports/youngmodes15001.pdf.

R. Young. (2000). Discursive Practices: Communication in Face-to-Face Interaction. Proposal for an IAS/Mellon Fellowship at the National Foreign Language Center for 2000–2001.

R. Young, S. S. Magnan, & G. Morahg. (2000). Listening and viewing modules for enhancing students’ comprehension of language and culture. Grant proposal submitted in response to the Chancellor’s initiative on teaching and learning with technology.


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C. Ford, J. Zuengler, & R. Young. (1995). Socialization into subject matter discourse: A longitudinal study of diverse learners. Proposal submitted to Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

R. Young. (1991). Discourse variation in First Certificate in English oral interviews. Report to the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.

J. Fought, C. Doughty, D. Boatman, & R. Young. (1986). Automated methods in foreign language training and instruction: Final report (Contract No. DA–908–85–C–2085). Washington, DC: Department of Defense.

Work Currently under Way

How do we know what we know about classroom interaction? Chapter commissioned by Wiley-Blackwell for The Handbook of Classroom Interaction edited by N. Markee. 8,000 words due November 15, 2013.

Review of the book Gestures in Language Development edited by M. Gullberg & K. de Bot, 1,000 words submitted to The Modern Language Journal. Co-authored with Kimi Nakatsukasa.

Practice Theory in Language Learning 7,848 words submitted to Language Learning. Co-authored with Alice Astarita.

The Cambridge Guide to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Book under contract with Cambridge University Press. 150,000-word MS due April 30, 2013.

Gestures reveal thinking-for-speaking patterns in high and intermediate proficiency English language learners Article co-authored with Suyeon Kim & Mitchell Nathan

Grants Awarded

2012 Qualitative and quantitative research methods in applied linguistics: Competitive or complementary? $3,986 awarded by the UW Graduate School Research Committee

2009-2010

Fellowship awarded by the UW-Madison Graduate School. $5,000.

2005 Interdisciplinary interest circle on Interaction in the Second Language Classroom. $2,500 awarded by the UW-Madison Language Institute

Multilingualism and Language Planning in Postcolonial Africa: What Prospects for the Indigenous Languages? $3,000 awarded by Multilingual Matters for a plenary at the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics

General support for the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. $5,000 awarded


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by the Center for International Business Education and Research

General support for the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. $500 awarded by the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia

Can schools be agents for indigenous language revitalization? Policy and practice on four continents. $10,000 Language Learning Roundtable Conference Grant awarded by the Board of Directors of Language Learning

General support for the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. $2,000 awarded by Multilingual Matters

Provision of sign-language interpretation at the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. $5,600 awarded by the National Institutes of Health

2004 UW Graduate School Research Committee award to attend the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics in Portland, OR, May 1-4

General support for the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. $29,993 awarded by the National Science Foundation

Testing English as an International Language. $12,000 awarded by Educational Testing Service for a featured symposium at the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics

2003 UW web grant to develop streaming video assignments for English 336 English in Society

UW Graduate School Research Committee award for work on “Discursive practice: Communication in face-to-face interaction”

2002 UW Graduate School Research Committee award to attend the 13th World Congress of Applied Linguistics in Singapore, December 16-21.

2001 Four-month fellowship at the National Foreign Language Center in Washington DC to work on a book MS entitled Discursive Practices: Communication in Face-to-Face Interaction. Due to injury I was unable to take up this residential fellowship.

1996 Socialization into subject matter discourse: A longitudinal study of diverse learners. $1.7 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI Award #R305A60005). Jane Zuengler & Cecilia Ford—Principal Investigators; Richard Young—Co-Principal Investigator.

1995 Videodisc training materials for ESL and foreign language instructors. $29,647 awarded by University of Wisconsin-Madison Instructional Technology Grant Program (with S. S. Magnan). Culture and conversational style in language proficiency interviews. Two months summer salary support awarded by the UW Graduate School Research Committee.


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1994 “Language Learning” distinguished scholar-in-residence program. $2,161 awarded by the Board of Directors of “Language Learning” (with C. Ford & J. Zuengler).

Video materials to promote successful communication across cultures. $4,927 awarded by the Kemper K. Knapp Bequest supplemented by $2,000 from Chancellor David Ward (with C. Ford, S. S. Magnan, & J. Zuengler).

1991 Pilot study in the investigation of interlanguage variation in the First Certificate of English oral interview. $4,000 awarded by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.

Social networks and second language acquisition. Summer Research Fellowship awarded by the Southern Illinois University Office of Research Development and Administration.

An assessment of the communicative efficiency of interlanguage. Special Research Grant of $9,000 awarded by the SIU Office of Research Development and Administration.

1989 Fulbright pre-academic orientation program. Awarded by the Institute for International Education (USIA subcontract).

English language pedagogy and American culture for Japanese teachers of English. Awarded by the Council for International Educational Exchange (Japanese Ministry of Education subcontract).

1988,9 American civilization, linguistics, and language pedagogy: A summer program for specialists in English as a foreign language from Czechoslovakia. Awarded by the American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language Study and USIA.

Conversational English and American culture: A summer abroad program for undergraduates of Konan University, Japan. Awarded by International Language Services.

1988 Symposium on the training of international teaching assistants. $24,000 awarded by the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning.

American studies institute: A program for West German specialists in English. Awarded by the Council for International Educational Exchange.

1987,9 TESOL methods and American English: A summer program for specialists in English as a foreign language from Hungary. Awarded by the American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language Study and The Soros Foundation.

Business and society in America: A summer program in the culture of American Business and English language skills for Japanese business executives. Awarded by the Council for International Educational Exchange.

Conversational English and American culture: A program for undergraduates from


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Nagoya University. Awarded by the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration, Japan.

1987 TESOL methods and American English: A summer program for specialists in English as a foreign language from the Soviet Union. Awarded by the American Council of Teachers of Russian and USIA.

Keynote and Plenary Presentations

2010 The practice of multimedia in English learning and teaching. Internet keynote address at the 14th International Conference on Multimedia Language Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan, December 18.

SLA: What’s language got to do with it? Invited plenary address to the Second Language Acquisition Graduate Student Symposium co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa, Madison, WI, April 17.

Discursive practice in language learning and teaching. Plenary address to the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, GA, March 7.

2009 Interactional competence in language teaching and learning. Plenary address to the Korean Association of Foreign Language Educators, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, September 12.

2008 English and identity in Asia. Plenary address at ‘English in Asia’: The 1st International Conference on Language and Linguistics, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, November 24-27.

Member of the plenary panel discussion of ‘Second Language Acquisition Reconceptualized? The Impact of Firth and Wagner (1997)’, Focus issue of The Modern Language Journal, vol. 91. Second Language Acquisition Graduate Student Symposium, Madison, April 11-12.

2006 L’apprendimento linguistico come sviluppo dell’interazione. Plenary address at a conference on ‘Competenze lessicali e discorsive nell’acquisizione di lingue seconde,’ Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy, June 8-10.

2005 La competenza interazionale: processi di socializzazione nella lingua accademica. Keynote address to the graduating Master ITALS class, Dipartimeno di Scienze del Linguaggio, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Italy, December 17.

2001 The entextualization of talk. Invited paper presented at a joint plenary symposium on “Defining and Assessing Speaking Ability” held at the joint annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics and the Language Testing Research Colloquium, St Louis, Missouri, February 24.

2000 Interactional competence: Challenges for validity. Invited paper presented at a joint plenary symposium on “Interdisciplinary interfaces with language testing” held at


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the joint annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics and the Language Testing Research Colloquium, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 11.

Theories of speaking and their implications for assessment. Keynote address in the seminar on “Test talk: Dialogic aspects of language proficiency interviews” organized by the Department of Linguistics, University of Florence, Italy, January 21.

1983 The negotiation of meaning in children’s foreign language acquisition. Keynote address at the annual convention of the Japan Association of Language Teachers, Tokyo, September.

Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures

2012 An introduction to the methods of Conversation Analysis (with Younhee Kim). Presentation to the English Language and Literature academic group, National Institute of Education, Singapore, October 3

Practice theory in language learning. Presentation to the Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, August 3.

Interactional competence in language learning and teaching. Invited presentation to the School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, August 2

Practice theory in language learning. Invited presentation at the Currents in Language Learning Roundtable, University of Michigan, April 1 & 2.

2010 The development of gesture and speech in adult bilinguals (with Suyeon Kim). Paper presented in the panel “Function and Form in Bilingual Gesture” at the 4th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies July 25 – 30, 2010 – European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Germany.

The development of gesture and speech in adult bilinguals (with Suyeon Kim). Paper presented at the Second Language Acquisition Graduate Student Symposium co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa, Madison, WI, April 16.

2009 What functions do gestures serve for L2 speakers? (with Suyeon Kim). Paper presented at the Second Language Acquisition Research Forum, Michigan State University, October 31.

Affect in language learning: A case study. Invited presentation to the Korean Association of Foreign Language Educators, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, September 12.


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Interactional competence in language teaching and learning. Invited presentation to the School of English Language Education, Andong National University, Andong, Korea, September 10.

Language teaching and learning as discursive practice. Invited presentation to the Language Resource Center at Cornell University, February 12.

2008 Affect in language learning. Invited presentation to the Department of English Language and Literature at the International Islamic University, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, December 18.

2007 Gesture and private speech in second language acquisition (with J. Lee). Paper presented at a colloquium on “Gesture and the Acquisition of a Second Language” held at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Costa Mesa, California, April 21-24.

2006 A contrastive study of the roles of reactive tokens in Korean and American conversations. Paper presented in the Interdisciplinary Linguistics Colloquium, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, June 30.

Self-discoveries about the language learning process: An analysis of one learner’s affective responses to a communicative-based Portuguese course (with P. Garrett). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Montréal, Québec, June 17-20.

2005 Private speech as dialogue with the self. Invited lecture, Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, December 15.

Talk in context. Invited lecture, Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, December 14.

Multivariate analysis. Invited lecture at a workshop on ‘Metodologie di ricerca sull’acquisizione della seconda lingua: la dimensione sociale dell’interazione,’ Dipartimento di Germanistica e Slavistica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy, December 12.

Conversation analysis. Invited lecture at a workshop on ‘Metodologie di ricerca sull’acquisizione della seconda lingua: la dimensione sociale dell’interazione,’ Dipartimento di Germanistica e Slavistica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy, December 12.

2004 Co-constructing context (with H. T. Nguyen). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR, May 1-4.

Deconstructing the individual in language learning and testing. Invited colloquium chaired at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR, May 1-4.


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Dyadic interaction and Adult ESOL learner resources. Discussant in a colloquium at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR, May 1-4.

Interactional competence in spoken English. Invited presentation to the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in Education, Program, Temple University, Philadelphia, March 20.

2003 Interactional competence. Invited presentation to the Research Forum on Conversation Analysis and Sociocultural Theory at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, October 16–18.

Classroom talks: A conversation analysis perspective. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA, March 22–25.

A cross-cultural study of Korean and American floor management (with J. Lee). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA, March 22–25.

2002 Acquiring the rules of a new practice: Negotiating discourse roles in the ESL writing conference (with E. Miller). Paper presented at the 13th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Singapore, December 16–21.

Interactional competence. Invited presentation to the faculty and students of the Department of Linguistics, North Eastern Illinois University, November 4.

Co-constructing context (with H. T. Nguyen). Paper presented at the 25th annual Second Language Research Forum, Toronto, Canada, October 3-6.

The meanings of meaning: A response to Goddard. Invited response to “Cultural scripts and semantic primes: New tools for language teaching and language learning” by C. Goddard presented at the Global Forum on Meaning, Culture and Drama at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, February 9-10.

2000 Making sense and making meaning in educational assessment: A Systemic-functional perspective on high school science tests (with H. Nguyen). Paper presented at a colloquium on “Language, media, and science education [SFL perspectives on science and education]” held at the annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 11–14.

Form-function relations in interlanguage: Acquiring the English article system. Invited paper presented to the Program in Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, February 17.

Talkin’ the talk and walkin’ the walk: Interactional competence in academic spoken English. Invited paper presented to the English Language Institute, University of


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Michigan, Ann Arbor, February 16.

New directions in testing speaking. Invited paper presented at the Language Center, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, January 27.

Theories of speaking and their implications for assessment. Invited paper presented at the Language Center, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy, January 25.

1999 New directions in testing speaking. Paper presented at the annual Wisconsin Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages conference, Madison, November 5–6.

Testing speaking. Paper presented at the 19th annual Second Language Research Forum, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, September 23–26.

Recent research on oral interaction. Invited presentation to the Advisory Committee for the Test of Spoken English, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, September 18.

Variation across speech and writing in the high school classroom. Paper presented at the 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Tokyo, August 1–6, 1999.

Modes of understanding in the high school science classroom (with H. Nguyen). Paper presented at the AAAL annual conference, Stamford, CT, March 6–9.

Sociolinguistics and second language acquisition: A review of the literature. Lecture in the Applied Linguistics Colloquium Series, Department of English, UW-Madison, February 12.

1998 Talking and testing: Discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency. Invited lecture to the Dutch National Institute for Educational Measurement, Arnhem, The Netherlands, June 17.

Language proficiency interviews: A discourse approach. Paper contributed to a colloquium on Talking and testing: Discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency held at the AAAL annual conference, Seattle, WA, March 14–17.

Talking and testing: Discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency. Colloquium chaired at the AAAL annual conference, Seattle, WA, March 14–17.

1997 Interactional competence. Invited lecture in the Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education Program lecture series, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 8.

Multimedia teacher training. Invited seminar in Applied English Linguistics, Division of English as an International Language, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 8.

VARBRUL analysis in second language acquisition research. Invited workshop to the


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Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota, November 1.

Form-function relations in articles in English interlanguage. Invited lecture to the University of Minnesota Linguistics Club, October 31.

Multimedia teacher training (with H. Bishop). Multimedia demonstration presented at the Midwest TESOL conference, Milwaukee, WI, October 23–25.

Multimedia teacher training. Invited software demonstration to faculty and students in the School of Education, California State University, San Bernadino, October 16.

Learning to talk the talk and walk the walk: The acquisition of interactional competence in different subject specializations. Invited lecture as part of the Intellectual Life lecture series of California State University, San Bernadino, October 16.

Form-function relations in articles in English interlanguage. Invited paper contributed to the Colloquium on Psycholinguistics, Department of Linguistics, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, June 3.

Discourse socialization in native-nonnative conversations. Paper presented at the 7th annual conference of the European Second Language Association, Barcelona, Spain, May 22–24.

Investigating interactional competence. Invited workshop, Department of French and Italian, University of Iowa, April 5.

Talking and testing: Discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency. Invited lecture, Department of French and Italian, University of Iowa, April 4.

Multimedia teacher training (with H. Bishop). Multimedia demonstration presented at the 31st annual TESOL convention, Orlando, FL, March 11–15.

SLA as discourse socialization. Invited paper contributed to a colloquium on “Incorporating sociolinguistic perspectives into SLA theory” held at the AAAL annual conference, Orlando, FL, March 8–11.

1996 An architectural model of proficiency in a second language. Invited paper contributed to a colloquium on “Integrating cognitive and linguistic approaches to SLA: The automatization and restructuring of form-function mappings and interactional discourse” held at the Second Language Research Forum, University of Arizona, Tucson, October 24–27.

Learning to talk the talk: Discourse socialization in university office hours. Invited paper contributed to a colloquium on “Talking across disciplines and cultures” held


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at the 11th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Jyväskylä, Finland, August 4–9.

“Let them eat cake!” or How to avoid losing your head in cross-cultural conversations. Invited lecture, Department of English, University of Cologne, Germany, June 28.

Acquisition of the English article system: A VARBRUL analysis. Paper presented at the 6th annual conference of the European Second Language Association, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 31–June 2.

Assessing interactional competence. Invited paper contributed to a colloquium on “Spoken language evaluation in international teaching assistant programs” held at the 30th annual TESOL convention, Chicago, March 26–30.

Expertise and problem-solving styles in ITA office hours (with D. Brooks, C. Ford, S. S. Magnan, & J. Zuengler). Paper presented at the 30th annual TESOL convention, Chicago, March 26–30.

Invited consultant in a Research Fair, held at the 30th annual TESOL convention, Chicago, March 26–30.

Form-function relations in articles in English interlanguage. Invited paper contributed to a colloquium on “Linguistic variation and second language acquisition” held at the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Chicago, March 23–26.

“Let them eat cake!” or How to avoid losing your head in cross-cultural conversations. Invited paper in a parasession on “Pragmatics in the language classroom” held at the 10th Annual Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 21–23.

1995 VARBRUL analysis for second language research (with R. Bayley). Invited workshop presented at the 5th annual conference of the European Second Language Association, September 7–11, Dublin, Ireland.

Culture and conversational style in language proficiency interviews. Paper presented at the 5th annual conference of the European Second Language Association, September 7–11, Dublin, Ireland.

Talking and testing: Discourse analysis of language proficiency interviews. Colloquium co-chair at the American Association for Applied Linguistics annual conference, March 25–28, Long Beach, CA.

Form and function in language learning: Sociolinguistic perspectives. Colloquium


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chaired at the 29th annual TESOL convention, Long Beach, CA, March 28–April 1.

Invited consultant in a Research Fair, 29th annual TESOL convention, Long Beach, CA, March 28–April 1.

1994 Getting published. Invited presentation to English 327, “Academic Writing Skills,” UW-Madison, November 18.

Topical organization in face-to-face spoken interaction. Invited presentation to English 711, “Research on English as a Second Language,” UW-Madison, November 17.

The communicative approach to teaching English as a foreign language. Invited presentation to Japanese teachers of English, UW-Madison, October 14.

The linguistics of ‘parole’: Interlanguage variation and second language acquisition theory and VARBRUL Workshop. Invited presentations to the Department of Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, September 20.

How to do research in applied linguistics. Invited lecture to the Linguistics Research Institute, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, July 7.

Assessing oral English. Invited lecture to the Department of English, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, July 5.

Organizer of a colloquium on Discourse issues in oral proficiency assessment. American Association for Applied Linguistics annual conference, March 5–8, Baltimore, MD.

Novice and expert interactional styles in language proficiency interviews. Paper contributed to a colloquium on “Discourse issues in oral proficiency assessment,” American Association for Applied Linguistics annual conference, March 5–8, Baltimore, MD.

“Days of our lives “—How soap opera teaches lessons in the ethnography of communication. Invited paper presented at a Pre-convention Institute on “Teaching/investigating culture: L1 to L2, classroom to community,” 28th annual TESOL convention, Baltimore, MD, March 8–12.

Invited consultant in a Research Fair, 28th annual TESOL convention, Baltimore, MD, March 8–12.

VARBRUL analysis in second language acquisition research. Invited workshop in the Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota, February l8 & 19.

1993 The research process. Invited presentation to English 711, “Research on English as a


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Second Language,” UW-Madison, November 30.

The communicative approach to teaching English as a foreign language. Invited presentation to Japanese teachers of English, UW-Madison, October 14.

The cultural context of composition instruction. Invited presentation to composition TAs, Department of English, UW-Madison, September 17.

Getting published. Two invited presentation to English 327, “Academic Writing Skills,” UW-Madison, August 18 and December 3.

Quantitative methods for modeling interlanguage variation (with R. Bayley). Workshop presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, GA, April 16–19.

Designing computer-adaptive tests: A practical solution. Paper presented at the 27th annual TESOL convention, Atlanta, GA, April 13–17.

Oral proficiency interviews: What do they measure? Paper presented at the Linguistics Luncheon, Department of Linguistics, Southern Illinois University, February 5.

Proficiency-related differences in the interactional style of ESL learners. Invited presentation to the Department of English, UW-Madison, January 25.

Designing a computer, adaptive test of reading comprehension. Invited presentation to the Department of English, UW-Madison, January 25.

1992 Chinese students in the American ESL classroom. Invited presentation to the faculty of the Center for English as a Second Language, Southern Illinois University, September 2.

Education of Hispanic students: Effective instructional practices. Invited workshop presented to the staff of Su Casa Migrant Head Start Center, Cobden, IL, May 27.

Language in context: Serving the needs of bilingual students. Invited workshop presented to teachers at Cobden Unit School, Cobden, IL; May 2.

Quantitative methods for the analysis of interlanguage variation (with R. Bayley). Workshop presented at the 12th Second Language Research Forum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, April 2–5.

A cognitive/conative model of second language acquisition (with K. Perkins). Paper presented at the Linguistics Luncheon, Department of Linguistics, Southern Illinois University, March 6.

Second language acquisition and language testing: Building bridges (with K. Perkins).


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Paper presented at the 26th annual TESOL convention, Vancouver, BC, March 3–7.

Expert-novice differences in NS-NNS interactional style. Paper contributed to a colloquium on “Non-native interactional discourse: Issues in theory and methodology,” held at the 14th annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Seattle, WA, February 28–March 2.

Discourse variation in oral proficiency interviews (with M. Milanovic). Paper presented at the 14th annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, February 27–March 1.

1991 Implications of new models of educational assessment for theories of second language acquisition (with K. Perkins). Paper presented at the conference on Theory Construction and Methodology in Second Language Acquisition Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, October 3–5.

Teaching and testing oral English. Invited presentation to Hungarian and Czechoslovakian specialists in English as a foreign language, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 9.

Learning and teaching Russian with computers. Invited presentation to the American Council of Teachers of Russian/Ford Foundation Summer Institute for Teachers of Russian, Bryn Mawr College, PA, July 8.

Interlanguage variation and the assessment of oral proficiency (with M. Milanovic). Paper presented at the 25th Annual TESOL Convention, New York, March 24–28.

Task variation in oral proficiency interviews. Paper presented at the Linguistics Luncheon, Department of Linguistics, Southern Illinois University, March 6.

Interlanguage variation in oral proficiency interviews. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, University of Southern California, February 28–March 3.

Invited discussant for K. Levinson’s paper, “Cooperation and dominance in second language learner interactions.” Speech Accommodation Theory sub-section, Second Language Research Forum, University of Southern California, February 28–March 3.

1990 Computers in foreign language teaching. Invited presentation to the American Council of Teachers of Russian/Ford Foundation Summer Institute for Teachers of Russian, Bryn Mawr College, PA, June 25–July 20.

A systems approach to curriculum innovation in intensive English programs. Paper contributed to a colloquium on Curriculum Renewal in Intensive English Programs,


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24th annual TESOL convention, San Francisco, March 6–10.

Functional interpretations of variation in interlanguage morphology. Paper presented at the 1990 Second Language Research Forum, “Variability and Second Language Acquisition,” University of Oregon, Eugene, March 1–4.

1989 Curriculum renewal in training programs for international teaching assistants. Invited presentation to the annual meeting of the Consortium of University and College Intensive English Programs, Minneapolis, MN, June.

Content-based instruction in university intensive English programs. Invited paper contributed to colloquium on “TESOL and content teaching” at PennTESOL-East spring conference, Philadelphia, April.

Issues in research on sociolinguistic variation (with M. Eisenstein). Invited discussion session at the 23rd annual TESOL convention, San Antonio, TX, March 7–11.

1988 Curriculum renewal in an ITA training program. Invited presentation to the National University Continuing Education Association seminar on Strategic Planning for English as a Second Language Programs, Baltimore, MD, December.

Teacher-to-teacher: Design and evaluation of inservice training programs for teachers from abroad. Paper presented at the PennTESOL-East fall conference, Philadelphia, October.

Variation in second language acquisition. Invited presentation to the Eighth Annual International Conference on Russian: “Problems in Advanced Language Acquisition,” Bryn Mawr College, PA, June 9.

Using GAGS in computer-assisted language learning (with L. Holliday). Paper presented at the 22nd annual TESOL convention, Chicago, March 8–13.

1987 Ends and means: Methods for the analysis of interlanguage variation. Paper presented at the 11th Michigan Conference in Applied Linguistics, “Variation in Second Language Acquisition,” Ann Arbor, MI, October.

Adventures in computer-assisted language learning (with L. Holliday). Paper presented at the PennTESOL-East fall conference, Philadelphia, October.

Variation and the interlanguage hypothesis. Invited presentation to the Second Language Acquisition Circle, New York, May.

Variation in spoken ESL: A multivariate analysis. Paper presented at the 21st annual TESOL convention, Miami Beach, FL, April.

1986 Computer-assisted language learning conversations. Paper presented at the annual Computer Assisted Language Learning and Instruction Consortium (CALICO)


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symposium, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, May.

The cultural context of English teaching. Invited presentation to the annual conference of AFS International, Whitehaven, PA, April.

The impact of interaction on input comprehension (with T. Pica & C. Doughty). Paper presented at the annual TESOL convention, Anaheim, CA, March.

1985 Training teachers in computer-assisted language learning: New lamps for old? Paper presented at the Institute of Language in Education International Seminar on Language Teacher Education, “Future Directions,” Hong Kong, December.

CALL conversations: Negotiating an outcome. Paper presented at the PennTESOL-East fall conference, Philadelphia, November.

Making input comprehensible: Do interactional modifications help? (with T. Pica & C. Doughty). Paper presented at the TESOL Summer Meeting, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, July.

The ghost in the machine: Approaches to an ethnography of speaking with a computer. Invited presentation to the Department of Applied Linguistics, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, March.

1984 Negotiation in context (with C. Doughty). Paper presented at the 6th University of Delaware Symposium on Second Language Acquisition in the Classroom Context, Newark, DE, October.

EFL curriculum innovations and teachers’ attitudes (with S. Lee). Paper presented at the annual TESOL convention, Houston, TX, March.

Negotiation of meaning and negotiation of outcome in the reading classroom. Paper presented at the 10th World Congress on Reading, Hong Kong, July–August.

TESOL and the ethnography of speaking: A bicultural perspective. Paper presented at The Applied Linguistics Seminar on Language Teaching in the Chinese Context, Chinese University of Hong Kong, August.

1983 Can students be trusted to learn? Task-based approached to syllabus design. Paper presented at the RELC Regional Seminar on New Trends in Language Syllabus Design, Singapore, April.

Syllabuses and self-directed learning. Workshop presented at the RELC Regional Seminar on New Trends in Language Syllabus Design, Singapore, April.

1982 Communicative tests of listening comprehension. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Language Testing, Hong Kong, December.

Communication games. Invited presentation to the Municipal Education Bureau of


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Guangzhou, China, November.

Designing items for communicative tests. Paper presented at the annual TESOL convention, Honolulu, HI, March.

Specifying the content of a communicative test. Invited presentation to a seminar for English Schools Foundation principals, Hong Kong, March.

1981 Anxiety, memory, and participation in learning English as a foreign language. Invited presentation to the annual meeting of the Professional Teachers Union, Hong Kong, April.

1980 English for specific purposes—The present position. Invited presentation to a Hong Kong Education Department Seminar on English for Specific Purposes, Hong Kong, June.

1979 Teaching English through projects. Invited presentation to the annual meeting of the Professional Teachers Union, Hong Kong, October.

Developing communicative tests—The work of the RSA Working Party. Invited presentation at a workshop on Testing Communicative Competence, Hong Kong, July.

Modular course design. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language and the Modem Languages Association of Poland, Poznań, Poland, April.

Teaching

Courses Taught

Advanced Studies in Second Language Acquisition (English 715 at UW-Madison). Syllabus on line at http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/eng-715.spring2006.syllabus.html.

Computer-assisted Language Learning (Linguistics 580 at Southern Illinois University and Education 475 at University of Pennsylvania)

Contrastive Analysis (English 332 at UW-Madison) Contrastive Rhetoric (Hauptseminar at Heinrich-Heine University). Syllabus on line at

http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/contrastive_rhetoric.summer1997.syllabus.html. Curriculum and Materials Development for TESOL (Education 425 at University of

Pennsylvania) English in Society (English 336 at UW-Madison). Syllabus on line at

http://www.english.wisc.edu/rfyoung/eng-336.spring2011.syllabus.html. Intensive ESL Grammar (English 110 at UW-Madison). Syllabus on line at

http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/eng-110.summer2001.syllabus.html.


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Interactional Competence (Linguistics 596-B at Penn State). Syllabus on line at http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/ling-596.summer2002.syllabus.html.

Introduction to Second Language Acquisition (Proseminar at Heinrich-Heine University) Introduction to TESOL methods (English 334 at UW-Madison and Linguistics 453 & 570 at

Southern Illinois University). Syllabus on line at http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/eng-334.spring2001.syllabus.html.

Languages in Contact (Vorlesung at Heinrich-Heine University). Syllabus online at http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/languages_in_contact.summer1998.syllabus.html.

Practicum in TESOL Methods (Linguistics 581 at Southern Illinois University) Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (English 711 at UW-Madison). Syllabus on line at

http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/eng-711.spring2011.syllabus.html. Second Language Acquisition (English 333 at UW-Madison; Proseminar at Heinrich-Heine

University; Linguistics 540 at Southern Illinois University). Syllabus on line at http://www.english.wisc.edu/rfyoung/eng-333.fall2011.syllabus.html.

Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation (Hauptseminar at Heinrich-Heine University)

Seminar in Cross-cultural Pragmatics (English 905 at UW-Madison and Hauptseminar at Heinrich-Heine University). Syllabus on line at http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/crosscultural_pragmatics.summer1998.syllabus.html.

Seminar on Discursive Practices (English 905 at UW-Madison). Seminar on Interactional Competence (English 905 at UW-Madison). Syllabus on line at

http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/eng-905.fall2004.syllabus.html. Studies in Interlanguage (English 332 at UW-Madison) The Structure of English (English 324 at UW-Madison). Syllabus on line at

http://www.english.wisc.edu/rfyoung/eng-324.fall2011.syllabus.html Topics in Applied Linguistics (English 713 at UW-Madison). Syllabus on line at

http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/eng-713.fall2008.syllabus.html. Topics in Pragmatics (MAE 824 & GLT 414 at the National Institute of Education, Singapore).

Syllabus on line at http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/mae824.fall2012.pdf. World Englishes (Proseminar at Heinrich-Heine University). Syllabus on line at

http://www.wisc.edu/english/rfyoung/world_englishes.summer1997.syllabus.html.

Doctoral Dissertation Committees

B. Bird. “Freefalling” into literature: Advanced students of Italian. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2012–

K. Nakatsuka. Efficacy of Gestures and Corrective Feedback on the Acquisition of L2 Grammar. Ph.D. program in Second Language Studies at Michigan State University. 2012–


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A. C. Astarita. The foreign language learning experience of first-generation college and/or self-identified working class college students. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2010– (Chair).

E. C. Tremmel. International graduate student disciplinarity: Positioning across contexts. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2010– (Chair).

Y. Liu. Power and resistance in the context of an online Chinese course for high school students. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2010– (Chair).

B. Samarth. Attrition and maintenance of Hindi-Urdu in the US. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2010– (Chair).

R. Showstack. Discursive practices in Spanish-speaker identity in the heritage language classroom. Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin. 2010–.

J. L. Arcenaux. Language play in beginning college French. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2008–2011. Jacques is now Lecturer in the Foreign Languages Department at City College of San Francisco.

P. Garrett-Rucks. Influences on U.S. French language learners’ impressions of French culture in on-line discussion among peers. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2008–2010. Paula is now Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern & Classical Languages at Georgia State University.

S-Y. Kim. Gesture in a second language: Resources for communication and cognitive mediation. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2007–2010 (Co-chair). Suyeon is now Assistant Professor and Director of the English Education Center at Anyang University, Korea.

A. Hasegawa. Learner construction of task-in-process: A conversation analytic study of semiscripted pair work interaction. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2007–2010. Atsushi is now Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies at New York University.

M. P. Back. “We did the wrong dance”: Ecuadorian musicians negotiating language and identity in a transnational context. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2006–2009 (Chair). Michele is now Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of California, Riverside.

S-Y. Cho. A sense of writing: Literacy among bicultural Koreans in the United States. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2004–2008 (Co-chair). Sookyung is now Coordinator of College English Programs at Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea.

J. Lee. Talking to the self: A study of the private speech of adult bilinguals. Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2004–2006 (Chair). Jina is now Assistant Professor in the Department of English Education, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea.


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M. Callies. Information highlighting and the use of focusing devices in advanced German learner English: A study of the syntax-pragmatics interface in second language acquisition. Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. 2002–2006 (Co-chair). A revised version of the dissertation has been published as Information Highlighting in Advanced Learner English by Benjamins. Marcus is now Juniorprofessor in the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies, English Speaking Cultures, at the University of Bremen, Germany.

S-Y. Kim. Null arguments and topics in the acquisition of English by Korean speakers. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 2004–2006 (Co-chair). So-Young is now assistant professor at the Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California.

H. Bishop. The effects of noticing on the inferencing and learning of unknown multiword lexical units during L2 reading. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 2001–2004 (Chair). Hugh is now Assistant Professor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

N. Simargool. Historical development of the English middle construction. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 2003–2005. Nirada is now Assistant Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

E. R. Miller. The discursive construction of subject positioning, power, and language ideologies among adult immigrant learners of English. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 2003–2006. Liz is now Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

C. H. Higgins. Swahili-English bilingual conversation: A vehicle for the study of language ideology. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 2001–2003. A revised version of the dissertation has been published as English as a Local Language: Post-colonial Identities and Multilingual Practices by Multilingual Matters. She also co-edited with Bonny Norton Language and HIV/AIDS. Christina is now Associate Professor in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

H. T. Nguyen. The development of communication skills in the practice of patient consultation among pharmacy students. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 2001–2003 (Co-chair). A revised version of the dissertation has been published as Developing Interactional Competence: A Conversation Analytic Study of Patient Consultations in Pharmacy by Palgrave Macmillan. Hanh is now Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Hawai‘i Pacific University, Honolulu.

Z. Pilus. Second language speech: Production and perception of voicing contrast in word-final consonants by Malay speakers of English. Dept. of Linguistics, UW-Madison, 1999–2002. Zahariah is now Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at International Islamic University Malaysia.

H-K. Ryoo. Discourse analysis of service encounters between Korean immigrant shopkeepers and African American customers. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 2001–2002. Kyung is now Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Daegu University, Kyungsan, Korea.

J. Hellermann. Prosody as a contextualization cue in initiation-response-feedback exchanges. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 2000–2002. John is now Assistant Professor in the


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Department of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University. His two books are: Social Actions for Classroom Language Learning. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. 2008, and L2 Interactional Competence and Development. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. 2011 (co-edited with Joan Kelly Hall and Simona Pekarek Doehler).

W. Crawford. Syntactic movement and access to Universal Grammar: Evidence from adult Chinese second language learners. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 1998–2002 (Chair). Bill is now Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics/TESL and Director of the Intensive English Program at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.

E. Jacewicz. Phonological context in the acquisition of second language vowels. Dept. of German, UW-Madison, 1997–1999. Ewa is now Research Scientist in the Speech Perception and Acoustics Laboratories at The Ohio State University.

H. Tajika. Markedness and the foreground-background distinction in second language past narrative. Dept. of English as a Second Language, University of Minnesota, 1997–1999

C. Bongartz. Noun combination in interlanguage. Dept. of English, UW-Madison, 1996–1998. Christiane won the 1998 ACTFL-MLJ Emma Marie Birkmaier Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Foreign Language Education. She is now University Professor of English Linguistics and Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Cologne, Germany.

Master’s Theses and Research Reports Directed

J. L. Oliver. 1995. Academic ESL programs and the preparation of international students for oral participation in their content courses: Are the students being adequately prepared for the cultural norms and expectations of behavior in U.S. university classrooms? M.A. thesis, Department of Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison.

S. Narita. 1992. Apologies in English by Japanese learners. M.A. in TEFL research report. Winner of Linguistics Department Award for Best Research Report, 1992, Southern Illinois University.

A. Wane. 1993. Variation in the use of articles by learners of French as a second language. M.A. in Applied Linguistics thesis, Southern Illinois University.

M. Ramirez. 1993. Training Costa Rican English teachers to use video in an EFL classroom: A practical guide. M.A. in TEFL thesis, Southern Illinois University.

Professional Service

Offices Held in Professional Associations

2006–2007 Past President, American Association for Applied Linguistics 2005–2006 President, American Association for Applied Linguistics 2004–2005 1st Vice President, American Association for Applied Linguistics


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2003–2004 2nd Vice President, American Association for Applied Linguistics 1997–2001 Secretary-Treasurer, American Association for Applied Linguistics 1995–6 Member of TESOL Ad Hoc Committee on Research Policy 1995–6 Chair, Research Interest Section, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other

Languages (TESOL) 1994–5 Associate Chair, TESOL Research Interest Section 1993–4 Program Chair, Wisconsin Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

1994 conference, Madison, April 15–16 1980 Vice President, Hong Kong Reading Association

Membership on Editorial Boards

2012– Member of the Editorial Boards of the Language Institute of Thammasat University Journal and the Foreign Language Learning and Teaching Journal

2009– Member of the Editorial Board of “Trends in Applied Linguistics,” a book series published by Mouton de Gruyter

2008– Member of the International Advisory Board of Asiatic 2006–2010 Member of the Board of Directors of Language Learning 2003– Member of the Editorial Board of Studies in Second Language Acquisition 2003–2011 Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Applied Linguistics 1994–2006 General Editor of the Language Learning Monograph Series 1994–2002 Member of the Advisory Committee of Studies in Second Language Acquisition 1984–85 Member of the Editorial Committee, Penn Working Papers in Educational

Linguistics 1982–84 Associate Editor, Language Learning and Communication: A Journal of Applied

Linguistics in Chinese and English

Evaluation of Manuscripts for Journals and Book Publishers

2009 Studies in Second Language Acquisition, The Modern Language Journal, Language Learning, Cambridge University Press, and Routledge

2005– Studies in Second Language Acquisition, The Modern Language Journal, and Blackwell Publishers

2004 Studies in Second Language Acquisition, The Modern Language Journal 2003 Studies in Second Language Acquisition, The Modern Language Journal 2002 Applied Linguistics, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Testing,


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Modern Language Journal 2001 Applied Linguistics, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Testing,

Modern Language Journal 2000 Applied Linguistics, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Testing,

Language Learning, Modern Language Journal, and Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers. 1999 Applied Linguistics, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Testing,

Language Learning, Modern Language Journal, Cambridge University Press, and Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.

1998 Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, and TESOL Quarterly 1997 Applied Linguistics, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning,

Modern Language Journal, and Written Communication. 1996 Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, and Written

Communication. 1995 Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, and Language Learning. 1994 Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Language Learning, and

The Modern Language Journal. 1993 Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Language Learning, and

The University of Michigan Press. 1992 Studies in Second Language Acquisition, TESOL Quarterly, Language Learning, and

Heinle & Heinle publishers. 1991 Evaluation of the Preliminary English Test for the University of Cambridge Local

Examinations Syndicate.

Consultation

2012 External consultant for tenure and promotion review at The Pennsylvania State University

External examiner for Ph.D. thesis in linguistics at Macquarie University, Australia

External consultant for tenure-track hire at the National Institute of Education, Singapore

External reviewer of grant proposal submitted to the Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education, Singapore

2011-2014

External assessor for the degree of Master of Arts in English as a Second Language at the University of Malaya

2011 Member, National Screening Committee, 2012-2013 Competition for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program


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Reviewer for the Linguistics Program at the National Science Foundation

External consultant for tenure and promotion review at the National University of Singapore

External consultant for promotion to Full Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University

2010 External evaluator for The Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, University of Texas at Austin

External consultant for tenure and promotion reviews at the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia

External reviewer for the Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, China 2008 Evaluation of the Department of English Language and Literature at International

Islamic University Malaysia

External consultant for tenure and promotion review at the University of Rochester

External consultant for senior appointment with tenure at the University of Maryland 2005, 2006

Consultant for Heller Ehrman White & McAuliff, LLP in connection with patent litigation

2004 External consultant for tenure and promotion review at the University of British Columbia

Member, National Screening Committee, U.S. Student Fulbright Program

Appraisal of the M.A., M.Ed., Ed.D., and Ph.D. programs in Second Language Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

Evaluation of the Department of TESOL and Applied Linguistics at Indiana University

2000–2004

Member of the TOEFL Committee of Examiners, Educational Testing Service

2000–2003

Chair, Advisory Committee for the Test of Spoken English, Educational Testing Service

2001 External consultant for tenure and promotion review at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside

External consultant for tenure and promotion review at Arizona State University 2000 External consultant for tenure and promotion review at SUNY, Stony Brook


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External consultant for tenure and promotion review at Teachers College, Columbia University

1999–2000

Faculty adviser to the organizing committee of the Second Language Research Forum to be held in Madison, September 7–10, 2000

1998 External consultant for tenure and promotion review at Cornell University 1997–2000

Member of the Advisory Committee for the Test of Spoken English, Educational Testing Service.

1997 External consultant to the Connaught Fellowship Committee, University of Toronto 1996 Evaluation of the Interlink Language Center at the Colorado School of Mines 1995 Consultant to American College Testing, Inc. for a new ESL placement test 1994 Evaluator for the 1994 TESOL/Newbury House Distinguished Research Award 1979–1995

Assessor for the practical test of the Royal Society of Arts Further Education Certificate in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language

1991 Short-term Technical Advisor on the Egypt Technical Assistance for the Integrated English Language Program, a proposal to USAID and the Egyptian Ministry of Education by The Experiment in International Living

1990 Member, Delegate Selection Committee for the USIA-sponsored Eastern European English Teaching Project by University and College Intensive English Programs

1983 External moderator for the Royal Society of Arts Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English

1982–1983

Item writer for the Hong Kong School Certificate Listening Test and the Use of English Listening Test

1982 Member of the Working Party on the Revision of the Secondary School English by Television Syllabus, Hong Kong

1981 Invited by the Chinese Ministry of Education to lecture on a Summer School dedicated to the design of the first nationwide standardized test of English proficiency in China.

1980–83

Adviser to the Modem English Language Center, Guangzhou (the first privately owned language school in China)

1980 Member of the Working Party on the Revision of the Primary School English Syllabus, Hong Kong Education Department

Item writer for the English paper of the Secondary School Education Assessment Test (Scaling Test), Hong Kong Education Department

1978 Member of the Working Party to Design the Royal Society of Arts Test of the Communicative Use of English


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Membership in Professional Associations

American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS)

Campus Appointments

2010–

Member, Russian Flagship Center Advisory Committee Co-director, Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition

2008–2011

Member of College of Letters and Science Senate

2007–08 Faculty Senator Fall 2006

Faculty Senator

2005–2007

Executive Committee, Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition

2002–2007

Senator, Letters and Science Faculty Senate

2000–2003

Member, Chancellor’s Foreign Language Technology Initiative Committee

1999– Member, Interdisciplinary Committee on Second Language Acquisition (Established in 2002 a new Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition)

1998–2002

Faculty Senator

1996, 97 Member, Instructional Technology Grants Review Committee 1995–97 Alternate Senator, Faculty Senate, UW-Madison 1991–93 Member of the College of Liberal Arts Council, Southern Illinois University 1991–93 Member of the Teaching and Learning Committee of the College of Liberal Arts

Council, Southern Illinois University 1986–90 Member of the Language Learning Advisory Committee, University of

Pennsylvania 1986–90 Member of the International Programs Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania 1987–90 Member of the selection committee, University of Pennsylvania Program for

Teaching English in China


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Membership on Departmental Committees

2008–09 Chair, Graduate Exam Committee; Chair, Prelim Committee; Chair Purnell Hiring Committee, Chair, Raimy Tenure Committee; Member, Graduate Admissions Committee; Member Executive Committee of the Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition

2007–08 Chair, Program in English Language and Linguistics; Chair, Graduate Exam Committee; Chair, Prelim Committee; Member, Graduate Admissions Committee

2005–06 Chair’s Advisory Committee; Chair, Program in English Language and Linguistics; Chair, Search Committee for Assistant Professor in English Language and Linguistics

2003–04 Special Nominations Committee; Advisor, Program in English Language and Linguistics; Chair, Instructional Technology Committee

2001–03 Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee; Chair. Instructional Technology Committee

2000–01 Graduate Committee, Ad Hoc Committee on Merit Review Procedures 1999–01 Instructional Technology Committee, Tenure Committee 1998–99 Graduate Committee, Special Nominations Committee, Instructional Technology

Committee 1997–98 Departmental Self-Study Committee, Chair’s Advisory Committee, Graduate

Committee 1996–97 Graduate Committee, Graduate Student-Faculty Committee 1995–96 Chair’s Advisory Committee, Teaching/TA Review Committee 1994–95 English Education Policy Committee, Graduate Committee, and Graduate Student-

Faculty Committee, English Department, UW-Madison. 1993–95 Recording Secretary, Departmental Committee, English Department, UW-Madison. 1992–93 Member, Search Committee for Curriculum Coordinator and Lecturer, Center for

English as a Second Language, Southern Illinois University 1991–93 Chair, Linguistics Department Curriculum Committee, Southern Illinois University 1991–93 Faculty Advisor to the Linguistics Students Association 1991–93 Member, Center for English as a Second Language Curriculum Committee,

Southern Illinois University 1990–91 Member, Linguistics Department Curriculum Committee, Southern Illinois

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Community Service

2011 Guest on Joy Cardin’s call-in discussion program on bilingualism and the importance of learning another language

2010 Guest on Joy Cardin’s call-in discussion program on bilingualism 1995–98 Coach of Shorewood Cobras under-10 soccer team 1991–93 Member of Board of Directors of Migrant Education, Inc., delegate agency for Su

Casa migrant Head Start day care center, Cobden, Illinois

Languages

English I grew up in England and have lived in the U.S. for 25 years. I have dual citizenship. Americans say that I have a British accent and British people say that I sound American. I write in American English and lecture on varieties of American English.

Italian I lived in Italy for five years. I have given lectures to university audiences in Italian, I read modern Italian literature, and I email friends in Italy.

Mandarin My wife and I joke in Mandarin Chinese at home, and I used to write letters to her in Chinese. I read simple Chinese short stories, and I participate in conversations with Chinese friends.

German I have lived and taught in Germany for several periods, I was on a doctoral commission for a student at the University of Marburg, and I have participated in faculty meetings at the University of Düsseldorf. I enjoy chatting with German friends and know the grammar of the language quite well.

Cantonese I lived in Hong Kong for four years. I have a Certificate in Intermediate Cantonese from the Hong Kong Government Language Training School. I enjoy ordering meals and chatting with wait staff at restaurants in Chinatown.

French I studied French at school and can make my way around France with little difficulty.

Spanish I enjoy reading modern poetry in Spanish (Neruda, Lorca, and the Andalusian poets). When I chat with Spanish friends I use my knowledge of Italian strategically to overcome weaknesses in my Spanish.

Hmong I studied for a short time with a Hmong instructor and learned a little about Hmong phonetics.


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Bio Narrative

Richard F. Young is professor in English linguistics and second language acquisition at the

University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he teaches courses in sociolinguistics, English syntax,

language acquisition, and research methods. He has served as co-director of the Doctoral Program

in Second Language Acquisition and director of the Program in English as a Second Language. He

is currently visiting professor in English language and literature at the National Institute of

Education in Singapore.

Richard was born and grew up in London and, after graduating from Oxford with a degree in

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, he taught in Italy and Hong Kong before settling in the

United States in 1983. His Ph.D. is from the University of Pennsylvania and his dissertation was

the first extension of quantitative variation theory to interlanguage. Since then, his abiding

research passion has been to understand the relationship between the use of language and the social

contexts that language reflects and creates. He has always seen that relationship as dynamic and

reflexive, and his research has focused on change—how newcomers learn to participate in the

practices of a new community. His fascination with the relationship between language and context

has led him to do work that crosses conventional boundaries between academic fields. His work on

discourse variation in oral proficiency interviews combined discourse analysis and language

assessment and resulted in some of the earliest empirical discourse analyses of interactions

designed to assess spoken English proficiency. In his most recent work he has been using insights

from linguistic anthropology and conversation analysis to understand the architecture of face-to-

face interaction and to develop the theory of discursive practice.

His research has resulted in four books: Variation in Interlanguage Morphology (published by Peter

Lang in 1991), Talking and Testing (co-edited with Agnes He and published by Benjamins in 1998),

Language and Interaction (published by Routledge in 2008) and Discursive Practice in Language

Learning and Teaching (published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2009). He has published over 50 articles

in journals and anthologies and serves on the editorial boards of three major journals.

Richard has held visiting professorships at Pennsylvania State University, International Islamic

University Malaysia, and at two universities in Germany. During 2005–6, he served as President of

the American Association for Applied Linguistics and chaired the 14th World Congress of Applied

Linguistics in Madison. Up until 2004, he served as a consultant to Educational Testing Service

during the major redesign of the TOEFL test.