Robert Fischer: CALICO's Gentleman-Scholar

Authors

  • Barbara A. Lafford Arizona State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v30i0.15-18

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Abstract

NA  this is a short personal essay for the Festschrift.

Author Biography

  • Barbara A. Lafford, Arizona State University
    Barbara A. Lafford (PhD, Cornell University) is a Professor of Spanish Linguistics at Arizona State University and is Head of the Faculty of Languages and Cultures at the Phoenix Downtown Campus. Her recent research interests include the study of the effects of social and cognitive factors on the acquisition of second languages in classroom and study-abroad contexts, languages for professional purposes, and computer-assisted language learning. She has served as Chair of the CALICO board and is currently the Editor for the Monograph/Focus Volume Series of The Modern Language Journal. Her publications also include Spanish Second Language Acquisition: State of the Science (Georgetown, 2003) and The Art of Teaching Spanish: Second Language Acquisition from Research to Praxis (Georgetown, 2006), both co-edited with Rafael Salaberry.

References

Smith, B., & Lafford, B. (2009). The evaluation of scholarly activity in computer-assisted language learning. The Modern Language Journal, 93(s1), 868-883.

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Published

2013-06-12

Issue

Vol. 30 (2013): Learner-Computer Interaction in Language Education: A Festschrift in Honor of Robert Fischer

Section

Festschrift

How to Cite

Lafford, B. A. (2013). Robert Fischer: CALICO’s Gentleman-Scholar. CALICO Journal, 30, 15-18. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v30i0.15-18

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