English baby! (Ebaby)

Authors

  • Senta Görtler University of Arizona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.35205

Keywords:

English, conversational English, Intermediate English, listening comprehension

Author Biography

  • Senta Görtler, University of Arizona

    Senta Görtler finished her MA in TESOL at Portland State University (PSU) in 2001 where she worked as adjunct faculty in German and as the Administrative Manager for the "Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik." Senta is continuing her education at the University of Arizona (UofA) in the SLAT Ph. D. program. Currently, she is working as a TA in German Studies at the UofA. Her research interests include corpus-based materials development, social factors in second language acquisition, and program administration.

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Published

2013-01-14

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Software Reviews

How to Cite

Görtler, S. (2013). English baby! (Ebaby). CALICO Journal, 21(3), 613-623. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.35205