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Since 2008, I have taught various courses, from the primary school (K-12) level to undergraduate courses.
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Teaching- Linguistics
Pomona College
LGCS145: Acquisition of Semantics (Spring 2024): This is an upper-level seminar course dedicated to topics within the development of semantics. We focus on how children represent meaning, and the ways in which the child grammar does and does not diverge from the adult grammar (and why). We read and discuss "classic" papers as well as recent research. Specific topics include word meaning, gradability and degree constructions, quantification and scope, and scalar implicatures.
LGCS120: Language Acquisition (Spring 2024): This course covers foundational topics in first language acquisition, with an emphasis on the development of syntax, semantics/pragmatics, and phonology.
LGCS124: Corpus Linguistics (Fall 2023): This is a course focuses on corpus based research in language acquisition. Students learn how to analyze corpora, and gain hands-on experience working with CHILDES. We discuss how corpus-based research has been used to address problems in acquisition, and cover an assortment of case studies with a practical component, highlighting particular skills and tools discussed in lecture. Students learn how to code with the CLAN program and with R.
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LGCS010: Introduction to Linguistics (Fall 2023/Spring 2024): This is the entry level course for our Linguistics and Cognitive Science majors. Students are introduced to a variety of subfields within linguistic research, mainly morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, phonetics, and phonology.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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24.904/24.934: Language Acquisition (Spring 2023): This is a course for undergraduate and graduate students. Students are introduced to foundational theories of acquisition, and an overview of experimental methods. We cover topics within syntax, semantics, and phonology via case studies highlighting influential findings and areas of active research.
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Rutgers University
LING 101: Exploring Language (Fall 2021): In this class, students are exposed to the study of language from multiple perspectives, with a particular emphasis on (i) what it means to know a language and (ii) how we come to have that knowledge. This is also a "survey-style" course, so students receive a tour of several different subfields including (but not limited to) syntax, phonetics, phonology, first and second language acquisition, neurolinguistics, and sociolinguistics.
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LING 201: Introduction to Linguistic Theory (2019-2021). This is the introductory-level linguistics course that Rutgers students must take before continuing with other linguistics courses that the department offers. Students are exposed to basic concepts in linguistics, with an emphasis on syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics, and phonology. I teach this class so that it is both lecture-oriented and "recitation"-oriented, so that students have the chance to practice applying concepts covered in class.
I have taught this course several times, most recently in Summer 2021.
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University of California, Los Angeles
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LING 1: Introduction to the Study of Language (2016). In this class, we preview a wide variety of topics in linguistics, including the "core" areas of syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics, and phonology. We also spend time on first and second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, language and the brain, and neurolinguistics.
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In the summer 2016, I was first a TA for Prof. Russ Schuh for an online version of this class. I was responsible for teaching one section of the class, where I would give the lecture via Zoom (students could see and hear me with this platform). Zoom allows for real-time Q&A, so that the class was still interactive. In the second part of the summer, I taught my own class (in person), which had around 30 students.
In Fall 2016, I was a TA for Prof. Dominique Sportiche.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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LING 101: Introduction to Language (2013-2014). This course is structured similarity to LING 1 at UCLA. This is also an introductory-level/survey class that is intended to expose students to different sub-fields in linguistics.
In Spring and Summer 2014, I taught my own sections of this class. In Fall 2013, I was a TA for Prof. Misha Becker.
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Teaching- Beyond Linguistics
Juniata College
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ENG 110: College Writing Seminar (CWS) (2009-2011). This is a required course for all incoming students at Juniata College. In the lecture component of this course, students are taught how to write different types of essays, and are asked to engage with and think critically about various texts, including a novel (the novel changes each year). For recitation, students are required to attend cultural events on campus (e.g. talks, films, festivals) and write up a reaction to these. We discuss these, as well as go over tips for successful writing in this class and in college more generally. Students also have the opportunity to ask questions about what is covered in class. CWS is also intended to function as an extended orientation to college, with recitation being an opportunity to discuss various topics concerned with adjusting to college. I was responsible for the recitation sections for Prof. Deb Roney.
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Huntingdon Area Middle School
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Special Education- Math- 6th Grade (Spring 2010). I completed a semester of student-teaching in a 6th grade special education classroom. There were around ten students in this class, and most of my time was spent working with students one-on-one.
Juniata College Language in Motion
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French (Fall 2008). I was a French language instructor for Language in Motion (LIM), a program designed to bring foreign language to the primary and secondary level. LIM sends instructors to local schools to teach lessons; my lessons focused on vocabulary and basic conversational skills. The target audience for most of these lessons are students who have either no experience with, or limited exposure to, French.
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