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Department of

Languages and Literatures

Beatriz Lado, Ph.D.

Department Language Coordinator

Beatriz Lado, Ph.D., is language coordinator and teaches courses in Spanish and Spanish linguistics. Her specializations include second language acquisition, second language teaching methodology, cognitive effects of adult language acquisition, and bilingualism.

Education

Ph.D., Georgetown University, Spanish Applied Linguistics
M.S., Georgetown University, Spanish Linguistics
M.A., Louisiana State University, Linguistics
M.A., Northwestern State University, English
Licenciatura, University of Valencia, English Philology

Scholarly and Creative Work

Lado’s research interests include the interaction between external (e.g., type of feedback and degree of explicitness in pedagogical interventions) and internal variables (e.g., prior language experience and cognitive capacity) in the development of a non-primary language. This interactionist perspective allows a better understanding of how people learn languages, which in turn benefits both educators and learners.

Lado has co-published two articles in the Encyclopedia of Language and Education, one on third language acquisition and another one on the relationship between technology and language learning. She has also co-published an article in Language Learning on the effects of verbalizing while performing a task to learn a second language (i.e., reactivity). She is currently working on several articles on the role of feedback, prior language experience, and cognitive capacity on language learning.

Teaching Interests

As language coordinator,  Lado is responsible for supervising instruction in core requirement classes in all languages taught at USD, assessing and creating curriculum and testing materials, training instructors, maintaining a WebCT common platform for all languages, and supervising the language tutoring program.

Lado enjoys teaching all levels of Spanish language as well as courses in Spanish linguistics, such as phonetics or introduction to Spanish linguistics. In addition, she teaches a teaching methodology course for all language majors and minors interested in exploring the possibility of teaching a foreign language.

Curriculum

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