Second language and culture learning, and development, language pedagogy, Spanish as a foreign language, Italian as foreign language, English as a second language, systemic functional linguistics, teacher education, Sociocultural theory.

Completion Date 08-Jul-2019
Expiration Date 07-Jul-2023
Record ID 31506516
IRB Members (Curriculum Group)
IRB Members (Course Learner Group)
1 - Basic Course (Stage)

Completion Date 04-Aug-2015
Expiration Date 04-Aug-2019
Record ID 16435997
Social and Behavioral Science Human Subjects (Curriculum Group)
Social-Behavioral-Educational Course (Course Learner Group)
2 - Refresher Course

- Fernandez, L. & Rowland C., Organized and Moderated the panel discussion titled Becoming a Faculty Ally: Teaching and Mentoring Latinx/Hispanic Students. University of Pittsburgh (February, 2020)
- Delfini, C & Fernandez L, Session Title: Using technology tools to enhance pragmatic development in Italian. Presented at The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Washington, D.C. (November, 2019)
- Abdel-Malek, M & Fernandez, L., Session Title: Pairing the 4x4 Tool for literacy interventions with Dynamic Assessment (DA). Presented at the Sociocultural Theory Second Language Learning (SCT-SLL-25) Research Working group. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. (November, 2019)
- IUP Spring Methodology Conference on Foreign Language Teaching, Indiana County, PA. Session title: The Use of Genre Based Tools for Teaching and Assessing Foreign Language Writing (April, 2019) (Fernandez, Abdel-Malek)
- Presentation for American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Annual Convention, Atlanta (Ge). Session title: Learning Oral Registers and Genres: How knowing the Concept of Typified Situation helped students to Interact in Italian in Italy (March, 2019)
- Sociocultural Theory Second Language Learning (SCT-SLL-25) Research Working group. University of Pittsburgh. Session title: High School Teachers’ interaction with SCOBAs (November, 2018)
- The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, New Orleans LA. Session Title: Feminine, Masculine, or… Teaching Gender in Italian, A Cognitive Linguistics Approach. (November, 2018)
- 45th International Systemic Functional Congress – ISFC18 - Boston College, MA. Round Table titled: A Visible Bridge: SFL and SCT as Complementary Theories for L2 Education (Korpella, Abdel-Malek, Fernandez, Chavoshan) (July, 2018)
- IUP Spring Methodology Conference on Foreign Language Teaching, Indiana County, PA. Session title: The Use of Concept Oriented Graphic Organizers for FL Oral Development (April, 2018)
- The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Nashville, TN. Session Title: Teaching Italian through a Concept-Based Approach (Montera, Fernandez, Delfini) (November, 2017)
- Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Pittsburgh PA Session title: The use of typified situations to teach Foreign languages (September, 2017)