Education
I am a Professor of Spanish and Applied Linguistics and the Language Coordinator at the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. I am also an ACTFL certified Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) tester and trainer.
I received my MA and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. I completed a Masters degree in TESOL and a doctoral degree in Education with a concentration in Second Language Acquisition Teacher Education (SLATE). My BA degree in English Philology comes from the University of Barcelona, Spain.
I teach courses in Foreign Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition and Spanish Language and Linguistics. I train and supervise Teaching Assistants in the department. My research focuses on Spanish L1 and L2 pragmatics, oral discourse and teaching practices.
Contact Information:
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Illinois State University
Campus Box 4300
Normal, IL 61790-4300
309-438-7856
montserratmir@ilstu.edu