Laura Walls
- Associate Professor
- 402.554.4841
- ASH 301H
Additional Information
Research Interests
- Heritage Language Pedagogy
- Bilingualism & Language Contact
- Sociolinguistics
- Conversation Analysis
- Discourse Analysis
Education
Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, University of California, Los AngelesM.A., Spanish, Stanford University
B.A., Spanish, University of California, Davis
Recent Publications
Walls, L. C. (2018). “I think that sounds right”: Heritage language learner negotiations. Heritage Language Journal, 15(3), 341-369.
Walls, L. C. and Tocaimaza-Hatch, C. C. (2018). Exposing Vocabulary Learning via Service Learning. International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, 5(2).
Walls, L. C. (2018). The effect of dyad type on cooperation: Interactions among heritage and L2 learners. Foreign Language Journal, 51(3, 638-657).
Tocaimaza-Hatch, C. C. and Walls, L. C. (2017). Service-learning as an ecological resource: Providing learning opportunities for mixed second- and heritage-language classrooms. In M. Bloom & C. Gascoigne (Eds.), Creating Experiential Learning Opportunities for Language Learners: Acting Locally while Thinking Globally. Buffalo, NY: Multilingual Matters.
Tocaimaza-Hatch, C. C. and Walls, L. C. (2016). Service learning as a means for vocabulary learning in L2 and heritage language learners of Spanish. Hispania, 99(4), 650-665.
Courses
SPAN 1110 – Elementary Spanish ISPAN 1120 – Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 3010 – Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
SPAN 3020 – Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
SPAN 4040 / 8046– Spanish Composition and Stylistics
SPAN 4050 / 8086 – Spanish in the US
SPAN 4090 / 8096 – Hispanic Sociolinguistics
SPAN 4070 / 8076 – Hispanic Bilingualism
SPAN 4080 / 8086 – Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
SPAN 4900 – Independent Study
SPAN 8440 – Spanish Composition
FLNG 8030 – Second Language Acquisition Theory
FLNG 8960 – Seminar: Heritage Language Learner Pedagogy
Additional Information
Research Interests
- Heritage Language Pedagogy
- Bilingualism & Language Contact
- Sociolinguistics
- Conversation Analysis
- Discourse Analysis
Education
Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, University of California, Los AngelesM.A., Spanish, Stanford University
B.A., Spanish, University of California, Davis
Recent Publications
Walls, L. C. (2018). “I think that sounds right”: Heritage language learner negotiations. Heritage Language Journal, 15(3), 341-369.
Walls, L. C. and Tocaimaza-Hatch, C. C. (2018). Exposing Vocabulary Learning via Service Learning. International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, 5(2).
Walls, L. C. (2018). The effect of dyad type on cooperation: Interactions among heritage and L2 learners. Foreign Language Journal, 51(3, 638-657).
Tocaimaza-Hatch, C. C. and Walls, L. C. (2017). Service-learning as an ecological resource: Providing learning opportunities for mixed second- and heritage-language classrooms. In M. Bloom & C. Gascoigne (Eds.), Creating Experiential Learning Opportunities for Language Learners: Acting Locally while Thinking Globally. Buffalo, NY: Multilingual Matters.
Tocaimaza-Hatch, C. C. and Walls, L. C. (2016). Service learning as a means for vocabulary learning in L2 and heritage language learners of Spanish. Hispania, 99(4), 650-665.
Courses
SPAN 1110 – Elementary Spanish ISPAN 1120 – Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 3010 – Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
SPAN 3020 – Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
SPAN 4040 / 8046– Spanish Composition and Stylistics
SPAN 4050 / 8086 – Spanish in the US
SPAN 4090 / 8096 – Hispanic Sociolinguistics
SPAN 4070 / 8076 – Hispanic Bilingualism
SPAN 4080 / 8086 – Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
SPAN 4900 – Independent Study
SPAN 8440 – Spanish Composition
FLNG 8030 – Second Language Acquisition Theory
FLNG 8960 – Seminar: Heritage Language Learner Pedagogy