Alice is a language educator, translator and writer with over 20 years’ experience in language education and Applied Linguistics. She has worked as a teacher educator, educational consultant, course designer and university professor of English, Composition and Spanish, primarily in Mexico and the U.S.
From 1994 to 2006 she lived in Mexico City and taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), earning tenure there in 2000. While at the UNAM, she conceived and designed online courses on writing for academic publication, the first in Mexico of their kind. They continue to be in great demand and have inspired the development of more courses and research. She also taught graduate level courses in Applied Linguistics, undergraduate composition classes, teacher education courses, classroom supervision, and general EFL classes. She has taught as well at NYU, Columbia, Yale and in the Connecticut State University System. Alice has presented in international conferences and published articles about teacher education and second language writing pedagogy. Fully bilingual in Spanish and English, she holds an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College and an A.B. from Princeton University.
Her research interests include second language writing pedagogy, language teacher education, learner motivation, Spanish heritage language program development, and the intersection of musical cognition and language learning.
She leads book discussions in early reading programs in schools and libraries for children and their parents, through CT Humanities, and gives art-based workshops and Spanish immersion camps for children.
She designs courses based on students' interests, availing herself of a wide repertoire of communicative and experiential language teaching techniques. Her international experience and training in literature, music and dance influence her teaching approach; she incorporates the arts when possible in her lessons. Good language learners are creative, resourceful and strategic; she teaches students how to approach the target language strategically and to develop the skills to continue learning on their own.
From 1994 to 2006 she lived in Mexico City and taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), earning tenure there in 2000. While at the UNAM, she conceived and designed online courses on writing for academic publication, the first in Mexico of their kind. They continue to be in great demand and have inspired the development of more courses and research. She also taught graduate level courses in Applied Linguistics, undergraduate composition classes, teacher education courses, classroom supervision, and general EFL classes. She has taught as well at NYU, Columbia, Yale and in the Connecticut State University System. Alice has presented in international conferences and published articles about teacher education and second language writing pedagogy. Fully bilingual in Spanish and English, she holds an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College and an A.B. from Princeton University.
Her research interests include second language writing pedagogy, language teacher education, learner motivation, Spanish heritage language program development, and the intersection of musical cognition and language learning.
She leads book discussions in early reading programs in schools and libraries for children and their parents, through CT Humanities, and gives art-based workshops and Spanish immersion camps for children.
She designs courses based on students' interests, availing herself of a wide repertoire of communicative and experiential language teaching techniques. Her international experience and training in literature, music and dance influence her teaching approach; she incorporates the arts when possible in her lessons. Good language learners are creative, resourceful and strategic; she teaches students how to approach the target language strategically and to develop the skills to continue learning on their own.
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