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    Robert Blake

    Professor of Spanish, Director of UC Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching
    Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

    Email: rjblake@ucdavis.edu
    Phone: (530) 754-7153 (SLA)
    Office: 222 Voorhies (SLA)
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    Research Areas
    Spanish linguistics (history and syntax), second language acquisition, technology and language learning, foreign language policy

    Current Projects
    He is an Executive Board member of the Second Language Acquisition Institute (SLAI) and is also active in the field of computer-assisted language instruction and distance learning, especially the RCT project.

    Recent Publications
    He has published in Spanish Linguistics on topics dealing with historical phonology, historical syntax, modern syntax, and second-language learning. He is co-author of Al Corriente (3rd ed.), a second-year Spanish textbook based on authentic reading materials, and chief academic adviser for Nuevos Destinos CD-ROM, a joint project of McGraw-Hill, Annenberg PCB projects, and WGBH Boston.

    618 Sproul Hall - Phone: (530) 752-0835 - Email: ljbarrera@ucdavis.edu (Laura Barrera)
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