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	Faculty Previous | Next María Cecilia Colombi Professor of Spanish, Department Chair Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara Email: cmcolombi@ucdavis.edu Phone: (530) 752-1244 Office: 612B Sproul Hall Office Hours Research Areas Spanish linguistics; educational linguistics; sociolinguistics: Spanish in the United States; second language acquisition: writing development; Spanish systemic functional grammar. Current Projects Her research interests include: second language writing development, Spanish systemic functional grammar and sociolinguistics with emphasis on Spanish in the United States. She is currently analyzing the development of academic writing in Spanish by bilingual speakers in the U.S. and working on a typology of Spanish from the perspective of systemic functional linguistics. Recent Publications (In Press) “A Systemic Functional Approach to teaching Spanish for Heritage Speakers in the United States,” Linguistics and Education. (In Press) “Quién es Huntington: un predicador paranóico o un visionario?: Recepción de la prensa del libro,” Who are we? The Challenges to America’s National Identity. (2008) “Systemic Functional Linguistic explorations into the longitudinal study of advanced capacities: The case of Spanish Heritage Language Learners,” The Longitudinal Study of Advanced Second Language Capacities. Co-authored with Mariana Achugar. (2007) Palabra abierta. Co-authored with Jill Pellettieri and Mabel Rodríguez.
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