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María Cecilia ColombiProfessor of Spanish, Department Chair Email: cmcolombi@ucdavis.edu |
Research Areas
Spanish linguistics, educational linguistics, sociolinguistics: Spanish
in the U.S., 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
Recent publications include: Mi lengua: Spanish as a Heritage Language
in the U.S., coedited with Ana Roca (GUP: 2003), Developing Advanced
Literacy in First and Second Language, coedited with Mary Schleppegrell
(LEA, 2002); Palabra abierta, coauthored with Jill Pellettieri
and Mabel Rodríguez (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), La enseñanza
del español a hispanohablantes: praxis y teoría,
coeditor with Francisco X. Alarcón (Houghton Mifflin, 1997) among
others.
Honors and Awards
Jan. 1998, UCD, Davis Humanities Institute Fellowship 1998-1999. (UCD).
Mar. 1991, Lilly Foundation Faculty Teaching Fellowship (UMASS Amherst)
Courses Taught
She has taught and directed the UCD-STPA - Mendoza, Argentina program
since 2000.
Graduate Courses:
Spanish 212: Spanish Applied Linguistics
Spanish 215: Sociolinguistics: Spanish in the United States
Spanish 215: Spanish Systemic Functional Grammar
Undergraduate Courses:
Spanish 111: Sounds and Words
Spanish 116: Spanish Applied Linguistics
Spanish 117: Teaching Spanish to Native Speakers
Spanish 118: Spanish in the United States
Spanish 170S: Spanish American Culture
Spanish 148S: Cinema in the Spanish Speaking World in Translation



