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	Faculty Previous | Next María Cecilia Colombi Professor of Spanish, Language Program Associate Director Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara Email: cmcolombi@ucdavis.edu Phone: (530) 752-1244 Office: 607 Sproul Hall Office Hours 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
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