Shelley Dykstra

PROFILE
I am originally from the Bay Area, so I’m happy to be studying what I love, Spanish Linguistics, and serving students so close to home. My experience teaching Spanish and English as a Second Language spans ten years and a variety of ages and topics. My research interests are second language and heritage language reading and writing, pedagogy, and critical language awareness. In my free time, I dance Bachata, a Latin dance from the Dominican Republic, make homemade ice cream and other sweets, take bike touring trips, or I stay in with a good book and my cat.

EDUCATION AND DEGREE(S)

• M.A. in Spanish Linguistics, University of Barcelona
• B.A. in Linguistics Language Study, University of California, San Diego

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

ESOL 6K - Academic Reading and Writing (UC Berkeley College Writing Program)
ESOL 6M - US University Admissions and Expectations (UC Berkeley College Writing Program)
ESOL 6B - Academic Vocabulary (UC Berkeley College Writing Program)
ESL 86A - High Intermediate Reading Comprehension (Diablo Valley College)
ESL 90 - Grammar for Advanced ESOL Students (Diablo Valley College)
ESL 117A - Integrated Reading and Writing: Advanced English Language Learners (Diablo Valley College)
ESL 96A - Advanced ESOL Reading and Study Skills (Diablo Valley College)
ESL 98A - Advanced ESOL Writing (Diablo Valley College)
ESL 70 - Conversation for Intermediate ESOL Students (Diablo Valley College)
ESL 80 - Grammar for High Intermediate ESOL Students (Diablo Valley College)
Spanish 120 - Beginning Spanish (Diablo Valley College)
ESOL 52A (hybrid) - Advanced Reading and Writing (Berkeley City College)      
ESL 233A - High Intermediate Listening and Speaking (Berkeley City College)
SPST 001 - Beginning Spanish I (Holy Names University)
SPST 002 - Beginning Spanish II (Holy Names University)
SPST 003 - Intermediate Spanish I (Holy Names University)
SPST 004 - Intermediate Spanish II (Holy Names University)
SPST 101W - Advanced Spanish: Reading and Writing (Holy Names University)

RESEARCH INTEREST(S)

• Second and Heritage Language Reading and Writing
• Teacher Feedback
• Sociolinguistics
• Critical Language Awareness
• Educational Linguistics
• Spanish in the US
• Pedagogy
• Second language acquisition
• Heritage language learners
• Linguistic Variation

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Graduate Writing Fellow, University Writing Program, UC Davis, 2019-2020
• Provost’s Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, UC Davis, 2018-2019