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Department of English

Dr. Pamela L. Anderson-Mejias, Associate Professor

Website: http://www.panam.edu/faculty/andersonmejias/index.html

COURSES: Summer II 2007
ENG 3331 Survey of English Literature

EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy - Indiana University
Master of Science - Indiana University
Bachelor of Arts - Indiana University

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Sociolinguistics
Applied Linguistics
Particularly research and teaching methodologies for ESL
General Language Acquisition and Linguistics
Modern English Syntax

PUBLICATIONS
"A case study in peer evaluation for second language teachers in training" in Self, Peer, and Group Assessment in E-Learning (Ed. Tim Roberts (U. Queensland, Australia) 2006) Idea Group, Inc.

"Generation and Spanish language use in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas" (2005) The Southwest Journal of Linguistics (guest editors: Susana Rivera-Mills & Daniel Villa).

"Online Training for English as a Second/Foreign Language Teachers" in Technology in Higher Education, (eds.M.O. Thirunarayanan and A. Perez-Prado?Florida International University). 2005. University Press of America, Inc.

"Actitud hacia el español en el sur de Tejas," Actas XIII Congreso de la Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina. CD ROM (Selected Proceedings of the 13th Congress)Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica. With Hugo A. Mejias

"Engaging Learners through Textbook Choice in Online Linguistics" The Technology Source. September/October 2003.

"Attitude Update--Spanish on the South Texas Border." Hispania. Vol. 86 No. 1, March 2003. With Hugo Mejías and Ralph Carlson.

"Attitude toward Spanish Language Maintenance or Shift (LMLS)in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas" The International Journal of Sociology of Language. No. 158, November, 2002. Pp. 121 - 140. With Hugo A. Mejías and Ralph Carlson.

"The ESL/EFL Teacher Role in Heritage Language Maintenance" October, 2002 The Internet TESL Journal.

"Teacher Training through Distance Education: An Experiential Report" December, 2001. SEDI (Staff and Educators" Development International) Journal. Vol. 5, No. 3.

"New Directions for Teaching Writing to Multicultural Students" English in Texas. Vol. 30. No. 1. Spring/Summer 2000. P. 14 - 17.

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Dr. Pamela L. Anderson-Mejias

OFFICE: CAS 234
TEL: 956/381-3426
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