Donna Binkowski

Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish

Spanish Area Chair, World Languages and Literatures

Email

dbinkowski@smu.edu

Office Location

Clements 339

Phone

214-768-1354

Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Education

·      Ph.D. Spanish Applied Linguistics. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

·      Interdisciplinary Certificate in Second Language Acquisition & Teacher Education

·      M.A. Spanish. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

·      B.A. Spanish. DePauw University

 

Areas of Focus

·      Curriculum innovation

·      Instructional materials development

·      Technology for language teaching and learning

·      L2 Reading & Sentence processing

·      Affective factors in L2 student success

·      Theory and methods of SLA and language instruction

 

Courses Taught

·      Beginning & Intermediate Spanish, f2f and online

·      Advanced Spanish, Grammar, Composition, & Conversation

·      Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Learners

·      Phonetics & Introduction to Linguistics

·      Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice

·      Bilingualism in the U.S.