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Melissa A Bowles PhD.

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Contact Information

4150C Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Bldg.
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801
Head, Professor

Research Interests

classroom second language acquisition
heritage language acquisition
language testing and assessment

Education

Georgetown University, Ph.D. (with distinction)
Georgetown University, M.S.
University of Virginia, B.A. (with highest distinction)

Additional Campus Affiliations

Head, Spanish and Portuguese
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Professor, Linguistics
Professor, Educational Psychology
Professor, European Union Center
Professor, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Honors & Awards

Helen Corley Petit Scholar (AY2011-2012), College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications

Bowles, M. A., & Torres, J. (2022). Instructed Heritage Language Acquisition. In S. Montrul, & M. Polinsky (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics (pp. 826-850). (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108766340.037

Bowles, M. A. (2022). Introduction: Why and How to Examine Outcomes of Heritage Language Instruction. In M. A. Bowles (Ed.), Outcomes of University Spanish Heritage Language Instruction in the United States (Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics). Georgetown University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv296mt6k.5

Bowles, M. A. (Ed.) (2022). Outcomes of University Spanish Heritage Language Instruction in the United States. (Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics). Georgetown University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv296mt6k

Bowles, M. A. (2022). Using instructor judgment, learner corpora, and DIF to develop a placement test for Spanish L2 and heritage learners. Language Testing, 39(3), 355-376. https://doi.org/10.1177/02655322221076033

Fernández Cuenca, S., & Bowles, M. A. (2022). What Type of Knowledge Do Implicit and Explicit Heritage Language Instruction Result In? In M. A. Bowles (Ed.), Outcomes of University Spanish Heritage Language Instruction in the United States (Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics). Georgetown University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv296mt6k.10

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