Catherine M. Barrette

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Catherine M. Barrette, from the United States, is Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of Spanish Basic Courses at Wayne State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona, specializing in pedagogy and program administration. At Wayne State she teaches courses in Spanish language and applied linguistics at the undergraduate and graduate levels. With three co-authors she developed an introductory college textbook (Impresiones, Prentice Hall, 2004) that employs a task-based approach to language and culture. Furthermore, she is co-editor of a volume in the AAUSC series in Language Program Direction on language program articulation (Language Program Articulation: Developing a Theoretical Foundation, Heinle & Heinle, 2005), and has published research on language program articulation, teacher training, assessment, and instructional technology.

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Catherine M. Barrette