Michael Zuniga
Faculty
Email: mzuniga@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5526
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Michael Zuniga is a class of 2001 graduate of the Middlebury French School's M.A. program. Michael subsequently completed a second M.A.in didactiques des langues secondes at the Université du Québec à Montréal and is currently completing his PhD in applied linguistics at the same university. The author of publications on the cognitive processes involved in second language speech production and reading, Michael has over 10 years of experience teaching French as both a foreign and a second language and six years experience as a lecturer in second language didactics in teacher training programs at universities in Canada and the US. He has also served as a consultant in second language reading and vocabulary acquisition for Quebec's Minister of education.
Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
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FREN 6627 - Evaluation & Testing in FSL ▹
Evaluation and Testing in French as a Second Language
"This course focuses on the theories and research underlying testing and evaluation in second language courses. Some of the topics that we will examine are the history of evaluation in the L2, the process of evaluation in the classroom, formative and summative assessment,
authentic assessment, the constructivist approach, skills assessment, criterion-referenced and standards-based assessment, assessment scales, self-assessment, concepts of validity and reliability, and computer-assisted assessment. The goals of the course are both theoretical and practical.
Required text : Lussier, D., & Turner, C. (1995). Le point sur… L’évaluation en didactique des langues. Montréal, Canada : CEC.
PedagogySummer 2011, Summer 2012
FREN 6694 - Second Language Acquisition ▹
Second Language Acquisition
This course aims at deepening the knowledge in the field of second language acquisition. It will focus on theories and models proposed to explain the different factors that come into play in the acquisition process of a second language in natural and formal learning environments. We will examine topics such as: L1 and L2 acquisition, bilingualism, behaviorism, contrastive analysis, the theory of interlanguage, the innateness of universal grammar in second language acquisition, the cognitive psychology of languages, constructivism and socio-constructivism, the theory of acculturation, learning strategies and individual differences.
PedagogySummer 2011, Summer 2012
