Joseph Collentine, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
Department of Modern Languages
Northern Arizona University
September 5, 2008
Educational Background
Ph.D.: University of Texas at Austin, 1993, Hispanic Linguistics.
Area of Concentration: Foreign and Second-Language Acquisition.
Dissertation: The Development of Complex Syntax and the Selection of Mood by Foreign-Language Learners of Spanish.
Master of Arts Degree: Arizona State University, 1988, Spanish.
Thesis: An Interlanguage Analysis of Intermediate-Level Students of Spanish.
Bachelor of Arts Degree: Arizona State University, 1985, Spanish.
Awarded magna cum laude.
Professional Experience
Northern Arizona University, College of Arts and Letters , Fall 2004 to Summer 2006. Associate Dean.
Northern Arizona University, School of Art, Fall 2005 to
Summer 2006. Interim Director.
Northern Arizona University, Department of Modern Languages,
Fall 2002 to Summer 2004. Department Chair.
Northern Arizona University, Department of Modern Languages,
Fall 1995 to present.
Primary duties: Research, teaching, serving as a methodologist
of foreign-language education, coordinating lower-division Spanish
program, Spanish on line developer and co-coordinator, Coordinator of Spanish
Masters in Teaching.
East Carolina University, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Fall 1993 to Spring 1995.
Primary duties: Research, teaching, and coordinating lower-division Spanish program.
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Fall 1988 to Spring 1993. Instructor of
Spanish (Fall 1988 to Spring 1993) and Instructor of Portuguese (Summer 1992)
Austin Community College, Department of Humanities, Fall 1990 to Summer 1993.
Arizona State University, Department of Foreign Languages, Fall 1985 to Spring 1987.
Editorialships
Associate Editor of Applied Linguistics Section of Hispania, the journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Readership: 16,000. Summer 2002 to present.
Articles -- In press:
Collentine, J. (In press). The role of discursive features in SLA modeling and grammatical frequency – a response to Cheng, Lu and Giannakouros. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
Refereed Articles -- Published:
• O'Brien, I., Segalowitz, N., Freed, B, & Collentine, J. (2007). Phonological Memory Predicts Second Language Oral Fluency Gains in Adults. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 29, 557-581.
• Collentine, J. Spanish. (2006) SLA Research, Classroom Practice and Curriculum Design. In B. Lafford and R. Salaberry (Eds.) Spanish Second Language Acquisition: From Research Findings to Teaching Applications, 39-54. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
• Lafford, B. Collentine, J. (2006) The effects of study abroad and classroom
contexts on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language: From research
to application. In B. Lafford and R. Salaberry (Eds.) Spanish Second
Language Acquisition: From Research Findings to Teaching Applications, 103-126.
Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
• O'Brien, I., Segalowitz, N., Collentine, J., & Freed, B. (2006). Phonological
memory and lexical, narrative, and grammatical skills in second-language oral
production by adult learners. Applied Psycholinguistics 27. 377-402.
• Segalowitz, N., Freed, B., Collentine, J. Lafford, B., Lazar N., Díaz-Campos,
M. (2005). A comparison of acquisition
of Spanish as a second language in two different contexts of learning: Study
Abroad and the versus regular academic classroom. Frontiers 10. 1-18.
• Collentine, J. G. (2004). Commentary:
Where Processing Research Has Been and Where It Should Be Going. In B. VanPatten (Ed.) Applications
of Input Processing: Research on Processing Instruction, 169-182. Mahwah,
NJ: Erlbaum.
• Collentine, J.G. (2004). The Effects of
Learning Contexts on Morphosyntactic and Lexical Development. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 227-248.
•Collentine, J.G., and B. Freed. (2004). Introduction: Learning Context and its Effects on Second Language Acquisition. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 153-172. [Co-editor of volume.]
• Collentine, J.G. 2003. "The Development of Subjunctive and Complex-Syntactic Abilities among FL Spanish Learners." In B. Lafford and R. Salaberry (Eds.) Studies in Spanish Second Language Acquisition: the State of the Science, 74-97. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
• Lafford, B., J.G. Collentine, and A. Karp. 2003. "The Acquisition of Lexical Meaning by Second Language Learners: An analysis of general research trends with evidence from Spanish." In B. Lafford and R. Salaberry (Eds.) Studies in Spanish Second Language Acquisition: the State of the Science, 130-159. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
• Collentine, J., K. Collentine, V. Clark, and E. Fruginal. 2002. "Subjunctive Instruction Enhanced with Syntactic Instruction." In J. Lee, K. Geeslin, and J. C. Clements (Eds) Proceedings of the 4th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, 32-45. Sommerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
• Collentine, J.G. 2002. On the Acquisition of the Subjunctive and Authentic Processing Instruction: A Response to Farley. Hispania. 85, 900-909.
• Collentine, J.G. 2000. "The Relationship between Syntactic and Morphological Abilities in FL Learners of Spanish." In R. Leow and C. Sanz (Eds.) Spanish Applied Linguistics at the Turn of the Millennium, 20-35. Sommerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
• Collentine, J.G. 2000. "Insights into the Construction of Grammatical Knowledge Provided by User- Behavior Tracking Technologies." Language Learning Technology, 3, 44-57.
• Collentine, J.G. 1998. "Processing Instruction and The Subjunctive." Hispania, 81, 576-587.
• Collentine, J.G. 1998. "Cognitive Principles and CALL Grammar Instruction: A Mind-Centered, Input Approach." CALICO Journal, 15, 1-18.
• Collentine, J.G. and K. Collentine. 1997. "The Compatibility of Computer-Mediated Communication Solutions with Beginning Level Foreign Language Curricula." Computer Assisted Language Learning, 10, 411-426.
• Collentine, J. G. 1997. "The Effects of Irregular Stems on the Detection of Verbs in Spanish." Spanish Applied Linguistics, 1, 3-23.
• Collentine, J. G. 1997. "Pragmatics and the Generation of Syntactically Complex Utterances by Foreign Language Learners of Spanish." In W. R. Glass and A. Pérez-Leroux (Eds.) Contemporary perspectives on the acquisition of Spanish, 25-40. Sommerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
• Collentine, J. G. 1995. "The Development of Complex Syntax and Mood-Selection Abilities by Intermediate-Level Learners of Spanish." Hispania 78, 123-36.
• Lafford, B. A., and J. G. Collentine. 1989. "The Telltale Targets: An Analysis of Access Errors in the Speech of Intermediate Students of Spanish." Lenguas Modernas, 16, 143-162.
• Lafford, B. A., and J. G. Collentine. 1987. "Lexical and Grammatical Access Errors in the Speech of Intermediate/Advanced Level Students of Spanish." Lenguas Modernas, 14, 87-112.
Non-Refereed Articles -- Published:
• Collentine, J. 2002. Processing Instruction: New Perspectives on Input and Grammar. CLEAR News, 6.2, 1-3.
• Collentine, J. G. and K. Collentine. 1997. "Communicative and Content Based Foreign Language Instruction in a Computer Based, Distance Learning Environment." CALICO '97: Content, Content, Content. (Proceedings) CALICO: Durham, NC. CD-ROM digital text, no page reference.
• Schairer, K. E., and J. G. Collentine. 1996. "Practice and Assessment of Spanish Syntactic Competence." CALICO '96: Distance Learning. (Proceedings) CALICO: Durham, NC. 224-228.
Texts -- Published:
• Collentine, K. and J. G. Collentine. 1997. Solutions: Spanish 1. Educational Management Group. High school introductory Spanish course. Digital text residing on CD-ROM.
Book and Software Reviews -- Accepted:
Collentine J. Corpora in the Foreign Language Classroom: Selected Papers from the Sixth International Conference on Teaching and Language Corpora. Modern Language Journal.
Book and Software Reviews -- Published:
Collentine J. A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners by DAVIES, MARK. Modern Language Journal 2008, 92(2):344-344.
• Collentine, J.G. 2002. Review of Tesoros: A multimedia-based Spanish course on CD-ROM. Language Learning and Technology, 6, 33-39.
• Collentine, J.G. 1999. Adquisición de lenguas extranjeras: perspectivas actuales en Europa. Spanish Applied Linguistics, 3, 313-318.
• Collentine, J.G. 1999. Pasos Vivos I. Language Learning and Technology, 2, 23-27.
• Collentine, J.G. 1999. Untangling the Web: St. Martin's Guide to Language and Culture. The Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, 53, 100-103.
Workshops Conducted:
• "Designing Input-based, Discovery Learning Multimedia CALL Applications". Conducted at CALICO 2002 with K. Collentine. University of California at Davis (Davis, CA), March 26, 2002.
• "CALL Research Design and Implementation Part 2." Conducted at CALICO 2001 with K. Collentine. University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL), March 14, 2001.
• "An Introduction to Conducting CALL Research." Conducted at CALICO 2000 with K. Collentine and F. Sweeney. University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), May 31, 2000.
• "An Introduction to Conducting CALL Research." Conducted at CALICO 1999 with K. Collentine and F. Sweeney. University of Miami at Ohio (Oxford, Ohio), June 2, 1999.
Presentations:
• Collentine, J., K. Collentine, V. Clark, and E. Fruginal. 2000. "Subjunctive Instruction Enhanced with Syntactic Instruction." Presented at: 4th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. University of Indiana. November 18, 2000.
• "Syntactic Development as a Predictor of Morphological Abilities in FL Learners of Spanish." 1999 Research presented at conference on the L1 & L2 Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese, Georgetown University, October 12, 1999.
• "Components and Patterns in the Development of Morphological Abilities." Research presented at Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), Salt Lake City, UT, October 10, 1998.
• "The Cognitive Benefits of Grammar Slide Shows for Foreign Language Learners." Research presented at CALICO ?98 with K. Collentine. San Diego, CA, July 9, 1998.
• "Principled Eclecticism: Theoretical Perspectives." Presentation given at the NAU English Department Symposium: Crossing Disciplines: Discourse, Literature and Teaching Communities. March 27, 1998.
• "Communicative and Content Based Foreign Language Instruction in a Computer Based, Distance Learning Environment." Presented at CALICO ?97: Content, Content, Content with K. Collentine. West Point, NY, June 20, 1997.
• "Processing Instruction and the Spanish Subjunctive ". Research presented at Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), Albuquerque, NM, October 20, 1997.
• "Intake and the Subjunctive". Research presented at Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), Albuquerque, NM, October 18, 1996.
• "Practice and Assessment of Spanish Syntactic Competence." Presented at CALICO with K. Schairer. Albuquerque, NM, May 31, 1996.
• "Pragmatics and the Generation of Syntactically Complex Utterances by Foreign-Language Learners of Spanish." Research presented at conference on the Acquisition of Spanish as a First or Second Language, University Park, PA, October 14, 1995.
• "Toward a Revised Pedagogical Grammar of Mood." Paper presented at Georgetown University to the Department of Spanish, Washington, DC, February 3, 1995.
• "Establishing the Cognitive Conditions for Processing Complex Syntax." Research presented at Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), Colorado Springs, CO, October 21, 1994.
• "Complex Syntax and Mood Selection in the Spanish FL Classroom." Research presented at American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Philadelphia, PA, August 10, 1994.
• "Toward a Model of the Development of Complex Morphosyntax in Interlanguage." Research presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Baltimore, MD, March 6, 1994
• "How important is it to teach complex grammatical structures at the intermediate level?: What the research tells us." Research presented at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), Ogden, UT, October 17, 1992.
• "The Lexical Stage and Morphosyntactically Complex Structures in Interlanguage." Research presented at the III University of Texas Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics, Austin, TX, October 3, 1992.
• "The Effects of Communicative Value on the Acquisition of Grammar: The Spanish Subjunctive." Research presented at the Twelfth Annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), East Lansing, MI, April 3, 1992.
• "Interlanguage Variation: Mood and Foreign Language Learner Styles." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), Salt Lake City, UT, October 11, 1990.
• "Government and Binding Considerations of the Passive and Impersonal SE in Spanish." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), Las Vegas, NV, October 17, 1989.
• "Interlanguage Grammatical Errors of Intermediate Level Students of Spanish." Research presented at II University of Texas Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics, Austin, TX, October 12, 1989.
• "The Saga Continues: An Analysis of Access Errors in the Speech of Intermediate Level Students of Spanish." Research presented at Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), Las Cruces, NM, October 18, 1988.
• "Lexical and Grammatical Access Errors in the Speech of Intermediate/Advanced Level Students of Spanish." Research presented with Dr. Barbara Lafford at Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), Spokane, WA, October 16, 1987.
Grants
Collentine, J. (1996). "Processing Instruction and the Spanish Subjunctive." Competition: Organized Research Grant, NAU. $5,000.
Editorial Work
1995 to present. Referee for Hispania.
1999. Referee for Language Learning, American Association of University Supervisors and
Coordinators.
1991. Authored (with K. Collentine) annotations for instructor's edition: E. Zayas-Bazán and
J. B. Fernández. Arriba: First Year Spanish Textbook: Annotated Instructor's Edition (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992).
Board memberships
1996 to 1998. Elected as delegate to the Advisory Board of the Rocky Mountain Modern
Language Association. Attended all Board meetings, and assisted in administrative duties and decisions.
Service
National and State Service
Vice President of Second Language Acquisition Special Interest Group, Computer Assisted Language
Learning Consortium, Spring 1998 to Summer 2000.
Arizona Foreign Language Articulation task Force, Fall 1998 to Summer 2000.
University Service:
Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Fall 1997 to Spring 1998; Fall 1999 to Summer 2000.
Faculty Senate, Member, Spring 1997 to Summer 2000.
Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee, Chair, Fall 1999 to Summer 2000.
University Secondary Education Advisory Council, Fall 1998 to present.
Faculty Senate Committee on the Safe Working and Learning Environment Document (SWLE)
Document, Member, Fall 1998 to Spring 1999.
VP for Administration Search Committee, Member, Spring 1998 to Summer 1998.
NAU Web Steering Committee, Fall 1997 to Spring 1998.
College Service:
NAU Humanities Resource Center Steering Committee, Spring 1999.
Dean's Secondary Education Advisory Council, Fall 1998 to Spring 1999.
Departmental Committees:
Coordinator, Spanish Graduate Programs, Fall 2007 to present.
Coordinator, Spanish Lower Division, Fall 1998 to 2000.
Spanish Curriculum Committee, Member, Northern Arizona University, Fall 1997 to present.
Language Lab Committee, Member, Northern Arizona University, Fall 1996 to present.
Spanish Section Committee, Member, Northern Arizona University, Fall 1995 to present.
Library Committee, Chair, East Carolina University, Fall 1993 to Spring 1995.
Spanish Curriculum Committee, Member, East Carolina University, Fall 1993 to Spring 1995.
Departmental Ad-Hoc Committees:
Learning Disabilities Committee, Spring 1999.
Screening Committee for Search for Asst. Professor of Spanish, Chair, Fall 1996 to Spring 1997.
MAT (Master in Teaching) Committee, Member, Northern Arizona University, Fall 1995 to Spring 1996, Fall 1997 to Spring 1998, Fall 1999 to present.
Committee on Faculty Evaluation, Secretary, East Carolina University, Fall 1993 to Spring 1995.
Placement Exam Committee, Member, East Carolina University, Fall 1993 to Spring 1995.
Committee for the Departmental Criteria for Tenure and Promotion, Member, East Carolina
University, Fall 1993.
Costa Rica Study Abroad Committee, Member, East Carolina University, Fall 1993 to Spring 1994.
Search Committee for Second-year Spanish textbook for Spanish Curriculum Committee, Chair, East
Carolina University, Fall 1993 to Spring 1994.
Education-Related Service:
Supervisor of Northern Arizona University's student teachers of Spanish. Duties included advising, supervising, and visiting student teachers during their field experience. Fall 1996 to Spring 1998.
Community Activities:
Teaching Seminar: "Inductive and Deductive Approaches to Grammar Instruction." Hour-long
seminar taught at the East Carolina Foreign Language Educator's Collaborative. March 1994. The Collaborative allows teachers in the area to obtain "points" toward their teaching re-certification.
Professional Memberships
Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), 1996 to present.
American Association of Applied Linguists (AAAL), 1993 to present.
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), 1993 to present.
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 1990 to present.
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), 1987 to present.
Advising
Northern Arizona University, Fall 1995 to present. Am currently advising students seeking a major or a minor in foreign-language education.