Dr. Irma Alarcón

Assistant Professor of Spanish and Linguistics

Office: Greene 519

Phone: (336) 758-5194

E-mail: alarcoi@wfu.edu

www.wfu.edu/~alarcoi

Education

• Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics, Indiana University (2005)
• M.A., Hispanic Linguistics, Indiana University (1998)
• M.A., Applied Linguistics (TESOL), Indiana University (1998)
• B.A., English Language, Literature, and Pedagogy, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (1990)

Research Interests

• Second language acquisition
• Psycholinguistics
• Heritage language learning and teaching

Courses Taught

• SPN 111: Elementary Spanish
• SPN 113: Elementary Intensive Spanish
• SPN 153: Intermediate Spanish
• SPN 319: Spanish Grammar and Composition
• SPN 319L: Spanish Grammar and Composition for Heritage Speakers
• LIN/ANT 150: Introduction to Linguistics
• LIN 330: Introduction to Psycholinguistics and Language Acquisition
• LIN 337: TESOL Linguistics

Honors and Awards

• Spring 2009 Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences Research Fund
• Fall 2008 William C. Archie Fund for Faculty Excellence
• Fall 2008 Provost Fund for Faculty Travel

Representative Publications

• Alarcón, I. (2008). ¿Cómo es que “un vestido” es masculino y “una corbata” es femenina? In J. D. Ewald & A. Edstrom (Eds.), El español a través de la lingüística: Preguntas y respuestas (pp. 26-38). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla.
• Alarcón, I. (2007). Conceptualizing and implementing comprehensible input in the foreign language classroom. PAIDEIA, 43, 57-71. 
• Alarcón, I. (2006). The second language acquisition of Spanish gender agreement: The effects of linguistic variables on accuracy. Munich: LINCOM.