May 2013
****** Student Research Day 2012 ****
Jason Jerome Hansen
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Matthew W. Waters
Xenia in Practice: From Homer to Herodotus
Madeline Louise Bires and Katie DeStefano
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Kate Mastruserio Reynolds
Teaching Strategies of ESL versus Mainstream Teachers
Lillian Mae Forsman
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Anne Cummings Hlas
High-leverage Teaching Practices in Early Second Language Learning
Claire Catherine Lind
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Kate Mastruserio Reynolds
General Education Teachers’ Readiness for ESL Students
Laura Jean Szymanski
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Jessica S. Miller
Improving Oral Proficiency with Technology: A Give and Take
Chelsey R. Winkler and Samara Sarahi Gaitan
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Meghan Kathleen Mehlos
How do Heritage Spanish Speakers’ Experiences in the Spanish Classrooms Influence the Creation of their Identities in Terms of what they Associate with the Varities of Spanish they use in Class and in the Community?
Karissa Kay Beebe
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Carlos G. Garcia
Exploration of the Need for Translation and Interpretation Services in the Eau Claire Area
Crystal Luag Ntxhi Vang
Faculty Mentor/Collaborators: Kelly A. Wonder and Ezra J. Zeitler
The Modernization of Paj Ntaub in China
Cindy Mai Yang
Faculty Mentor/Collaborators: Kelly A. Wonder and Ezra J. Zeitler
Hmong China History: Funeral Practice of the Chinese Hmong
See Yang
Faculty Mentor/Collaborators: Kelly A. Wonder and Ezra J. Zeitler
The Effect of Education on Gender Roles in Hmong Daily Life in China
Becky Vang
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Ezra J. Zeitler and Kelly A. Wonder
The Migration and Mobility of the Hmong-Miao in China
Choua Xiong
Faculty Mentor/Collaborators: Ezra J. Zeitler and Kelly A. Wonder
Analysis of a Hmong Mythical Figure: Chi You (Txiv Yawg)
Chee Yang
Faculty Mentor/Collaborators: Ezra J. Zeitler and Kelly A. Wonder
War and Peace of the Hmong and Chinese
April 2013
The following students will present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research:
Jennifer Barth, German LA major
Samara Gaitan, Spanish LA major
Cheng Her, Japanese minor
Elora Leene, French minor
Kelly O'Donnell, Spanish LA major
Katie Remington, Japanese minor
Giney Rojas, Spanish Business major
Ashley Shipman, Spanish minor
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February 2013
Dr. Kate Mastruserio Reynolds, in collaboration with UW-Eau Claire student Jingjing "Summer" Jiao, had their article, "Aha! Measuring Teachers' Content-Based Learning," published in December in the 2012 MinneWITESOL Journal, pages 127-153. The student-faculty research was supported by UW-Eau Claire's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
August 2012
Dr. Jessica Sertling Miller and UW-Eau Claire student Laura Szymanski presented a poster titled "Improving Oral Proficiency with Technology: A Give and Take" at the 2012 Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching conference Aug. 24-25 in Vancouver, Canada.
May 2012
****** Student Research Day 2012 ****
Shaleh Husaikan AlShammari, Zheng hao Chen, Yijia Chen, Chengyi Li, Jindong Zhao and Qiang Zhang
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Julie D. Adler
Perceptions of the Need for Study of Foreign Language in Business
Eric Paul Daubert
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Anne Cummings Hlas
An Investigation into the Effects of Blended Learning in Students’ Second Language Learning
Kayla Heather Noel and Samara Sarahi Gaitan
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Kate Mastruserio Reynolds
Being Strategic about Strategies
Laura Jean Szymanski and Kayla Heather Noel
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Jessica S. Miller
Effects of Technology vs. Traditional Conversational Activities on Foreign Language Oral Proficiency Acquisition
Ashley Marie Butler
Faculty Mentor/Collaborator: Pauline E. Basurto
Green Bay, Wisconsin: FLES Programs and the Business Community. Is There a Connection?
March 2012
Shauna Stoeger, a Spanish Business major, will attend the National Conference on Undergraduate Research March 29-31 at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Click here for the full story.
