Christopher Botero

Program Director

Christopher Botero

Program Director

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of English & World Languages

Bio

Christopher G. Botero holds a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from Penn State, and codirects the Linguistics Certificate in the Department of English & World Languages. He also coordinates the BA World Language Education programs and the MAT World Languages program in the College of Education & Human Development.

Email: cbotero@augusta.edu

  • (706) 737-1500
  • AH E240

Education

  • Ph.D., Spanish Pennsylvania State UniversityT, 2011

  • MA, Spanish Pennsylvania State UniversityT, 2004

  • BA, Linguistic, Comparative, and R State University of New York -, 2001

Awards & Honors

  • 'Professor of the Year’ award American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP) GA Chapter , 2014

  • 'Caught in the Act of Great Teaching’ award Augusta State Center of Teaching and Learning, 2012

  • Alpha Mu Gamma Honor Society 2011

  • National Scholars Honors Society 2008

  • Bunton-Waller Scholarship Award 2008

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • SPAN 1002

    Elementary Spanish II
  • FREN 6802

    Meth & Mat Teach F. Lang II
  • FREN 4802

    Meth & Mat Teach W Lang II
  • SPAN 6802

    Meth & Mat Teach W Lang II
  • SPAN 4802

    Methods & Mat. for W Lang II
  • LING 4410

    Phonetics and Phonology
  • EDTD 5910

    Student Teaching
  • SPAN 4960

    Undergraduate Internship
  • FREN 4801

    Meth & Mat. Teach W Lang I
  • FREN 6801

    Mthds & Mat-Teach For Lan I
  • SPAN 6801

    Mthds & Mat-Tech World Lang I
  • SPAN 4410

    The Sound System of Spanish

Teaching Interests

Spanish, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, language teaching methodology, second language acquisition.

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • ¡Mate! ¡Jonrón! Una Guía para la Comprensión de las Discapacidades , 2017
    Translation or Transcription
  • Instruction type and online tasks in the acquisition of L2 phonology: Preliminary findings, 2015
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • On perception and feedback facilitating production in second language phonology, 2015
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Perseverative Phonetic Effects in Bilingual Code-Switching, 2005
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

Research Interests

Computer assisted language learning (CALL), language teaching methodology, (Hispanic) linguistics, phonology, Spanish dialectology.

Department Service

  • Colloquia Committee 2019 - 2021

    Role: Committee Member
  • Foreign Language Unit (FLU) Recruitment & Rentention Committee 2013 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • Foreign Language Unit (FLU) 2010 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • EFL Personnel Committee (Promotion & Tenure) 2016 - 2018

    Role: Committee Member
  • Elementary & Intermediate Spanish Textbook Search / Curriculum Design Committee 2014 - 2014

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • Personnel (Promotion & Tenure) Committee 2019 - 2022

    Role: Committee Member
  • Partner School Network (PSN) Advisory Committee, College of Education 2011 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • English & Foreign Languages Chair Search Committee 2016 - 2016

    Role: Committee Chair

University Service

  • FLAAC (Foreign Language Academic Advisory Committee) 2019 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Professional Education Council (PEC) 2011 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • Teacher Education Department Chair Search Committee 2015 - 2015

    Role: Committee Member
  • English & Foreign Languages (EFL) Department Chair Search 2013 - 2014

    Role: Committee Member
  • Appeals Committee 2011 - 2013

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • GA DOE K-16 World Languages Advisory Committee 2017 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Methodology in Language Teaching: Teacher Training course - 2012

    Role: Reviewer, Book