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
Education
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Ph.D., Spanish
Pennsylvania State UniversityT, 2011
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MA, Spanish
Pennsylvania State UniversityT, 2004
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BA, Linguistic, Comparative, and R
State University of New York -, 2001
Awards & Honors
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'Professor of the Year’ award
American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP) GA Chapter , 2014
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'Caught in the Act of Great Teaching’ award
Augusta State Center of Teaching and Learning, 2012
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Alpha Mu Gamma Honor Society
2011
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National Scholars Honors Society
2008
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Bunton-Waller Scholarship Award
2008
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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SPAN 1002
Elementary Spanish II
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FREN 6802
Meth & Mat Teach F. Lang II
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FREN 4802
Meth & Mat Teach W Lang II
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SPAN 6802
Meth & Mat Teach W Lang II
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SPAN 4802
Methods & Mat. for W Lang II
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LING 4410
Phonetics and Phonology
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EDTD 5910
Student Teaching
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SPAN 4960
Undergraduate Internship
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FREN 4801
Meth & Mat. Teach W Lang I
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FREN 6801
Mthds & Mat-Teach For Lan I
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SPAN 6801
Mthds & Mat-Tech World Lang I
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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
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Colloquia Committee
2019 - 2021
Role: Committee Member
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Foreign Language Unit (FLU) Recruitment & Rentention Committee
2013 - 2019
Role: Committee Member
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Foreign Language Unit (FLU)
2010 - 2019
Role: Committee Member
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EFL Personnel Committee (Promotion & Tenure)
2016 - 2018
Role: Committee Member
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Elementary & Intermediate Spanish Textbook Search / Curriculum Design Committee
2014 - 2014
Role: Committee Member
College Service
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Personnel (Promotion & Tenure) Committee
2019 - 2022
Role: Committee Member
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Partner School Network (PSN) Advisory Committee, College of Education
2011 - 2019
Role: Committee Member
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English & Foreign Languages Chair Search Committee
2016 - 2016
Role: Committee Chair
University Service
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FLAAC (Foreign Language Academic Advisory Committee)
2019 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Professional Education Council (PEC)
2011 - 2019
Role: Committee Member
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Teacher Education Department Chair Search Committee
2015 - 2015
Role: Committee Member
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English & Foreign Languages (EFL) Department Chair Search
2013 - 2014
Role: Committee Member
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Appeals Committee
2011 - 2013
Role: Committee Member
Professional Service
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GA DOE K-16 World Languages Advisory Committee
2017 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Methodology in Language Teaching: Teacher Training course
- 2012
Role: Reviewer, Book
