Shelli Plesser, Lecturer

Please note: Shelli has left the "Asian & Middle Eastern Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Her interests are focused primarily on the communicative performance of languages with a strong adherence to the Chomskian-generative view of language, language development, and language acquisiton. She also is a strong supporter of the incorporation of cultural content in class linguistic as well as non-linguistic (music, movies, commercials etc). Shelli is a native Hebrew speaker (she was born and raised in Israel) and has been interested in language acquisition as well as multilingualism for many years. Before joining the Modern Hebrew program at Duke, Shelli taught Modern Hebrew at Yale University, and English as a Second Language in Israel.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2204 Erwin Road Room 234, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 403-7860
Email Address:

Office Hours:

Tues. 10-11am, Thur. 1:30-2:30pm

Education:

M.A.	Boston University	1991
BA	Tel-Aviv University	1998
B.A.	Tel Aviv University (Israel)	1987
Certificate in Translation Studies	Beit Berl Institute	1985
Yiddish studies	Oxford University - England	1982

Specialties:

Hebrew

Research Interests:

Her interests are focused primarily on the communicative performance of languages with a strong adherence to the Chomskian-generative view of language, language development, and language acquisiton. She also is a strong supporter of the incorporation of cultural content in class linguistic as well as non-linguistic (music, movies, commercials etc). Shelli is a native Hebrew speaker (she was born and raised in Israel) and has been interested in language acquisition as well as multilingualism for many years. Before joining the Modern Hebrew program at Duke, Shelli taught Modern Hebrew at Yale University, and English as a Second Language in Israel.

Duties:

Coordinator of the Hebrew Language program at AMES Teach Modern Hebrew 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year levels. Organize and lead film viewing series for students.

Postdocs Mentored

• none (2009/01-present)