Liliana Paredes, Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies

Please note: Liliana has left the "Linguistics" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Current interests: second language acquisition of vocabulary; curricular implications of low, mid and high stakes activities to understand writing in a second language; development of intercultural competence, assessment.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	102 Language Center, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-3100
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.duke.edu/web/linguistics/index.html/~liliana.paredes

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• SPANISH 203.04, INTERMEDIATE SPANISH Synopsis

  East Duke 204D, MWF 12:00 PM-01:00 PM

• SPANISH 317S.01, COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVES Synopsis

  Languages 114, MTuWTh 10:00 AM-11:30 AM

• SPANISH 209.01, INTERMEDIATE HERITAGE LEARNERS Synopsis

  Languages 109, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

  (also cross-listed as LSGS 209.01)

• SPANISH 409S.01, LINGUISTIC RIGHTS - AMERICAS Synopsis

  Languages 114, TuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as LINGUIST 409S.01, RIGHTS 409S.01)

Office Hours:

Tu 2:00-3:00, W 10:00-11:00 or by appointment

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Southern California	1996
M.A.	State University of New York, Stony Brook	1990
BA in Linguistics	Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru	1989

Specialties:

Spanish
Linguistics and Theories of Pedagogy

Research Interests: Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Instruction, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Human Rights, Language and Identity

Current projects: " Task-based and vocabulary acquisition, "Language Instructor Exchange Program - Equal exchange of knowledge project"

Current interests: second language acquisition of vocabulary; curricular implications of low, mid and high stakes activities to understand writing in a second language; development of intercultural competence, assessment.

Keywords:

Second language acquisition and pedagogy • Second language assessment

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Paredes, L, Adquisición de segundas lenguas y pedagogías innovadoras., edited by Valencia, UD, Atic Revista d’innovació Educativa, Universitat de Valencia. Monográfico 10. Web. September, 2013. no. 10 (September, 2013), ISSN 1989-3477
2. Munne, J; Paredes, L; Peris, EM; Quintana, NS; Baulenas, NS, Gente: Nivel Intermedio Plus Myspanishlab with Etext Multi Semester -- Access Card Package (May, 2013), pp. 240 pages, Pearson College Division, ISBN 9780205989485  [abs]
3. Liliana Paredes, Joan Munne, Gente Intermedio (March, 2013), Pearson, New Jersey, ISBN 0132278081  [abs]
4. Paredes, L; Valdez, ML, Language Contact and Change: Direct Object Leísmo in Andean-Spanish, in Selected Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics, edited by Westmoreland, M; Thomas, JA (2012), pp. vii+161 pages-vii+161 pages, Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA  [abs]
5. Paredes, L, The Acquisition of Second Languages and Innovative Pedagogies (2012), ISSN 1989-3477  [abs]

Selected Invited Talks

1. Escritura avanzada… trabajo en paneles de expertos, usos de blog y niveles de escritura, 2012/06/13, Universidad de Valencia    

Selected Conference Talks

1. Beyond word lists and negotiation of meaning: Understanding vocabulary in TBLT., October 05, 2013, Task Based Learning and Teaching 2013 Conference, October 3-5, 2013.    
2. Más allá de listas de palabras y negociación de significados: enseñanza y adquisición de vocabulario en el contexto del enfoque por tareas., October 10, 2013, UNAM - Mexico    
3. Task-based assessment: A look at successful experiences at the elementary and intermediate level Spanish, July 10, 2010    
4. Lowering the Stakes: Writing to Learn and Learning to Write., November 16, 2012    
5. En búsqueda de respuestas: prácticas actuales y desarrollos futuros en el entrenamiento del instructor de L2 en el contexto del trabajo por tareas, October 13, 2011, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México    
6. Development of L2 Discourse in Podcasts., November 20, 2009, ACTFL 2009    
7. Discurso y negociación de identidad. Grupos amerindios en Carolina del Norte., July, 2009, 53rd International Congress of Americanists, Mexico    
8. Evaluating the Foreign Language Requirement at Duke University, November 21, 2008, ACTFL 2008    
9. Task-based assessment in lower and intermediate Spanish classes, November 21, 2008, ACTFL 2008    

Selected Grant Support

• Duke Immerse Summer Course.      

Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Southern California, 1996. Areas of interest are sociolinguistics, minority languages and bilingualism. She is interested in second language acquisition, and the acquisition of narrative discourse strategies by bilingual children. Within the area of applied linguistics, she is interested in the study of development of discourse strategies in the L2 classroom. Publications include The Use of the Past Tense in the Narratives of Bilingual Children: The Acquisition of Aspectual Distinctions, Spanish in the U.S., Ana Roca; Editor, (2000). "The Proficiency Continuum in Quechua-Spanish Bilingual Speakers: An Analysis of the Verbal Clitic System," Journal of Southwestern Linguistics, Volume 20, Number 1, (2001).