G. Richard Tucker
Paul Mellon University Professor of Applied Linguistics Emeritus
Bio
During the past forty-five years, Richard (Dick) Tucker directed or co-directed numerous large-scale research projects including the 12-year longitudinal evaluation of the effectiveness of foreign language immersion programs in Quebec with Wallace E. Lambert that resulted in publication of numerous scholarly and practical articles as well as the monograph — The Bilingual Education of Children. In addition, he has been involved in planning and implementing national language surveys in a number of developing countries (e.g., Jordan, the Philippines, the Sudan) one of which resulted in publication of the monograph — an English-Language Policy Survey of Jordan. Thus, Dr. Tucker has been involved in research on diverse aspects of language learning and language teaching in both monolingual and bilingual settings.
More recently, he has worked with Rick Donato at the University of Pittsburgh to conduct a longitudinal assessment of an innovative K-12 Spanish program for students in a suburban school district.
Dr. Tucker also serves on a variety of national advisory boards and as a Trustee for the International Research Foundation (TIRF) for English Language Education.
He also serves on a number of editorial advisory boards for scholarly journals in diverse areas of language education. Lastly, he has a special interest in contributing toward a greater awareness of the role of language in education and national development in the United States and abroad.
Education
Ph. D., McGill UniversitySelected Publications
Donato, R. & Tucker, G. R. (2010). A Tale of Two Schools: Developing Sustainable Early Foreign Language Programs. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Mitsui, A., Haxhi, J, Donato, R. & Tucker, G. R. (2009). Introducing writing activities into the Japanese as a foreign language (JFL) classroom: A teacher-researcher collaboration. NECTFL Review. 64, 5—17.
Tucker, G. R. & Dubiner, D. (2009). Concluding thoughts: Does the immersion pathway lead to multilingualism? In Tara W. Fortune & Diane J. Tedick (Eds.) Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Pp. 267—277.
Donato, R. & Tucker, G. R. (2007). K‹12 language learning and foreign language education policy: A school-based perspective. The Modern Language Journal, 91, 256‹258.
Chenoweth, N. A., Jones, C. M., & Tucker, G. R. (2006). Language Online: Principles of design and methods of assessment. In R. P. Donaldson & M. A. Haggstrom (Eds.)
Changing Language Education through CALL. New York, NY: Routledge. Pp. 149--168.