Joseph Garcia
ALSLA Doctoral Student
Bio
Joseph Garcia is particularly interested in how to empower language learners by working to move away from the “deficient non-native” model to a more agentive, multicompetence framework. His research interests center around these topics and consider affective aspects of self-efficacy and motivation.
Joseph has been learning Arabic for the last 7 years encouraged by a desire to engage with Arabic speakers and share life with them. He loves visiting the Middle East and North Africa and practicing as many dialects as possible. For the past few years, he has had the pleasure of helping other Americans study Arabic and discover the beauty of the language and cultures represented in this region. Arabic education and the use of multiple dialects in the classroom is a key area of interest to him, and he plans to use classroom based research to investigate this further.
Education
M.A.,Applied Linguistics, Texas Tech University
B.A., Linguistics and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures – Arabic, The University of Texas at Austin
Areas of Interest
- Multilingualism
- Arabic Dialects
- Learner Identity
- Self-Efficacy
- Motivation
Selected Awards and Honors
- G. Richard Tucker Second Langauge Acquisition Fellowship
- Arabic Flagship
Selected Community, University & Professional Service
- Graduate Society of Applied Linguistics, Texas Tech University
- Alliance Church, Volunteer ESL Instructor