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    Rebecca Chism

    Rebecca Chism

    Modern and Classical Language Studies
    Associate Professor of Foreign Language Pedagogy and French
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Location:
    101 - C Satterfield Hall
    Contact Information
    Email:
    rlchism@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-1825

    Biography

    I am currently an associate professor of foreign language pedagogy. I primarily teach undergraduate world language majors who wish to become licensed teachers as well as graduate students in TESL. I am on the editorial board of Language Teaching Futures https://ltfjournal.org/index.php/home.

    Research and Teaching Interests
    Vygotsky and Sociocultural Theory
    Technology in the World Language Classroom
    Best Practices in the Teaching of World Languages
    Preparation of World Language Educators, TESOL
    Undergraduate World Language Teacher Preparation

    Areas of Publication
    Second Language Acquisition
    World Language Pedagogy in Practice
    Best Practices in the Teaching of World Languages
    Computer Assisted Mediated Learning"

    Education

    Ph.D., French and Second Language Acquisition, Florida State University
    Department of Modern & Classical Language Studies
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