Marta Fairclough, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish Linguistics
Director of the online Graduate Certificate Program
Office: 440 AH
Education
- Ph.D. Spanish Linguistics (Interdisciplinary program English and Spanish departments) – University of Houston (2001)
- M.A. Spanish Linguistics – University of Houston (1996)
- B.A. Spanish and French – University of Houston (1994)
Teaching and Research Interests
- Heritage Language Education
- Second Language Acquisition
- Sociolinguistics with an emphasis on U.S. Spanish.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate
- Intro to Spanish Linguistics (University of Houston)
- Spanish Grammar Review (University of Houston)
- Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (University of Houston, University of Salamanca - Spain)
- Spanish Grammar for Teachers (University of Houston)
- Written Comm. for Hispanic Heritage Learners (University of Houston)
- Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Learners I and II (University of Houston)
- Beginning Spanish I and II (UH, North Harris College)
- Intermediate Spanish I and Il (North Harris College)
- Spanish for Spanish Speakers (North Harris College)
- Spanish for Business (North Harris College)
Graduate
- Historical Grammar (University of Houston)
- Teaching Spanish to Spanish Speakers (University of Houston)
- Spanish Grammar for Teachers (University of Houston – combined 4000/6000 levels)
- Research in Heritage Language Education (University of Houston)
- Research in Spanish SLA (University of Houston)
- Teaching Spanish for Acquisition (University of Houston)
- Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Linguistics
- Introduction to Language Testing
Selected Publications
- Innovative Strategies for Heritage Language Teaching: A Practical Guide for the Classroom. Co-edited with Sara Beaudrie (2016, Georgetown UP). http://press.georgetown.edu/book/languages/innovative-strategies-heritage-language-teaching
- Spanish Heritage Language Test. https://avantassessment.com/shl
- Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States: The State of the Field. Co-edited with Sara Beaudrie (2012, Georgetown UP). http://press.georgetown.edu/book/languages/spanish-heritage-language-united-states
- “A working model for assessing Spanish heritage language learners’ proficiency through a placement exam.” Heritage Language Journal 9:1 (2012). Available from http://www.heritagelanguages.org
- " Testing the Lexical Recognition Task with Spanish/English Bilinguals in the United States." Language Testing 28:2 (2011), 273-297. http://ltj.sagepub.com/content/28/2/273.abstract
- "Developing an Electronic Placement Examination for Heritage Learners of Spanish: Challenges and Payoffs." Co-authors: Flavia Belpoliti & Encarna Bermejo. Hispania 93:2, 270-289, May 2010. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/382875
- "Incorporating Linguistic Variation into the Classroom." Co-Author: M.J. Gutiérrez. Chapter in Salaberry, R & Lafford, B (eds.), The Art of Teaching Spanish: Second Language Acquisition, from Research to Praxis
- "Spanish / English Interaction in U.S. Hispanic Heritage Learners' Writing." Chapter in Mar-Molinero, C & Steward, M (eds.), Globalization and Language in the Spanish speaking world: Macro and micro perspectives
- "La Adquisición del Dialecto Estándar: Un estudio longitudinal del discurso hipotético en el Español de los Estados Unidos." In Ortiz López, L. & Lacorte, M. (eds.), Contactos y contextos lingüísticos. El español en los Estados Unidos y en contacto con otras lenguas.
- "La enseñanza del español a los hispanohablantes bilingües y su efecto en la producción oral." Co-Author: N. Ariana Mrak. In Roca, A. & Colombi, C. (eds.), Mi lengua: Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States
- Spanish and Heritage Language Education in the United States. Struggling with hypotheticals, 2005