Hispanic Studies - Kim Faber

Kim Faber

Contact Information

E-mail: Kim.Faber@oberlin.edu
Phone: (440) 775-5125
Web-Site: www.oberlin.edu/SITES
Office:
Peters 124
50 North Professor Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Instructor of Spanish, Linguistics, TESOL & SITES (Spanish In The Elementary Schools) Program Director

Educational Background
M.A. Applied Linguistics & TESOL, University of California, Davis: 1998
M.A. Spanish Linguistics, University of California, Davis: 1997
B.A Spanish, University of California, Riverside: 1994

International Experience and Research
1994-95: Lived 18 months in The Netherlands:        Participated in an Intensive Dutch Language        Program at the University of Amsterdam after which        I continued intensive Dutch language studies        sponsored by the Dutch government.
1993-94, Education Abroad Program (EAP)--Field        Research Program in Mexico: Did research on the        practical and political dimensions of bilingual        education of indigenous people in Oaxaca.
1992-93 EAP in Alcalá de Henares, Spain
1990 Hong Kong, Philippines, China, Macau: Summer        mission work
1989 Mexico City: Summer mission work.

Research Interests
    Current research interests are predominately issues in bilingual education (and related issues), raising children multilingually, and current issues and trends in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), especially issues pertaining to 'motivation' and 'output.'
         Masters Research, UC Davis: Researched a local 4th grade Spanish-immersion program           to assess the attitudes and motivations of the students, teachers, parents, and           administrators. Collected teaching ideas to improve the amount of "comprehensible           output" to be produced by the students, in order to enhance their overall linguistic           performance and encourage more balanced Bilingualism.
         ¿Bilingüismo o Doble Discurso?: La situación de la educación bilingüe-bicultural para la           población indígena de Oaxaca, México