Rita Ricaurte, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Spanish

rar@nebrwesleyan.edu

B.A. in Spanish Literature, 1975, Kansas State University;

M.A. in Spanish Literature, 1977, Kansas State University;

Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition, 1998,

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

Out on the Speaking Circuit
"Enhancing Language Learning with Culture-Oriented Web-Based Projects." Co-presenter at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Salt Lake City, UT, November 21-23, 2002.
 
"Planning an Immersion Event." Co-presenter at the Nebraska Foreign Language Association Fall Conference, Schuyler, NE October 19-20, 2001.
 
"Bringing Foreign Languages into the Classroom via the Internet." Co-presenter at the Technology Fair. Crete, NE, September 1996.
 
"A Reflective Approach to Teacher Development: Building a Positive Personal Teaching Efficacy among Foreign Language Educators." Co-presenter at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Louisville, KY, March 1996.
 
"Strengthening the Link Between Beginning and Advanced Level Language Classes: A Departmental Undertaking to Enhance Upper-Level Instruction." Co-presenter at the Nebraska Foreign Language Association Fall Conference in Lincoln, October, 1995 and at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Louisville, KY, March 1996.
 
"Culminating Activities Using Video," Co-presenter at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, March 23, 1991, Indianapolis, Indiana.
 
 
Membership In Professional Organizations
  • Nebraska International Language Association (President, 2004-2005)
  • American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
 
 
 
 
 

 

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