Carmen Villegas Rogers, Ed.D. Associate Professor of French and Spanish Office Location:  Fournier Hall, Room 383 Office Phone:  215.753.3669 E-Mail:  rogersc@chc.edu

Educational Background
 

• Ed.D in Foreign Langauges, University of Georgia, Athens
• M.A. in Teaching French and Spanish, School for International Training Brattleboro, Vermont
• Certificat Supérieur d’Aptitude à l’Enseignement du Français à l’Etranger Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, France

Courses Taught
 

• SPAN 231, Introduction to Hispanic Civilization: Spain
• SPAN 232: Introduction to Hispanic Civilization: Latin America
• FRA 226: French for Oral Proficiency
• SPAN 103: Intermediate Spanish
• SPAN 104: Intermediate Spanish
• SPAN 221: Advanced Grammar

Scholarly Interests
 

• Methods of teaching foreign languages
• Influence of English on U.S. Spanish
• Use of authentic materials
• African heritage in Latin America

Selected Articles
 

• Improving the Visibility of Afro-Latin Culture in the Spanish Classroom, Hispania, September 2006.
• Tradition and Technology in Language Teaching, Dimension, 2002.
• U.S. Spanish on the air: Good Waves for the Classroom, Foreign Language Annals. 2001.
• Language as a Reflection of Culture: From Literal Meaning to Conceptual Awareness, Canadian Modern Language Review. La revue canadienne des langues vivantes. 1995.
• Language with a Purpose: Using Authentic Materials in the Foreign Language Classroom, Foreign Language Annals, 1988.