Julieta Fernández (Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, Penn State University) is Associate Professor in the Spanish & Portuguese Department. She is also a faculty member in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), and a member of the Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) cluster at the University of Arizona. Her research seeks to advance our understanding of second language teaching and learning in the at-home and study abroad (SA) contexts, with a special focus on pragmatics (the study of language use in social interaction). Prof. Fernández welcomes students who want to work with her on these topics in the Tucson Applied Linguistics Lab, which she runs with the help of a Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Grant. Her publications have appeared in such journals as Journal of Pragmatics, Modern Language Journal, Applied Pragmatics, Spanish Language Teaching, and Foreign Language Annals. Most of her publications can be found here. With a group of colleagues, Prof. Fernández was recently awarded a CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grant ($100,000) for the collaborative project "A linguistically responsive Teaching Assistant (TA) training model".
Recent Publications
- Fernández, J. (2023). Pragmatics in learner corpora. In C.A. Chapelle, N. Taguchi & D. Kadar (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of applied linguistics, second edition: Pragmatics (pp. 1–6). Wiley-Blackwell.
- Brown, D., Fernández, J., & Huensch, A. (2023). The role of pragmatic markers in perceptions of L2 fluency in dialogue. System, 119.
- Fernández, J. (2022). Corpus linguistics in L2 pragmatics research. Applied Pragmatics, 4(2), 178–198.
- McGregor, J. & Fernández, J. (2022). A critical appraisal of research interviews as a qualitative method of data generation in study abroad research. In J. McGregor & J. L. Plews (Eds.). Designing Second Language Study Abroad Research: Critical Reflections on Methods and Data (pp. 113–131). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Fernández, J. (2022). Guillermo Rojo. Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español. Routledge, April 5, 2021. [404 pages] [ISBN 9780367635848]. Hispania, 105(3), 477–479.
- Fernández, J., & Davis, T. (2021). Overview of available learner corpora. In N. Tracy-Ventura & M. Paquot (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and corpora (pp. 145–157). Routledge.
- Fernández, J., & Staples, S. (2021). Pragmatic Approaches. In N. Tracy-Ventura & M. Paquot (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and corpora (pp. 240–251). Routledge.
- Fernández, J., McGregor, J. & Yuldashev, A. (2021). Discursive enactment of responsibility in study abroad research interviews. Modern Language Journal, 105(4), 877–896.
- Rockey, C., Tiegs, J., & Fernández, J. (2020). Mobile application use in technology enhanced DCTs. CALICO Journal, 37(1), 85–108.
- Staples, S., & Fernández, J. (2019). Corpus linguistics approaches to L2 pragmatics research. In N. Taguchi (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and pragmatics (pp. 241–254). Routledge.
- McGregor, J., & Fernández, J. (2019). Theorizing qualitative interviews: Two autoethnographic reconstructions. Modern Language Journal, 103(1), 227–247.
Courses Taught
Graduate
- Foreign Language Teaching and Methodology
- Introduction to Pragmatics
- Seminar in L2 Pragmatics
- Seminar in Qualitative Methods
Undergraduate
- Advanced Grammar and Composition
- Applied Linguistics
- Humanities Research, Prep/Advanced
- Intermediate Conversation
- Second Semester Spanish
- Spanish for the Classroom Teacher of Spanish
- Spanish Pragmatics