Gloria Vélez-Rendón

Associate Professor of Spanish and Foreign Language Education
velezre@calumet.purdue.edu
Phone: (219)989-2647
Fax: (219) 989-2165

Education

Ph.D., Purdue University, Foreign Language Education, 2000.
M.S., Purdue University, Foreign Language Education, 1990.
B.A., Universidad de Antioquia Medellín, Colombia), Foreign Languages, 1984.

Teaching/Research Specialties

Spanish language courses, Spanish for native speakers, Foreign language methods.

Selected Publications

Vélez-Rendón, G. (2003). Student or Teacher: Tensions Faced by a Spanish Language Teacher. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 7-21.

Vélez-Rendón, G. (2003). English in Colombia: A Sociolinguistic Profile. World Englishes, 185-198.

Vélez-Rendón, G. (2002). Second Language Teacher Education: A Review of Literature. Foreign Language Annals, 457-467.

Vélez-Rendón G. (2002). Learning to Teach Spanish: A Case Study. Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 103-129.

Silva*, T., Reichelt*, M., Chikuma, Y., Duval-Couetil, N. Mo, R.P., G. Vélez-Rendón, G. & Wood, S. Second Language Writing Up Close and Personal: Some Success Stories. (2003). B. Kroll (Ed.), Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing. New York: Cambridge University Press, 93-114.

Languages

Spanish, English and some French.

Research Interests

Learning how to teach foreign languages, issues related to Spanish heritage students, sociolinguistics, literacy narratives.

Courses Taught

Span 101-202 Spanish Levels I-IV

Span 261 Basic Spanish Composition

Span 313 Spanish for Native Speakers

Span 365 Spanish Conversation

Span 408 Spanish Internship

Span 515 Advanced Spanish Composition

Span 590A Technology and Culture

EDCI 342 Strategies of Foreign Language Instruction

EDCI 498D Supervised Teach Sec. Foreign Languages

Publications

Vélez-Rendón, G. (In press). Trayectorias bilingües: Desafíos en la construcción de identidades entre inmigrantes hispanas. Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana.

Vélez-Rendón, G. (2006 September). Entre el origen y la diáspora: Claves para la vida transnacional. Revista Contratiempo, 40, 4.

Vélez-Rendón, G. (2006). La construcción de identidades: El caso de universitarias hispanas inmigrantes en el contexto estadounidense. Revista Iberoamericana de Lingüística.

Vélez-Rendón, G. (2006). From Student to Teacher: A Successful Transition. Foreign Language Annals.39, 320-333.

Vélez-Rendón, G. (2005). Las autobiografías lingüísticas: Una propuesta metodológica para el desarrollo de la lecto-escritura de los alumnos hispanohablantes. Hispania, 88,531-541.

Vélez-Rendón, G. (2003). Student or Teacher: Tensions Faced by a Spanish Language Student Teacher. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 5, 7-21.

Vélez-Rendón G. (2003). English in Colombia: A Sociolinguistic Profile. World Englishes, 22, 185-198.

Silva, T., Reichelt, M., Chikuma, Y., Duval-Couetil, N. Mo, R.P., G., and Wood, S & Vélez-Rendón, G. (2003) Second language writing up close and personal: Some success stories. In B. Kroll (Ed.), Exploring Second Language Writing: Issues forTteachers. New York: Cambridge University Press, 93-114.

Vélez-Rendón G. (2002). Learning to Teach Spanish: A Case Study. Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 7 103-129.

Vélez-Rendón, G. (2002). Second Language Teacher Education: A Review of the Literature. Foreign Language Annals, 35, 457-467

Lee, J., Moore, Z. Pinnock, G. & Vélez, G. (2002). Español para la vida Book 4. Surrey, England: Nelson Thornes Ltd.

Moore, Z. & Vélez, G. (1995). Español para la vida: Workbook 3. Surrey, England: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.