Christopher Botero
Program Director
Associate Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of English & World Languages
Bio
Christopher G. Botero is the Director of World Languages at AU, specializing in Hispanic Linguistics. He is the codirector of the Linguistics Certificate and the coordinator of the BA WL education programs and the MAT WL program in the College of Education & Human Development. He is also the faculty advisor for the Iota Phi chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma (the first and largest national foreign language honor society).
Email: cbotero@augusta.edu
Education
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Ph.D., Spanish
Pennsylvania State UniversityT, 2011
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MA, Spanish
Pennsylvania State UniversityT, 2004
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BA, Linguistic, Comparative, and R
State University of New York -, 2001
Awards & Honors
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'Professor of the Year’ award
American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP) GA Chapter , 2014
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'Caught in the Act of Great Teaching’ award
Augusta State Center of Teaching and Learning, 2012
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Alpha Mu Gamma Honor Society
2011
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National Scholars Honors Society
2008
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Bunton-Waller Scholarship Award
2008
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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FREN 4801
Meth & Mat. Teach W Lang I
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FREN 6801
Mthds & Mat-Teach For Lan I
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SPAN 6801
Mthds & Mat-Tech World Lang I
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EDTD 5910
Student Teaching
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SPAN 4410
The Sound System of Spanish
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SPAN 4960
Undergraduate Internship
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SPAN 1001
Elementary Spanish I
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SPAN 1002
Elementary Spanish II
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ELED 4491
Elem Student Teaching
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SPAN 6802
Meth & Mat Teach W Lang II
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SPAN 4802
Methods & Mat. for W Lang II
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SCED 4901
Secondary Student Teaching
Teaching Interests
Spanish, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, language teaching methodology, second language acquisition.
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- ¡Mate! ¡Jonrón! Una Guía para la Comprensión de las Discapacidades , 2017
Translation or Transcription
- Instruction type and online tasks in the acquisition of L2 phonology: Preliminary findings, 2015
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- On perception and feedback facilitating production in second language phonology, 2015
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
(Hispanic) Linguistics, phonology, Spanish dialectology, Optimality Theory and lenition, computer assisted language learning (CALL), language teaching methodology.
Department Service
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Colloquia Committee
2019 - 2021
Role: Committee Member
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Foreign Language Unit (FLU) Recruitment & Rentention Committee
2013 - 2019
Role: Committee Member
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Foreign Language Unit (FLU)
2010 - 2019
Role: Committee Member
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EFL Personnel Committee (Promotion & Tenure)
2016 - 2018
Role: Committee Member
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Elementary & Intermediate Spanish Textbook Search / Curriculum Design Committee
2014 - 2014
Role: Committee Member
College Service
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Personnel (Promotion & Tenure) Committee
2019 - 2022
Role: Committee Member
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Partner School Network (PSN) Advisory Committee, College of Education
2011 - 2019
Role: Committee Member
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English & Foreign Languages Chair Search Committee
2016 - 2016
Role: Committee Chair
University Service
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FLAAC (Foreign Language Academic Advisory Committee)
2019 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Professional Education Council (PEC)
2011 - 2019
Role: Committee Member
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Teacher Education Department Chair Search Committee
2015 - 2015
Role: Committee Member
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English & Foreign Languages (EFL) Department Chair Search
2013 - 2014
Role: Committee Member
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Appeals Committee
2011 - 2013
Role: Committee Member
Professional Service
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GA DOE K-16 World Languages Advisory Committee
2017 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Methodology in Language Teaching: Teacher Training course
- 2012
Role: Reviewer, Book
