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Glenn Levine

Associate Professor, German
School of Humanities

Language Program Director, German
School of Humanities

Faculty Director, UCI Center for International Education

Director, Humanities Language Learning Program


Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin


M.A., University of New Mexico, German


B.A., University of New Mexico, Political Science, German Studies

Phone: (949) 824-6406
Fax: (949) 824-6416
Email: glevine@uci.edu

University of California
225 Humanities Instructional Building
Mail Code: 3150
Irvine, CA 92697

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Research
Interests 		Applied linguistics, theoretical linguistics, foreign language pedagogy, German-Jewish literature, Yiddish language and literature
   
Academic
Distinctions 		Courses Taught

A Social History of the German Language from the Frankish Empire to Post-Wall Germany (undergraduate)
Advanced German Conversation (undergraduate)
Business German (undergraduate)
German-Jewish Literature (undergraduate)
Jewish Culture and History in Europe and the U.S. (undergraduate)
Cuisine as Culture in Germany and Austria from the Roman Empire to the Present (undergraduate)
Critical Curriculum Design for the Language Professional (graduate)
Theory and Practice of the Advanced Literature and Culture Curriculum (graduate)
German in Contact with Other Languages/German Bilingualism (graduate)
Introduction to Second Language Acquisition (graduate)
Language Learning and Technology (graduate)
The Teaching of University-Level German (graduate)
Study Abroad in a Global World (freshman seminar)
How to Succeed in College: Multiple Literacies and Competencies (freshman seminar)
   
Research
Abstract 		The overarching goal of my scholarly work is to explore and understand linguistic knowledge and development, and in particular, the nature and process of intercultural competence as part of second-language learning. I was trained in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, general Germanic linguistics, and German Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and earned the Ph.D. in 1997. My graduate research and first book dealt with language attrition and incomplete first-language acquisition of Yiddish in the U.S. immigrant situation. Since coming to the University of California, Irvine in 1999, my research and publications have focused primarily on issues of adult second-language learning and teaching. In particular, I have sought to develop a nuanced model of second-language socialization that is theoretically sound, empirically robust, and pedagogically viable.
   
Publications

Code Choice in the Language Classroom. Under contract to Multilingual Matters.

“Building Meaning through Code Choice in L2 Learner Interaction: A D/discourse Analysis and Proposals for Curriculum Design and Teaching.” In M. Turnbull and J. Dailey-O’Cain (Eds.), First Language Use in Second-Language Learning and Teaching (pp. 145-162). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2009.

"L2 Learner Talk-about-Language as Social Discursive Practice," L2 Journal 1.1, 19-41, 2009. http://repositories.cdlib.org/uccllt/l2/vol1/iss1/art3

“Exploring Intercultural Communicative Competence through L2 Learners’ Intercultural Moments.” In A. Schulz & Erwin Tschirner (Eds.), Communicating across Borders: Developing Intercultural Competence in German as a Foreign Language (pp. 191-216). Munich: Iudicium, 2008.

With M. Chavez, C. Crane, C. Melin, and T. Lovik. “The Language Program Director in Curricular and Departmental Reform: A Response to the MLA Ad Hoc Report” . Profession 2008, 240–254, 2008.

"Problematizing the Teaching and Learning of Grammar in the Intermediate German Classroom: A Sociocultural Approach." Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching of German, 39.1-2, 1-13, 2006. Abstract

"Co-Construction and Articulation of Code-Choice Practices in Foreign Language Classrooms." In C. Barrette and K. Paesani (Eds.), Language Program Articulation: Developing a Theoretical Foundation (pp. 110-130). Boston: Heinle, 2005.
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"Global Simulation: A Student-Centered, Task-Based Format for Intermediate Foreign Language Courses." Foreign Language Annals, 37.1, 26-36, 2004 Abstract

With N. Eppelsheimer, F. Kuzay, S. Moti, & J. Wilby. "Global Simulation at the Intersection of Theory and Practice in the Intermediate-Level German Classroom." Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching of German, 37.2, 99-116, 2004. Abstract

With S. Morse. "Integrating Diverse Digital Media in a Global Simulation German Course." In L. Lomicka & J. Cooke-Plagwitz (Eds.), Best Practices in the Use of Digital Media for Language Teaching and Learning, (pp. 44-51). Boston: Heinle, 2004. Abstract

"Student and Instructor Beliefs and Attitudes about Target Language Use, First Language Use, and Anxiety: Report of a Questionnaire Study." The Modern Language Journal, 87.3, 343-364, 2003.
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Incomplete First-Language Acquisition in the Immigrant Situation: Yiddish in the United States. Linguistische Arbeiten 426, Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2000.
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"Gender Assignment to German Nonsense Nouns: What Does the Native Speaker Know that the Non-Native Speaker Doesn't?" Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, vol. 2, 397-406, 1999.
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"Yiddish Publishing Activities in Berlin and the Crisis in Eastern European Jewish Culture." Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, 42, 85-108, 1997.

"Elderly Second-Generation Speakers of Yiddish: Toward a Model of L1 Loss, Incomplete L1 Acquisition, Competence and Control." Southwest Journal of Linguistics,15, 109-120, 1996.
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Last updated 01/04/2010