Irma Alarcón
Irma Alarcón, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
alarcoi@wfu.edu
336-758-5194
Greene Hall 519
Second Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Heritage Speakers, TESOL
Irma Alarcón is a native of Chile, and received her PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from Indiana University, Bloomington. She teaches courses in psycholinguistics and TESOL linguistics, as well as Spanish grammar for both English-speaking learners and heritage speakers (early bilinguals). Her primary research focuses on theoretical issues concerning the role of linguistic variables, such as noun gender and morphology, on the acquisition of Spanish gender agreement. Her most recent work has analyzed heritage Spanish speakers, and offers both theoretical implications concerning differences between first and second language acquisition and pedagogical insights into the burgeoning field of teaching Spanish to Latinos in the U.S.
Spanish Courses
Spanish Major & Minor
- Language and Society (SPA 373)
- Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (SPA 320)
- Grammar and Composition for Heritage Speakers of Spanish (SPA 309L)
- Grammar and Composition (SPA 309)
- Intensive Spanish – Salamanca (SPA 301)
- Spanish Internships – Salamanca (SPA 199)
Spanish Language Program
- Intermediate Spanish (SPA 153)
- Intermediate Spanish ISLI (SPA 153-ISLI)
- Intensive Elementary Spanish (SPA 113)
- Elementary Spanish (SPA 111)
Linguistics Courses (taught in English)
Linguistics Minor
- Introduction to Psycholinguistics and Language Acquisition (LIN 330)
- TESOL Linguistics (LIN/EDU 337)
- Introduction to Linguistics (LIN/ANT 150)