Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of the Spanish Heritage Language (SHL) Program

Languages Literature and Cultures

Email Address: klpereir@uncg.edu

Phone: 336.334.3258

Education

Ph.D. Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, The University of Arizona
M.A. Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, The University of Arizona
M.A. Spanish, Middlebury College
B.A. Spanish, Colgate University

Courses Taught

  • SPA 302: Spanish Language and Cultures for Heritage Speakers (SVL)
  • SPA 310: Bilingual Voices: Spanish Communication for Heritage Speakers
  • SPA 318: Intermediate Spanish Composition for Heritage Speakers
  • SPA 342: Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
  • SPA 446: Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics
  • LLC 419/519: Second Language Acquisition
  • LLC 499/599: Community-Based Service-Learning

Research

  • Spanish Heritage Language Pedagogy
  • Hispanic Sociolinguistics
  • Language Ideology and Identity
  • Service-Learning and Community Engagement