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Lara Ducate
German
Faculty
Associate Professor
Phone: (803) 777-2205
Fax:(803) 777-0454
E-mail:
ducate@sc.edu
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Education |
M.A.: University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Ph.D.: University of Texas at Austin, 2003 |
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Teaching Interests |
German Language and Culture, all levels
Foreign Language Teaching Methodology
Second Language Acquistion
Computer-assisted language learning
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Research Interests |
Computer-mediated Communication
Web logs, podcasting, wikis
Teacher education
Sociocultural Theory
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Selected Publications |
BOOK:
Ducate, L. and Arnold, N. (Eds.). (2006). Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to
New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching. San Marcos, TX: Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium.
ARTICLES & CHAPTERS:
Ducate, L. (2009). Service learning in Germany: A Four-week summer teaching program in Saxony-Anhalt. Die Unterrichtspraxis 42(1), 32-40.
Arnold, N., Ducate, L., Kost, C. (2009). Collaborative writing in wikis: Insights from culture projects in German classes. In Lomicka, L. and Lord, G. (Eds.). The Next Generation: Social Networking and Online Collaboration in Foreign Language Learning (pp. 115-144). San Marcos, TX: Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium.
Ducate, L., and Lomicka, L. (2008). Adventures in the blogosphere: From blog readers
to blog writers. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 21(1), 9-28.
Ducate, L. (2007). Co-constructing meaning and voice through an intercultural email
exchange. In C. L. Rieger, J. L. Plews, & C. Lorey (Eds.). Intercultural Literacies and German in the Classroom. Festschrift für Manfred Prokop zum 65sten Geburtstag. Giessener Beiträge für Fremdsprachendidaktik (pp. 69-96). Tübingen, Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag.
Arnold, N., Ducate, L., and Lomicka, L. (2007). Virtual communities of practice in
teacher education. In M. Kassen, R. Lavine, K. Murphy-Judy, & M. Peters (Eds.). Preparing and Developing Technology-proficient L2 Teachers (pp. 103-132). San Marcos, TX: Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium.
Arnold, N. and Ducate, L. (2006). Connecting universities, constructing meaning: An
analysis of beginning and future FL teachers ‘meeting’ online. Language Learning and Technology, 10(1), 42-66.
Ducate, L. and Lomicka, L. (2005). Exploring the blogosphere: Use of web logs in the
foreign language classroom. Foreign Language Annals, 38(3), 410-421.
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