Montserrat Mir
Professor
Lang Literatures & Cultures
Office
STV Stevenson Hall 244
Office Hours
Spring 2020 Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11am
Office Phone
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- About
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Biography
Born in Barcelona. Attended the University of Barcelona and majored in English Philology. . Completed my MA in Teaching of English as a Second Language and a PhD in Education: Second Language Teaching and Learning in 1994 from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Employed by Illinois State University since 1997.
Current Courses
243.001Cultura Espanola
213.001Written Communication In Spanish
214.003Oral Communication In Spanish
319.001Principles In World Language Learning
475.001World Language Teaching Methodologies
Teaching Interests & Areas
Spanish language and linguistics
Research Interests & Areas
Teacher Education, Spanish oral discourse, Pragmatics
Ph D Education
University of Illinois
Urbana
MA TESOL
University of Illinois
Urbana
BA English Philology
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
International Travel Grant
College of Arts and Sciences, ISU
2018
Research Priorities Initiative
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
2016
Travel grant
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), Illinois State University
2016
Travel grant
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), Illinois State Universit
2012
Travel grant
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), Illinois State Universit
2010
Extended University
Illinois State University
2009
Research grant
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), Illinois State Universit
2009
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
2009
Travel grant
FEIC, Illinois State University
2008
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
2008
Book Review
Mir, M. Taboada, M, Dobal Suarez, S., and Gonzalez Alvarez, E. (eds.) (2013). Contrastive Discourse Analysis: Functional and Corpus Perspectives. Bristol: Equinox. ISBN # 978-1-908049-75-9, xi-356 pp. Ingrid Piller (EDs). Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication (MULTI)
Book, Authored
Mir, M., & Bailey de las Heras, A. Qué me dices. Pearson (2015)
Book, Chapter
Mir, M. Learning about L2 Spanish requests abroad through classroom and ethnography-based pragmatics instruction. J. C. Felix-Brasdefer and R. Shively (EDs), New Directions in Second LanguagePragmatics. Mouton de Gruyter. (2021): 28-57.
Mir, M. Teaching Practices in learning Spanish L2 Pragmatics: What research says, what textbooks offer, what teachers must do”. D. Dumitrescu and P.L. Andueza (EDs), L2 Spanish Pragmatics: From Research to Teaching. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. (2018): 33-52.
Mir, M. La lectura como base para la comunicación oral. Santiago Guervós et al (EDs), Del texto a la lengua: La aplicación de los textos a la enseñanza-aprendizaje del español L2-LE. Proceedings from XIX International Convention ASELE (Asociación para la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera). (2011): 1155-1166.
Journal Article
Mir, M., & Cots, J. The use of humor in Spanish and English compliment responses: A cross-cultural analysis. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research 32.3 (2019): 393-416.
https://benjamins.com/catalog/lic.17.1.06mir/fulltext/lic.17.1.06mir.pdf
Mir, M. Joining forces in constructing meaning in Spanish L2 conversations. Revista Electrónica de Lingüística Aplicada 12 (2013): 37-44.
Mir, M. Negotiation of meaning in Spanish L2 Task-Focused Conversations. Prof. Dr. Thomas Tinnefeld (EDs). Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching. 4.1 (2013): 77-95.
Mir, M. Teaching and learning about Spanish L2 compliments in short-term study abroad. Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 5.2: 230-257.
Presentations
Borrull, F. and Mir, M. (2023, November 18). An Approach to Board of Education Content Area Test Preparation for Teacher Licensure. ACTFL Convention and World Language Expo. Chicago, IL.
Beyond grammar and vocabulary: Learning about conversation. Speaking about World Languages Event.. Pearson. (2014)
"Well….I’m not that good” Responding to a compliment in Spanish and English L1 and L2.. 19th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning.. (2014)
Hablantes de herencia en los Estados Unidos: Quiénes son, qué quieren, qué reciben. XXI International Convention ASELE (Asociación para la enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera).. University of Girona. (2012)
Taking online research tasks to the conversational level. Language Symposium. University of Illinois. (2012)
Teacher language proficiency and communicative language teaching. ISU Teaching Learning Symposium. (2011)
Grants & Contracts
CTLT Travel Grant. CTLT. Illinois State University.