Rachel Shively
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
SPA 215.001 Introduction To Spanish Linguistics
SPA 214.003 Oral Communication In Spanish
SPA 213.003 Written Communication In Spanish
Teaching Interests & Areas
Applied linguistics, Spanish linguistics, technology and language learning, Spanish language and culture, discourse analysis
Research Interests & Areas
Spanish, second language acquisition, study abroad, pragmatics, discourse analysis
Ph.D. Hispanic Linguistics
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
M.A. Hispanic Linguistics
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
M.Ed. Adult Education
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
B.A. Anthropology
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
ACTFL-MLJ Paul Pimsler Award for Research in Foreign Language Education
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the Modern Language Journal
2011
Book, Authored
Spanish-language pragmatics: A guide for teachers
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2025)
Learning and using conversational humor in a second language during study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2018)
Learning and using conversational humor in a second language during study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
De Gruyter
Book, Chapter
Pragmatic development in study-abroad contexts
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2023)
Research design in qualitative approaches
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2023), John Benjamins
Assessing L2 pragmatic competence
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2021)
Researching Spanish heritage language pragmatics in study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2021)
The DCT as an assessment method for L2 humor production
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2021)
Pragmatics instruction and assessment in study abroad research
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2020)
L2 pragmatic development in study abroad settings
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2019)
Pautas para la elaboración de un proyecto de investigación en pragmática
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2019)
Language socialization during study abroad: Researching social interaction outside the classroom
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2018), Routledge
Naturalistic data in L2 pragmatics research: Challenges and opportunities
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2018)
Study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2018)
Heritage language learning in study abroad: Motivations, identity work, and language development
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2016), 259-280, Advances in Spanish as a heritage language, John Benjamins
Beyond the study abroad industry: Perspectives from other disciplines on assessing study abroad learning outcomes.
E. Brewer, D. Doyle, N. Gozik, V. Savicki, Rachel Louise Shively.
(2015), Assessing international learning: Theory, tools, and practice, Stylus
"Tú no eres española": Teasing of L2 learners in host family communities of practice
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2015), Dialogue in Communities of Practice
Language in context: Pragmatics in second language Spanish
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2013), 331-350, The Handbook of Spanish Second Language Acquisition, Wiley-Blackwell
Discourse analysis in study abroad research
Rachel Louise Shively.
Palgrave McMillan
Interculturality and the study abroad experience: Pragmatic and sociolinguistic development
Martin Howard, Rachel Louise Shively.
Cambridge University Press
Language socialization during study abroad: Researching social interaction outside the classroom
Rachel Louise Shively.
New direction in foreign language education research, Routledge
Naturalistic data in L2 pragmatics research: Challenges and opportunities
Rachel Louise Shively.
John Benjamins
Book, Edited
New directions in second language pragmatics
J. C. Félix-Brasdefer, Rachel Louise Shively.
(2021), De Gruyter Mouton
Journal Article
Methodologies in Spanish-language study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2025)
Pragmatic development in study abroad: Recent advances and new directions
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2025)
Studying abroad in Spanish-speaking contexts
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2025)
“That was a good one”: Talking about irony in study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
(2024)
Researching language-focused study abroad through an equity lens: A research agenda
Rachel Louise Shively.
Language Teaching, (2023)
Teaching humorous irony to L2 and heritage speakers of Spanish
Rachel Louise Shively, Juan Acevedo, Rocio Cano, Izadi Etxeberria-Ortego.
(2022)
“Put a little bit of humor into it”: Teachers’ humor in the beginning-level Spanish classroom
Rachel Louise Shively.
Applied Pragmatics, 1, 93-118, (2019)
Development of assessments in L2 Spanish in study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
Journal of Spanish Language Teaching, 3, 157-170, (2017)
An activity theoretical approach to social interaction in study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
L2 Journal, (2016)
Development of assessments in L2 Spanish in study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
Journal of Spanish Language Teaching, 3, 157-170, (2016)
Developing interactional competence during study abroad: Listener responses in L2 Spanish
Rachel Louise Shively.
System, (2015)
Learning to be funny in Spanish during study abroad: L2 humor development
Rachel Louise Shively.
The Modern Language Journal, 97 (4), 930-946, (2013)
Out-of-class interaction in study abroad: Service encounters in Spain
Rachel Louise Shively.
Spanish in Context, 10 (1), 53-91, (2013)
L2 pragmatic development in study abroad: A longitudinal study of Spanish service encounters
Rachel Louise Shively.
Journal of Pragmatics, 43 (6), 1818-1835, (2011)
Roleplays and naturalistic data in interlanguage pragmatics research: Service encounters during study abroad
Rebeca Bataller, Rachel Louise Shively.
Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2 (1), (2011)
From the virtual world to the real world: A model of pragmatics instruction for study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
Foreign Language Annals, 43 (1), 105-137, (2010)
Development of Spanish requests and apologies during study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively, Andrew D. Cohen.
Íkala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 13 (20), 57-118, (2008)
L2 acquisition of [β], [ð], and [ɣ] in Spanish: Impact of experience, linguistic environment, and learner variables
Rachel Louise Shively.
Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 27 (2), 79-114, (2008)
Perception of irony by L2 learners of Spanish
Rachel Louise Shively, Mandy R. Menke, Sandra M. Manzón-Omundson.
Issues in Applied Linguistics, 16 (2), 101-132, (2008)
Acquisition of requests and apologies in Spanish and French: Impact of study abroad and strategy-building intervention
Rachel Louise Shively, Andrew D. Cohen.
The Modern Language Journal, 91 (2), 189-212, (2007)
Assessing the impact of a strategies-based curriculum on language and culture learning abroad
Rachel Louise Shively, Andrew D. Cohen, Michael Paige.
Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 10, 253-276, (2004)
Perceptions of humor attempts by L2 and heritage speakers of Spanish
Rachel Louise Shively.
Rivista Italiana di Studi sull’Umorismo
Presentations
Methodologies in Spanish-language study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
Hispanic Linguistics Forum, Tucson, AZ, November, 2025
Getting serious about joking around: Key insights from L2 humor research
Rachel Louise Shively.
Pragmatics and Language Learning, Bloomington, IN, October, 2024
Pragmatics data gathering in study abroad: Talking about irony
Rachel Louise Shively.
American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Houston, TX, March, 2024
Pragmatic development in study abroad: Insights from research
Rachel Louise Shively.
Georgetown University Round Table, Washington DC, March, 2024
Pragmatic development in study abroad: Recent advances and new directions
Rachel Louise Shively.
Pragmatics and Language Learning, Online, September, 2022
Taking humor seriously: Current advances in L2 humor research
Rachel Louise Shively.
European Second Language Association 31, Fribourg, Switzerland, August, 2022
Teaching irony to L2 and heritage speakers of Spanish
Rachel Louise Shively.
American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March, 2022
Academia: Cuarentena y crisis / Quarentena e crise
Rachel Louise Shively.
13th Graduate Portuguese and Hispanic Symposium, Online, February, 2021
“Put a little bit of humor into it”: Teachers’ humor in the beginning-level Spanish classroom
Rachel Louise Shively.
American Association of Applied Linguistics conference, Denver, CO, March, 2020
Teaching and assessing second language humor during study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies, Austin, TX, June, 2019
What is different for heritage speakers studying abroad and why does it matter?
Rachel Louise Shively.
Council on International Educational Exchange Conference, Barcelona, Spain, November, 2018
Learning to use language in context: Incorporating pragmatics instruction into study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
Study Abroad Research in European Perspective (SAREP) Working Group 2 meeting, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, January, 2018
L2 humor development in study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
15th International Pragmatics Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, July, 2017
The future of study abroad research: What needs to be done?
Rachel Louise Shively.
CLIC Conference on Study Abroad, Houston, TX, February, 2017
¡Qué horror!: Development of assessments in Spanish during study abroad
Rachel Louise Shively.
CLIC Conference on Study Abroad, Houston, TX, February, 2017
Teacher language proficiency and communicative language teaching
Montserrat Mir, Rachel Louise Shively.
ISU Teaching Learning Symposium, Normal, IL, January, 2011