Christopher Botero

Program Director

Christopher Botero

Program Director

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of English & World Languages

Bio

Christopher G. Botero is the Director of World Languages at AU, specializing in Hispanic Linguistics. He is the codirector of the Linguistics Certificate and the coordinator of the BA WL education programs and the MAT WL program in the College of Education & Human Development. He is also the faculty advisor for the Iota Phi chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma (the first and largest national foreign language honor society).

Email: cbotero@augusta.edu

  • (706) 737-1500
  • AH E240

Education

  • Ph.D., Spanish Pennsylvania State UniversityT, 2011

  • MA, Spanish Pennsylvania State UniversityT, 2004

  • BA, Linguistic, Comparative, and R State University of New York -, 2001

Awards & Honors

  • 'Professor of the Year’ award American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP) GA Chapter , 2014

  • 'Caught in the Act of Great Teaching’ award Augusta State Center of Teaching and Learning, 2012

  • Alpha Mu Gamma Honor Society 2011

  • National Scholars Honors Society 2008

  • Bunton-Waller Scholarship Award 2008

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • ELED 4491

    Elem Student Teaching
  • SPAN 6802

    Meth & Mat Teach W Lang II
  • SPAN 4802

    Methods & Mat. for W Lang II
  • SCED 4901

    Secondary Student Teaching
  • SPAN 4960

    Undergraduate Internship
  • FREN 4801

    Meth & Mat. Teach W Lang I
  • SPAN 4801

    Methods & Mat. for W Lang I
  • FREN 6801

    Mthds & Mat-Teach For Lan I
  • SPAN 6801

    Mthds & Mat-Tech World Lang I
  • SPAN 3150

    Spanish for Heritage Speakers
  • SPAN 1001

    Elementary Spanish I

Teaching Interests

Spanish, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, language teaching methodology, second language acquisition.

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • ¡Mate! ¡Jonrón! Una Guía para la Comprensión de las Discapacidades , 2017
    Translation or Transcription
  • Instruction type and online tasks in the acquisition of L2 phonology: Preliminary findings, 2015
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • On perception and feedback facilitating production in second language phonology, 2015
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

(Hispanic) Linguistics, phonology, Spanish dialectology, Optimality Theory and lenition, computer assisted language learning (CALL), language teaching methodology.

Department Service

  • Colloquia Committee 2019 - 2021

    Role: Committee Member
  • Foreign Language Unit (FLU) Recruitment & Rentention Committee 2013 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • Foreign Language Unit (FLU) 2010 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • EFL Personnel Committee (Promotion & Tenure) 2016 - 2018

    Role: Committee Member
  • Elementary & Intermediate Spanish Textbook Search / Curriculum Design Committee 2014 - 2014

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • Personnel (Promotion & Tenure) Committee 2019 - 2022

    Role: Committee Member
  • Partner School Network (PSN) Advisory Committee, College of Education 2011 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • English & Foreign Languages Chair Search Committee 2016 - 2016

    Role: Committee Chair

University Service

  • FLAAC (Foreign Language Academic Advisory Committee) 2019 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Professional Education Council (PEC) 2011 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member
  • Teacher Education Department Chair Search Committee 2015 - 2015

    Role: Committee Member
  • English & Foreign Languages (EFL) Department Chair Search 2013 - 2014

    Role: Committee Member
  • Appeals Committee 2011 - 2013

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • GA DOE K-16 World Languages Advisory Committee 2017 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Methodology in Language Teaching: Teacher Training course - 2012

    Role: Reviewer, Book