J.L. (Josh) Prada, Dr

My teaching background covers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language (in) education, as well as Spanish for heritage speakers, and English as a second language. Prior to joining Groningen, I taught courses focusing on these areas at Indiana University (Indianapolis) and, prior to that, at Texas Tech University. Between 2018 and 2023 I was International Professor of Heritage Language Education at Rovira i Virgili University's Centro de Estudios Hispánicos.

Since joining Groningen, I've contributed to a range of programmes within the Faculty of Arts/Letteren, including the BAs in European Languages and Cultures (Language and Society, and Language Learning Profiles), Minorities and Multilingualism, and Communication and Information Studies, and the MA programs in Applied Linguistics, Multilingualism and Euroculture. I also supervise BA and MA theses on topics related to the educational, social, and psychological aspects of multilingualism, and work with students seeking to adopt critical and transdiciplinary approaches to the study of multilingualism in education and in society, and direct PhD students as part of my Research Group (Minoritised Multilingualisms).

Courses I currently teach include:

Undergraduate

Topics in Multilingualism and Second Language Acquisition (Semester 1a)

Spanish Linguistics I: Critical Sociolinguistics

Spanish Linguistics II: Spanish as a Heritage Language

Diversity in Education (Semester 2b)

Postgraduate

The Multilingual School (Semester 1b)

Theories of Second Language Acquisition (Semester 1b)

Second Language Development, Teaching and Assessment (Semester 1a/b)

Language Contact/Español en Contacto (MasterLanguage/Spanish)