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portfolio
LinguisTeX: Using LaTeX for Linguistics!
A short workshop on using LaTeX for writing linguistics-related documents.
publications
The Emergent Prosodic System(s) of Bilbao-Area Standard Basque
Published in ProQuest Database, 2020
An exploration of the prosodic strategies employed by speakers of Standard Basque. MA thesis.
Recommended citation: Rochelle Thomas, A.C. (2020). The emergent prosodic system(s) of bilbao-area standard basque [M.A. Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. https://pharyngeals.github.io/files/thesis_SIUC.pdf
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Race & Culture in Conlangs
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In this talk, we explored how ideologies of race and culture are developed within the features and lexicons of constructed languages for creative or artistic purposes; we also explored the creative choice to use natural languages in place of a conlang. We focused on three fictional settings and the linguistic choices made by their respective creators: Tolkien’s Middle Earth, Herbert’s Arrakisand-related universe, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In all cases, there is an underlying assumption of whiteness-as-default, as well as exoticization, racialization, and othering of races, especially those meant to be villainous.
teaching
Auxiliar de conversación de idiomas
in-class assistant, Fausto Maldonado, 2015
After obtaining my B.A. in Spanish Studies, I participated in the North American Language and Culture Assistants Program (aka Auxiliares de Conversación extranjeros en España), which places American and Canadian English L1 speakers as teaching assistants in elementary and secondary schools throughout Spain. For the 2015 - 2016 academic year, I worked at both CEIP Fausto Maldonado in Cañamero and at CEIP Nuestra Señora del Consuelo in Logrosán, two of the smaller municipalities located within the province of Cáceres, in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. I was present in English, Literature, Art, and Science classes for students ages 6 through 12.
ESL Instructor
primary instructor, Language Loop LLC, 2017
As an instructor at Language Loop—located in Chicago’s West Loop—I provided both private and small group lessons to adult learners of English. A training workshop was undergone prior to any classes being held and the curriculum was open and left entirely up to my discretion. Students usually took at minimum 10 hours of instruction, in 2 hour blocks, at a frequency that best fit their schedule.
LING 101 & 102
primary instructor, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2018
As part of my graduate assistantship at SIUC, I taught English Composition I and II for English Students, the Linguistics Department’s equivalent of English 101 and 102 for international and English L2 students. Although I wasn’t the instructor of record, I was the primary instructor and sole presence in the classroom. I taught LING 101 once in Fall 2018 and LING 102 twice in Fall 2019 and Spring 2020. Both curricula covered a) personal narratives/descriptive essays, b) comparison essays, c) cause & effect essays, and d) argumentative essays, in order to help students become more comfortable with and proficient in writing for academic audiences. Over the span of the two courses, students learned to find and incorporate secondary sources, and developed strategies for planning, drafting, revising, and editing papers.