Arthur Wendorf II

Associate Professor
Foreign Language

Office Location

Tahlequah
Wilson Hall 337
(918) 444-3628

Bio

Arthur H. Wendorf II was born in Iowa, spent his childhood in Germany, and his youth in Georgia. After high school, Arthur lived in Chile for two years. Upon returning to Georgia, Arthur earned his B.A. in Spanish from The Augusta State University, followed by his two M.A.s in Hispanic Linguistics from The University of Georgia at Athens and the Pennsylvania State University at State College. Arthur earned his Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics at The University of Texas at Austin. Arthur currently lives in Oklahoma with his wife and children.

Education
Research Interests
Teaching Interests
Professional Activities
Courses Taught

Education:

PhD, Spanish Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014

Game-Based Language Teaching
Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching
Spanish Second Language Acquisition
Corpus-Based Language Teaching

All levels of Spanish
Spanish Education
Spanish Linguistics
Spanish Grammar
Conversational Spanish

Performances:

2021 - 2021, Other, ()

Intellectual Content:

Risky World: Knowledge is Power (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Teaching & Learning, Accepted,
The challenges and benefits of annotating bilingual corpora: The SPinTX corpus project (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Discovery, Accepted,
Review of Gameful Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: Theory, Research, and Practice (Book Review), Integration, Accepted,
Guess Who: Movie Characters (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Teaching & Learning, Accepted,
Where is it? (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Teaching & Learning, Accepted,
Review of El espaol y la lingstica aplicada (Book Review), Teaching & Learning, Submitted,
Solving a Mystery in the Spanish Classroom: A look at the effectiveness of computer games in language instruction (Conference Proceeding), Teaching & Learning, Accepted,

Presentations:

Random Spanish - Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Conference - University of Illinois, IL - 2018
A video corpus for language learning: Open source tools and materials from the Corpus-to-Classroom Project - International Association for Language Learning Technology conference - Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL - 2013
Why do(nt) language learners enjoy serious games? - Technology for Second Language Learning conference - Iowa State University, Ames, IA - 2014
SPinTX Corpus-to-Classroom: A Teacher-Centered Pedagogical Interface for the Spanish in Texas Corpus - American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese conference - Marriott Rivercenter Hotel, San Antonio, TX - 2013
How to design fun and effective educational games - Community and Collaboration Day - Northeastern State University, OK - 2018
Spicing up your class with a little random RISK - Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers Association conference - Bishop McGuinness High School, Oklahoma City, OK - 2016
High-frequency Spanish vocabulary: Instruction and acquisition - Hispanic Linguistics Symposium - The University of Georgia, Athens, GA - 2011
Engaging Learners with Group Competition: Tools and Techniques - Community and Collaboration Day - Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, OK - 2017
Guess Who: Practicing Descriptions in the Classroom - Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers Association Conference - Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK - 2019
Pasapalabras - Playing The Alphabet Game with Spanish Students - UAFS Spanish Teacher Symposium - Ft. Smith, AR - 2018

Courses Taught:

ELEMENTARY SPANISH I - SPAN 1113 - Spring 2020
ELEMENTARY SPANISH II - SPAN 1123 - Spring 2020
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH CONV - SPAN 2313 - Spring 2020
ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR - SPAN 4123 - Spring 2020
SENIOR SEMINAR - SPAN 4951 - Spring 2020
SURVEY OF SPANISH LINGUISTICS - SPAN 4573 - Fall 2019
METH OF TEACHING WORLD LANG - SPAN 4043 - Fall 2019
UNIVERSITY STRATEGIES - UNIV 1003 - Fall 2019