Research

My research focuses on the second language acquisition of Spanish, with a particular interest in second language sound systems, as well as technology-enhanced or -assisted language teaching and learning.

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Below are links to some of my published work. 

• “Reincarnating textbook programs for the 21st century.” Second Language Research and Practice Journal 4:1 (99-118). With Amy Rossomondo
• “Exploring a compassionate approach to student placement in language classes.” Second Language Research and Practice Journal 3:1 (101-115).
•  “SIFTR-ing through the development of intercultural competence at home and abroad.” Foreign Language Annals 55:2 (435-454). With Lara Lomicka and Paola Guerrero-Rodríguez.
• “The role of phonological short-term memory in second language phonology: Exploring vowel quality among English-speaking learners of Spanish.” Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada 35:1 (173-205). With Sara Zahler*.
• Harnessing the Maker Movement in CALL, Special Issue (38.1) of the CALICO Journal. (Co-Edited with Sebastién Dubreil).
• “The dark clouds of COVID-19 (and the unexpected silver linings).” Second Language Research and Practice Journal 2 (in press).
• “Is The Sky Falling (Again)? Observations on the Language Requirement in U.S. Higher Education.” ADFL Bulletin 46:1 (114-122). 2020.
• “Reframing technology’s role in language teaching: A retrospective report.” Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 2019 (8-23). 2019. With Lara Lomicka.
• “Incorporating technology into the teaching of Spanish pronunciation.” In Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation: From Description to Pedagogy, ed. R. Rao (pp. 218-236). 2019. Routledge.
• “Ten Years After the MLA Report: What Has Changed in Foreign Language Departments?” ADFL Bulletin 44:2 (116-120). 2018. (with Lara Lomicka)
• “The World Is Not Flat, So Why Are Our Textbooks? Digital Transformations for the Real Word Spanish Language Classroom.” Hispania 100:5 (251-258). 2017.
•  “A Preliminary Investigation into the Effectiveness of Rosetta Stone as a Language Learning Tool.”International Association of Language Learning and Technology Journal 46:1 (1-35). 2016.
• Language Program Direction: From Theory to Practice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. 2013.
• Lord, G. & Isabelli, C. (2014). “Program Articulation and Management.” In M. Lacorte (Ed.), The Handbook of Hispanic Applied Linguistics. London: Routledge.
• Lord, G. & Fionda, M. I. (2014). “Teaching Pronunciation in Second Language Spanish.” In K. Geeslin (Ed.), Handbook of Spanish Second Language Acquisition (514-529). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
• Lord, G. & Lomicka, L. (2013). “Twitter as a Tool to Promote Community Among Language Teachers.” Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE).
• Lord, G. & Harrington, S. (2013). “Online Communities of Practice and Second Language Phonological Acquisition.” International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching 3:3 (xx-xx).