{"id":22,"date":"2012-09-05T11:22:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:10:05","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/listening.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-156 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/listening.jpg\" alt=\"G Lord with headphones\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/listening.jpg 200w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/listening-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/listening-67x67.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>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.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/content-removed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>C<span style=\"color: #000000\">lick here<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong> to access my <em>cv<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Click to explore my all-digital Foundational Spanish textbook<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"size-medium aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lingrolearning.com\/courses\/contrasena\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"53\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/contrasena-300x53.png\" alt=\"contrasena logo\" class=\"wp-image-396\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/contrasena-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/contrasena-768x135.png 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/contrasena-200x35.png 200w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/files\/contrasena.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Below are links to some of my published work.<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cReincarnating textbook programs for the 21st century.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/476f69fd-9e58-4ab1-87af-629ba1e93827\/content\"><em>Second Language Research and Practice Journal<\/em><\/a> 4:1 (99-118). With Amy Rossomondo<\/li>\n<li>\u201cExploring a compassionate approach to student placement in language classes.\u201d <em>S<a href=\"https:\/\/scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/7c89c951-176d-464f-8aef-750e7976c303\/content\">econd Language Research and Practice Journal<\/a><\/em> 3:1 (101-115).<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u201cSIFTR-ing through the development of intercultural competence at home and abroad.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/flan.12617\">Foreign Language Annals<\/a> 55:2 (435-454). With Lara Lomicka and Paola Guerrero-Rodr\u00edguez.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe role of phonological short-term memory in second language phonology: Exploring vowel quality among English-speaking learners of Spanish.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1075\/resla.20003.zah\"><em>Revista Espa\u00f1ola de Ling\u00fc\u00edstica Aplicada<\/em><\/a> 35:1 (173-205). With Sara Zahler*.<\/li>\n<li>Harnessing the Maker Movement in CALL, <a href=\"https:\/\/journal.equinoxpub.com\/Calico\/issue\/view\/1865\">Special Issue (38.1) of the<em> CALICO Journal<\/em><\/a>. (Co-Edited with Sebasti\u00e9n Dubreil).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe dark clouds of COVID-19 (and the unexpected silver linings).\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slrpjournal.org\"><em>Second Language Research and Practice Journal<\/em> 2<\/a> (in press).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIs The Sky Falling (Again)? Observations on the Language Requirement in U.S. Higher Education.\u201d <em>A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfl.mla.org\/bulletin\/article\/adfl.46.1.114\">DFL Bulletin<\/a><\/em> 46:1 (114-122). 2020.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cReframing technology\u2019s role in language teaching: A retrospective report.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/annual-review-of-applied-linguistics\/article\/reframing-technologys-role-in-language-teaching-a-retrospective-report\/8789E5E5269D84290D825BF2628BF713\"><em>Annual Review of Applied Linguistics<\/em><\/a> 2019 (8-23)<em>.<\/em> 2019. With Lara Lomicka.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIncorporating technology into the teaching of Spanish pronunciation.\u201d In<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Key-Issues-in-the-Teaching-of-Spanish-Pronunciation-From-Description\/Rao\/p\/book\/9781138954618\"> Key Issues in the Teaching of Spanish Pronunciation: From Description to Pedagogy<\/a>,<\/em> ed. R. Rao (pp. 218-236).\u00a02019. Routledge.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;background-color: transparent\">\u201cTen Years After the MLA Report: What Has Changed in Foreign Language Departments?\u201d <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adfl.mla.org\/bulletin\/article\/adfl.44.2.116\"><em>ADFL Bulletin\u00a0<\/em>44:2<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px;background-color: transparent\"> (116-120). 2018. (with Lara Lomicka)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe World Is Not Flat, So Why Are Our Textbooks? Digital Transformations for the Real Word Spanish Language Classroom.\u201d<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aatsp.org\/page\/Hispania\">Hispania<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>100:5 (251-258). 2017.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u201cA Preliminary Investigation into the Effectiveness of Rosetta Stone as a Language Learning Tool.\u201d<em>International Association of Language Learning and Technology Journal\u00a0<\/em>46:1 (1-35). 2016.<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsonhighered.com\/product?ISBN=9780205837847\">Language Program Direction: From Theory to Practice<\/a><\/i>. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Lord, G. &amp; Isabelli, C. (2014). \u201cProgram Articulation and Management.\u201d In M. Lacorte (Ed.),\u00a0<i>T<a href=\"http:\/\/www.routledgementalhealth.com\/books\/details\/9780415813785\/\">he Handbook of Hispanic Applied Linguistics<\/a><\/i>. London: Routledge.<\/li>\n<li>Lord, G. &amp; Fionda, M. I. (2014). \u201cTeaching Pronunciation in Second Language Spanish.\u201d In K. Geeslin (Ed.),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-0470674431.html\"><i>Handbook of Spanish Second Language Acquisition<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(514-529). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.<\/li>\n<li>Lord, G. &amp; Lomicka, L. (2013). \u201cTwitter as a Tool to Promote Community Among Language Teachers.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/site.aace.org\/pubs\/jtate\/default.html\"><i>Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)<\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Lord, G. &amp; Harrington, S. (2013). \u201cOnline Communities of Practice and Second Language Phonological Acquisition.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/journal\/international-journal-computer-assisted-language\/41023\">\u00a0<\/a><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/journal\/international-journal-computer-assisted-language\/41023\">International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>3:3 (xx-xx).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/glord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}