2009 Interviews

An interview with Dr. Eli Hinkel

The Editorial Board

The Editorial Board of the Web Journal recently had the pleasure of submitting interview questions to Dr. Eli Hinkel, the invited guest speaker at the 2009 APPLE Lecture sponsored by the Programs in TESOL and Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Dr. Hinkel has taught ESL and applied linguistics, as well as trained teachers, for over twenty five years. She has published numerous books and articles on learning second culture, and second language grammar, writing, and pragmatics in such journals as TESOL Quarterly, Applied Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, and Applied Language Learning. She is also the Editor of the Routledge ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series of books and textbooks for teachers and graduate students. Dr. Hinkel is currently the Program Director of the Culture and Language Bridge Program at Seattle University.