Faculty & Staff Directory
Kristina Beckman-Brito
Title: Lecturer
Email: Kristina.Beckman@umb.edu
Department: Applied Linguistics
Areas of Expertise
Sociolinguistics, forensic linguistics, rhetorical discourse, cultural norms in the classroom, and written/spoken proficiency assessment
Degrees
PhD, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
Professional Publications & Contributions
- An Immigrant's Run-in with the Law: A Forensic Linguistic Analysis. (LFB Scholarly Publishers, 2007)
Additional Information
Kristina Beckman has presented her work at numerous national and international conferences. She has taught English as a Foreign Language in China and Japan, and looks forward to future summer teaching experiences abroad.
Classes taught:
APLING 603 Cross Cultural Perspectives
APLING 605 Theories and Principles of Language Teaching
APLING 623 Sociolinguistics