College of Arts and Sciences

Education:

• PhD, Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1989

Research Interests:

• Sociolinguistic approaches to second language teaching, learning and assessment
• Second language literacies and academic discourse
• Medicine, communication, and culture; embodiment

Bio:

Barbara Hoekje is an associate professor in the Department of Communication. Her research interests are in second language literacies, academic discourse, speech communities, medicine and culture, and narratives of embodiment. An ongoing research project (with K. Nulton) involves the role of interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies across disciplines in work integrated learning (with K. Nulton); paper to be presented at the WACE Research Symposium, Stuttgart, Germany, June 24-26, 2018).

Selected Publications:

• Lee, V., Hoekje, B. & Levine, B. (2018). Introducing technology to immigrant families to support early literacy development and two-generation learning. Language Arts 95, 3: 133-148.
• Hoekje, B. & Steven, S. (2017). Creating a culturally inclusive campus: A guide to supporting international students. New York: Routledge.
• Hoekje, B. (2016). “Language,” “communication,” and the longing for the authentic in LSP testing. Language Testing 33, 2: 289 –299. DOI: 10.1177/0265532215607921
• Hoekje, B. (2016). Establishing a second language learning practice: Continuing professional development for English language teachers. Teacher Educational Interest Section (TEIS) Newsletter, January, 2016, pp. 1-3. Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
• Hoekje, B. (2013). Teaching English for medical and health professions. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.