Allison Larkin

Senior Lecturer of Spanish / Associate Department Chair

World Languages and Literatures, Spanish

Email

ajlarkin@smu.edu
Office Location

Clements 339
Phone

214-768-1321

Education

M.A., The Catholic University of America

 

Allison Larkin began teaching at SMU in 2014 and is the Associate Department Chair, a Senior Lecturer of Spanish, and the Assistant Director of SMU-in-Madrid (2018-present). From 2020 – 2023, she served as the department’s Director of Second Language Assessment. Prof. Larkin is the designer of the First-Year Spanish online curriculum, and served as the departmental coordinator of First-Year Spanish from 2015-2020. She received the Rotunda Outstanding Professor Award in 2018. She loves teaching Spanish language and culture at all levels.

 
Areas of Interest
  • Technology in Language Education
  • Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy
  • Language Assessment & Curricular Development
 
Presentations
  • “Using Juried Assessment to Improve Cultural Competence.” Co-presented with Dr. Dayna Oscherwitz and Dr. Yan Cooksey. AAC&U Conference. Feb. 9 – 11, 2023. New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • “Addressing Challenges in Multi-section Online Courses.” ACTFL 2019 Convention, Nov. 22-24, 2019. Washington, D.C.                    
  • “Building a Post-Secondary World Languages Online Curriculum: A Case Study.” ACTFL 2018 Convention, November 16-18, 2018. New Orleans, Louisiana.
 
Courses Taught
SPAN 1401: Beginning Spanish I
SPAN 1402: Beginning Spanish II
SPAN 1401 Online: Beginning Spanish I
SPAN 1402 Online: Beginning Spanish II
SPAN 1502: Beginning Spanish with Intensive Review
SPAN 1601: Beginning Spanish with Intensive Review (Madrid only)
SPAN 2302: Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 3355: Spanish Conversation (Main Campus and in Madrid)
SPAN 3358: Advanced Spanish (Main Campus and in Madrid)


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