Contact Information
4080 FLB, MC-168
707 S. Mathews St
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
Before returning to UIUC, Dr. Lisa Pierce was at Lynchburg College in Virginia where she was an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, Director of ESL, and one of the founders of the TESL/TEFL program. She earned her PhD in linguistics (and a SLATE certificate) from UIUC in 2014. During her time here, Dr. Pierce taught ESL in the Intensive English Institute, taught pronunciation in the ESL service courses, and coordinated the English Proficiency Interview (EPI). She has taught ESL in a variety of contexts including as a Peace Corps volunteer in Papua New Guinea. She is an avid traveler, has three dogs, and is a certified SCUBA diver.
Research Interests
SLA, applied linguistics, phonology, phonetics, ESL, and teacher education.
Research Description
I have developed web-based applications to train novel phonemes - applications that were based on laboratory research but are intended for classroom use. I'm also interested in the perception and production of articles and morphology by language learners, and in oral proficiency testing.
Education
PhD, Linguistics UIUC
MA Linguistics George Mason University
MA International Ed/ESL The George Wasthington University
B.S. French/Business Penn State
Recent Publications
Ionin, T., & Pierce, L. R. (2011). Perception of articles in L2 English. In Selected Proceedings of the 2009 Second Language Research Forum (pp. 121-128). Cascadilla Press.
Yoon, S. Y., Pierce, L., Huensch, A., Juul, E., Perkins, S., Sproat, R., & Hasegawa-Johnson, M. (2009). Construction of a rated speech corpus of L2 learners’ spontaneous speech. CALICO Journal, 26(3), 662-673. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v26i3.662-673
Pierce, L. (2008). Review: W. Wolfram and N. Schilling-Estes' American English: Dialects and Variation (2nd ed.). World Englishes, 27(2), 289-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-971x.2008.00566.x