Stayc DuBravac | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Stayc DuBravac

Associate Professor

Director of MA in Teaching World Languages Program

Director of MA in Teaching ESL Program

Contact Information

sdubravac@uky.edu

1025 Patterson Office Tower

859-257-9562

Research Interests

Second Language Acquisition
Applied Linguistics
Additional Language Learning & Biliteracy
CALL
Cognitive Linguistics
Electronic media
Second Language Reading and Biliteracy Development

Affiliations

Masters in Teaching World Languages
Teaching English as a Second Language
Modern & Classical Languages Literatures & Cultures
French & Francophone Studies
Chinese Studies
Linguistics Program
College of Education

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research

My co-authored book Finalement: La compétence avancée à portée de la main!, with Canadian Scholars, targets the progression from advanced-level proficiency to superior-level proficiency in French for undergraduates
My book, Technology in the L2 curriculum by Prentice-Hall examines the uses of electronic media and technology for pedagogical purposes
The paradigmatic shift occuring in the evolution of langauge labs to language centers
Online language use

Areas of interest:

Second Language Acquisition
Identity and language
Psycholinguistics
Language typology
Computer-assisted language learning
Chaos complex systems as applied to language acquisition

Courses taught (at UK and previously):

Second Language Acquisition
First Language Acquisition
Theory of Language
Language Typology
Methods of Teaching Language 9-12
Methods of Teaching Language P-8
Principles of Linguistic Analysis
English Grammar
Curriculum Development for Languages
Psycholinguistics
Electronic Media in Foreign Language Education
History Dialectology of the French Language
Language and Identity
Methods of Teaching World Languages and ESL for Adults
Romance Linguistics
Identity and language
Chaos complex systems as applied to language acquisition

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

DuBravac, Stayc and Chantal Thompson (2023). Finalement : La compétence avancée à portée de la main! Toronto, Canada: Canadian Scholars.
DuBravac, Stayc. Technology in the L2 Curriculum. Prentice-Hall. 2012
DuBravac, Stayc & Margaret Gonglewski. "Multiliteracy: Second Language Literacy in the Multimedia Environment," in Lara Ducate Nike Arnold (Eds.). Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching. CALICO. 2006.
Dicho y Hecho: Methodology for visual literacy for instructors. Instructors' Resource Manual. Format: Print. [Companion volume to video, see below]. [ISBN 0-471-46720-2]. New York: Wiley Sons, Inc. 2004. To accompany student textbook, Dicho y Hecho, 7th ed., by Laila M. Dawson, Albert C. Dawson, Gorky Cruz. New York: Wiley Sons, Inc. 2004.
Dicho y Hecho. Edited volume of 27 cultural profiles and practices. Format : Video. 66 min. [ISBN 0-471-48416-4]. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2004.
DuBravac, Stayc. Interaction. Critical Analysis and Pedagogical Presentation of Ten Literary Texts. Format: CD-ROM. [ISBN 0-8384-0343-3]. Boston: Heinle Heinle. 1999.
Moehle-Vieregge, Linda, Mary Ann Lyman-Hager, Stayc DuBravac, Travis Bradley (equal authorship). Surf's Up: A website workbook for Basic French. Format: Print. [ISBN 0-8843-2934-8] Guilford, CT: Jeffrey Norton. 1997.
DuBravac, Stayc, Matthieu Dalle. "Reader question formation as a tool for measuring comprehension: Narrative and expository textual inferences in a second language." Journal of Research in Reading [England] 25(2) 2002: 217-231.
DuBravac, Stayc. "L2 Task design for electronic media" in Meena Singhal (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Conference on Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Research. The Reading Matrix, Inc.: United States. September 25-26, 2004. pp. 173-180.

Recent Courses

Second Language Acquistiion
Methods of Teaching World Languages: Beginners through Advanced
Psycholinguistics
Theory of Language
Principles of Linguistic Analysis