David Alley has been at Georgia Southern University since
1988, and is currently Professor of Spanish and Program
Director for the Master of Arts in Teaching Spanish and
the Master of Education in Spanish and French. He completed
both his B.A. in Spanish and Portuguese at Macalester
College in St. Paul, Minnesota and his M Ed and Ed.D.
at the University of Georgia with a major in Foreign Language
Education. His dissertation was an experimental study
comparing the use of songs and spoken narratives as texts
for listening comprehension in Spanish.
Dr. Alley has teaching experience in elementary, middle
school, high school, and university settings. He has also
taught in universities in Korea, Mexico and Honduras where
he served as a Fulbright Scholar. Before coming to Georgia
Southern he was Administrative Director of the University
of Georgia’s English as a Second Language Program
for seven years. At Georgia Southern Dr. Alley teaches
introductory and intermediate levels of Spanish as well
as courses in second language acquisition, foreign language
methodology and foreign language research methods. Dr.
Alley is a member of the American Association of Teachers
of Spanish & Portuguese, the American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages, the Southern Conference
on Language Teaching the Foreign Language Association
of Georgia.
Dr. Alley's primary areas of research are second language
acquisition and Hispanic culture. He is currently conducting
a year-long research study on student discourse in high
school classes taught using the Total Proficiency through
Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) method. Dr. Alley has
published articles in Foreign Language Annals,
Hispania, Afro-Hispanic Review, and
Dimension.. He has presented over 100 papers
at international, national, regional and state conferences.
Dr. Alley has been recognized as Professor of the Year
by the Foreign
Language Association of Georgia and the Southern Conference
on Language Teaching. In 2006 he received the Ruffin
Cup, the highest award of the College of Liberal Arts
and Social Sciences at Georgia Southern. In 2007 he received
the Founders’ Award from the Southern Conference
on Language Teaching and a Special Commendation from the
Georgia State Board of Education.
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Dr. Alley is the recipient of the College of
Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Ruffin
Cup in 2006.
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