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Research Interests:

• Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning (ICALL)

• Second Language Acquisition

• Intelligent Language Tutoring Systems

• Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

• Computational Linguistics

Education:

• Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics. The Ohio State University.  Dissertation project: Designing Intelligent Language Tutoring Systems: integrating Natural Language Processing technology into foreign language teaching. (The TAGARELA System)

• M.A. in Linguistics - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Thesis: Seleção Semântica de Complementos Verbais em HPSG  (Summa Cum Laude). 

• Specialization in TEFL - Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). 

• B.A. in Letras - Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

Contact info:

e-mail: amaral AT spanport.umass.edu

office: Herter Hall 404

phone: (413) 545-4790

address:

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
University of Massachusetts Amherst
416 Herter Hall
Amherst-MA, USA 01003