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Nadine F. Olson, PhD
Associate Professor - STCL


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Associate Professor, Secondary Education, K-12 Foreign Languages

228 Willard Hall

(405) 744-8381

nadine.olson@okstate.edu


Academic Degrees

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University of Georgia, Athens, 1989; Romance Languages

University of Northern Iowa, 1981; Spanish

Eastern Washington University, 1970; English Education


Research Interests

Second-language acquisition pedagogy

Cross-cultural studies

Spanish language and literatures

English language learners and learning

Program development in world languages

Assessment of world-language programs

Proficiency-based language instruction

Assessment in second-languages


Courses Taught

CIED 3712 Field Experience in the Secondary Schools

CIED 4713 Teaching & Learning (Foreign Languages) in the Secondary School

CIED 4263 Teaching & Learning Foreign Languages in the Elementary Schools

CIED 4734 Planning and Management in the Multicultural Foreign Language Classroom K-12

CIED 4450 Internship in Elementary Education

CIED 4720 Internship in Secondary Schools

CIED 5033 Teaching Foreign Languages in the Schools K-12

CIED 5730 Seminar in Education: Language in a Cultural Context -
Teaching Culture with Authentic Materials *Online course plus minimum of 2 weeks abroad


Grants

Project Director, "2008 OSU International Fair: A Multicultural Exploration for Kids." A Special Project Grant funded by the Minority Teacher Recruitment Center of the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education, $7,000.

Project Director, "2007 OSU International Fair: A Multicultural Exploration for Kids." A Special Project Grant funded by the Minority Teacher Recruitment Center of the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education, $7,000.

Project Director, "2006 OSU International Fair: A Multicultural Exploration for Kids." A Special Project Grant funded by the Minority Teacher Recruitment Center of the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education, $3,000.

Principal Investigator and Project Director, "Folkloric and Children's Literature: A Summer Intensive Institute in Spanish Language and Culture for Elementary School Teachers." A three-year project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Special Projects in Foreign Language Education (Nov., 1992-Oct., 1995) $336,000.

Awards

2009, OSU Study Abroad Outstanding Faculty Leader

2005, Listed in Marquis Who's Who of American Women, Reed Reference Publishing Co.

2003, Chapter Service Award for Excellence in Dedication and Leadership, from Gamma (Oklahoma) State of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International of Women Educators.

2000, Lowell Dunham Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Foreign Languages, from Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers' Association.

2000, Celebrate State! Award from OSU President James Halligan.
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