Department of French and Italian

• Second language acquisition
• Acquisition of socio-stylistic variation
• Second language instruction and curriculum design
• Language in media

• Stigers, E. (2021). Television Subtitles for Stylistic Awareness: Developing and Implementing Media-Based Classroom Activities. The French Review 95(2), 19-42.

My research interests stem from my experiences teaching language in many environments from French public schools, to language immersion camps to American high schools and universities. I am interested in the processes of second language acquisition, particularly the acquisition of sociolinguistic phenomena such as stylistic variation. I also enjoy working in curriculum development, in particular, incorporating target language media in the classroom with a goal of exposing learners to stylistic and geographic variation. My experience serving as a course coordinator in IU’s department of French and Italian has fueled my enthusiasm for teacher training and cross-disciplinary collaboration for the purposes of enhancing student experience.