Romance Languages and Literatures
Yohana Gil Berrio
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Hispanic Studies
Coordinator, Upper-level Spanish Language Program
Yohana Gil Berrio
Ph.D.
Contact
Lyons Hall 304E
Telephone: 617-552-0540
Email: yohana.gilberrio@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Temple University
- M.A., Temple University
- Ph.D., Temple University
Research Interests
Spanish in the U.S., Second Language Acquisition, Heritage Language Learning and Pedagogy, Second Language Pedagogy, Task-Based Language Teaching, The Impact of Formal Instruction on Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Spanish for the Professions
RECENT PAPERS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Gil Berrio, Y. & Mattson-Prieto, R. 鈥溾�淚 make too many grammar mistakes鈥�: Hablantes de聽聽 herencia y el impacto de la ense帽anza homog茅nea.鈥� 8th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (NSSHL8). The Institute for Language Education in Transcultural Context (ILETC). Virtual Convention, May 13-15, 2021.
Mattson-Prieto, R. & Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥溾�淭hat didn鈥檛 make sense to me鈥�: HL-L2 interaction in mixed Spanish classes.鈥� American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Virtual Convention, March 20-23, 2021.
Gil Berrio, Y. & Mattson-Prieto, R. 鈥淐losing the instructional gap in Spanish classes that enroll heritage and L2 learners.鈥� 52nd Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA). Virtual Convention, March 11-14, 2021.
Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淧romoting vocabulary learning in classrooms enrolling L2 and heritage language learners.鈥� 51st Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA). Boston, Massachusetts, March 5-8, 2020.
Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淧atrones de interacci贸n en clases mixtas.鈥� 51st Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA). Boston, Massachusetts, March 5-8, 2020.
Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淓l desarrollo de tareas escritas en clases mixtas.鈥� 7th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language (NSSHL7). The University of New Mexico, February 27-29, 2020.
Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淗ablantes de herencia en cursos de espa帽ol como L2: Consideraciones para el entrenamiento de instructores.鈥� 聽101st The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). San Diego, California, July 8-11, 2019.
Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淟a construcci贸n de identidades en la prensa estadounidense digital.鈥� Innovations and Epistemological Challenges in Applied Linguistics: 18th Triennial AILA World Congress. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 23-28, 2017.
Toth, P., & Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淪ocial and instructional determinants of language-related episodes in a Spanish L2 classroom.鈥� Innovations and Epistemological Challenges in Applied Linguistics: 18th Triennial AILA World Congress. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 23-28, 2017.
Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淟earning outcomes of L2-heritage Spanish learner interaction.鈥� 4th Annual Language, Linguistics and Life Conference, Temple University, April 14, 2017.
Toth, P., Moranski, K., & Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淭he impact of pragmatics-related episodes on language-related episodes in L2 Spanish peer interaction.鈥� American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Portland, Oregon, March 18-21, 2017.
Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淓l impacto del contexto social e instruccional durante la interacci贸n.鈥� Congreso de Espa帽ol como Segunda Lengua. Universidad de Costa Rica & El Instituto Tecnol贸gico de Costa Rica; Cartago, Costa Rica, March 8-10, 2017.
Toth, P., Moranski, K., & Gil Berrio. 鈥淭he social and instructional context of language-related episodes in a high school L2 Spanish classroom.鈥� Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS). Georgetown University, October 7-9, 2016.
Toth, P., Moranski, K., & Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淪ocial and instructional determinants of peer interaction among adolescent L2 Spanish learners. The 35th Second Language Research Forum (SLRF). Teachers College, Columbia University, September 22-25, 2016.
Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淓xamining U.S. news media discourses on the Michael Brown case: The Representation of social actors in bilingual online newspapers.鈥� The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Orlando, Florida, April 9-12, 2016.
Toth, P., Moranski, K. & Gil Berrio, Y. 鈥淭he individual and social impact of meta-analytic talk on L2 Spanish accuracy and use.鈥� The American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Toronto, Canada, March 21-24, 2015.
Gil Berrio, Y.聽 鈥淧ersonal pronoun and gender in three Colombian cities.鈥� The Ninth Annual Global Temple Conference. Temple University, November 12, 2014.