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Curriculum Vitae

Nina VyatkinaJune ****University of Kansas

Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures

**** ******* ****., **** **** Phone: 785-***-****

Lawrence, KS 66045-7594 email: ********@**.***

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor of German/Applied Linguistics (tenure -track) and German Language

Proficiency

Sequence Coordinator, The University of Kansas2007 - present

Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, The Pennsylvania State Universit y2001-2007

Lecturer, Tomsk Teachers' Training University, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk State

University,

Russia 1990-2001

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in German (Applied Linguistics Option), The Pennsylvania State University

Dissertation: Development of second language pragmatic competence: The data -driven

teaching of

German modal particles.

M.A.+B.A. equivalent in German Linguistics, with Honors, Moscow State University, Russia

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Learner Corpus Research: From corpus design to data interpretation, Summer School,

Center for English Corpus Linguistics, UniversitE Catholique de Louvain, Belgium 9/2007

AWARDS

Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education . Awarded by the American

Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/The Modern Language Journal in 11/2009.

FUNDED RESEARCH

External:

The dynamics of second language writing development: Measuring c omplexity and

variability. PI.

Language Learning Small Grants Research Program. Amount: $10,000 for FY 2011-2012.

Comparing meaning in context: Components of a shallow semantic analysis . Co-I. German

Research

Foundation (DFG), with PI Detmar Meurers, University of TUbingen, Germany. Subaward

amount: $24,223 for FY 2010 2013.

Linguistic annotation of a longitudinal learner c orpus of German. PI. German Academic

Exchange

Service (DAAD), Faculty Research Visit Grants. Amount: EUR 3,680 for 3/2010 - 5/2010.

Object and color naming in Ukranian, Russian, and Engli sh as a first and second

language. Co-I.

Temple University research fund, with PI Aneta Pavlenko. Subaward amount: $2,500 for FY

2008-2009.

Continuous improvement of second language pragmatic competence: Data -driven teaching

based on

a learner corpus. PI. Juran Dissertation Fellowship, Joseph M. Juran Center for

Leadership in

Quality, University of Minnesota. Amount: $10,000 for FY 2006-2007.

Internal:

Digital resources for second language acquisition research: An annotated longitudinal

corpus of

learner German. PI. Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, Digital Humanities

Seed

Grant, University of Kansas. Amount: $15,000 for FY 2011-2012.

Longitudinal development of language learners: a corpus -based approach. PI. General

Research

Fund, University of Kansas. Amount: $4,710 for FY

2010-2011.

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Effects of teacher corrective feedback on writing accuracy in elementary German. PI.

General

Research Fund, University of Kansas. Amount: $5,888 for FY 2009-2010.

Collection and analysis of a longitudinal corpus of learner German . PI. New Faculty

General

Research Fund, University of Kansas. Amount: $8,000 for FY 2008-2009.

KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) New Faculty Start-Up Grant. Amount: $7,000

for

FY 2007-2008.

Internal research travel grants:

KU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Faculty Tr avel Grants ($1,000, Nov. '07,

$500,

Feb. '08; $900, Oct. '08; $450, Mar. '09; $1,200, Nov. '09; $700, June '10; $700, March

'11;

$1,200, Sept. '11)

KU Faculty International Travel Fund ($800, Sept. '11)

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed journal articles:

Refereed book chapters:

Refereed encyclopedia entry:

REFEREED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

National / International:

Vyatkina, N. (2012, June). Digital resources for L2 research and teaching: An annotated

longitudinal

corpus of learner German. Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO),

Notre Dame, IN.

Vyatkina, N. (2011, September). Analyzing part-of-speech variability in a longitudinal

learner

corpus and a pedagogic corpus. Learner Corpus Research (LCR) conference, UniversitE

Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Vyatkina, N. (2011, May). Corpus-based discovery learning in an advanced L2 grammar

course.

CALICO, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Vyatkina, N. (2011, March). The variability and developmental dynamics of second language

writing

complexity. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chicago, IL.

Vyatkina, N. (2010, June). Longitudinal development of language learners: A corpus -based

approach. CALICO, Amherst, MA.

Vyatkina, N., & Cunningham, J. (2009, March). Bringing together error correction and

learner

corpus analysis: A new look at written corr ective feedback in teaching beginning German

.

CALICO, Tempe, AZ.

Belz, J., & Vyatkina, N. (2008, October). The pedagogical mediation of a developmental

learner

corpus for classroom-based language instruction. Second Language Research Forum (SLRF),

Honolulu, HI.

Vyatkina, N. (2008, April). Collocations of indexicals as markers of social semiotic in

computer -

mediated communication between learners and native speakers of German . AAAL, Washington,

DC.

Vyatkina, N. (2008, March). Teaching L2 pragmatic competence with materials based on a

CMC

corpus. CALICO, San Francisco, CA.

Vyatkina, N. (2007, April). German modal particles as lexical emoticons in

intercultural CMC: the

development of L2 pragmatic competence and contrastive learner corpus analysis . AAAL,

Costa

Mesa, CA.

Vyatkina, N. (2007, March). Lexical ambiguity and corpus annotation: The temporal mal

and the

temporary mal in German. Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference (GLAC 13), the

Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.

Vyatkina, N. (2007, March). What company does the modal particle ja keep? Collocational

patterns

and the development of pragmatic competence in L2 German . International Conference on

Pragmatics and Language Learning (PLL 17), Honolulu, HI.

Vyatkina, N. (2006, December). Corpus applications for awareness -raising activities in

telecollaborative foreign language teaching: the case of German modal particles .

Interfaces of

Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning (IICALL), Ohio State University,

Columbus,

OH.

Brua, C., & Vyatkina, N. (2006, June). Is it just between you and me? Schemata and agency

in three -

party medical communication. AAAL, Montreal, Canada.

Vyatkina, N. (2005, April). German modal particles: Tracking development of metapragmatic

awareness and pragmatic performance in telecollaboration . PLL 16, Bloomington, IN.

INVITED RESEARCH TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

National/International:

Vyatkina, N. (2011, November ). "Ich habe eigentlich ja denn keine Idee": Interpersonal

and cohesive

markers in computer-mediated exchanges between learners and native speakers of German .

Department of German lecture series, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Vyatkina, N. (2011, November ). Discovery learning and teaching with electronic corpora

as a rich

pedagogical resource in graduate student teacher education . Annual German section

meeting of

the American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators (AAUSC), the

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Vyatkina, N. (2011, October). Corpora and Second Language Acquisition. Workshop

organizer, with

David J. Oakey. Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Vyatkina, N. (2010, May). Longitudinal learner development in instructed settings .

Colloquium for

Corpus Linguistics, Department of German Language and Linguistics, Humboldt University of

Berlin, Germany.

Vyatkina, N. (2010, April). What changes over time? A quest for indicators of second

language

development in longitudinal learner corpus research. Colloquium for Intelligent Computer-

Assisted Language Learning, Department of Linguistics, University of TUbingen, Germany.

Vyatkina, N. (2007, September). Development of second language pragmatic competence: The

data -

driven teaching of German modal particles based on a learner corpus . Summer School

Learner

Corpus Research: From Corpus Design to Data Interpretation, UniversitE Catholique de

Louvain,

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Local:

TEACHING AND ADVISING, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Courses taught:

Undergraduate:

GERM 217: Intermediate German II Honors

GERM 348: Intermediate German Composition

GERM 462: The German Business Environment

GERM 618: Usage-Based Grammar of Contemporary German

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Graduate:

GERM 700: Practicum for Graduate Teaching Assistants

GERM 712: Structure of Modern Standard German

GERM 801: Practicum for Graduate Teaching Assistants

GERM 718: Usage-Based Grammar of Contemporary German

GERM 800: Teaching German as a Second Language

GERM 855: Introduction to German Applied Linguistics

GERM 953: Individual Research: Studies in Second Language Acquisition

GERM 953: Individual Research: Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Written Corrective

Feedback

GERM 953: Individual Research: Language Learning Study Methods

GERM 999: Individual Research: Doctoral Dissertation Research

Ph.D. dissertation committees:

Chair: Michael Dehaven (curre nt, co-chair); Emily Hackmann (current); Darren J.

Cunningham

(current); Sonja Sun (current)

Member: Evelyn Wisby (defended 2010); Viktoria Bagi (defended 2009); Joerg Meindl

(defended

2008); Jason Christensen (defended 2011)

Ph.D. oral comprehensive examination committees:

Chair: Michael Dehaven (2012, scheduled, co-chair); Emily Hackmann (2011); Darren J.

Cunningham (2010); Sonja Sun (2009)

Member: Jason Christensen (2009)

M.A. examination committees:

Birgit Mengel (2009)

Teaching innovation grant, internal:

Center for Teaching Excellence New Designs in Teaching:

Introducing Technology into Teaching Beginning German. Awarded $1,500 for Spring 2008.

Professional development grants:

external:

Goethe-Institut Chicago grants for travel, training, and tester certification:

Zertifikat Deutsch fuer den Beruf, Houston, TX, 2/2010

Zertifikat Deutsch, St. Louis, MO, 10/2008

Zertifikat Deutsch fuer den Beruf, Charlotte, NC, 2/2008

internal:

KU Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Travel Grants:

CIBER Annual Business Language Conference, Kansas City, MO, 4/2009

CIBER Annual Business Language Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, 4/ 2008

Teaching presentations:

Vyatkina, N. (2011, August). An electronic tutor for improved language learning . Center

for

Teaching Excellence Summit, University of Kansas .

Vyatkina, N. (2011, January). Teaching in the United States. Breakout session leader. New

Graduate

Teaching Assistant Conference, University of Kansas.

COORDINATOR OF THE KU GERMAN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY SEQUENCE

(combines teaching, advising, and service duties)

Courses supervised:

GERM 102: Elementary German BI

GERM 104: Elementary German AI

GERM 105: Elementary German I Honors

GERM 106: Elementary German BII

GERM 108: Elementary German AII

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GERM 109: Elementary German II Honors

GERM 110: Elementary German BIII

GERM 212: Intermediate German I

GERM 213: Intermediate German I Honors

GERM 216: Intermediate German II

GERM 217: Intermediate German II Honors

GERM 218: Introduction to Business German

SERVICE

National / International:

External evaluator

Telecollaborative Webcasting: Strengthening acquisition of humanities content knowledge

through foreign language education. Research project funded by the National Endowment for

the Humanities (NEH), PI: Victoria Hasko, University of Georgia 2011

Manuscript Reviewer

Language Learning and Technology 2011

Canadian Modern Language Review 2011

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 2011

American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators. Computer-mediated

intercultural foreign language education. 2005

Textbook reviewer

Pearson Prentice Hall. Mittendrin: Deutsche Sprache und Kul tur fUr die Mittelstufe 2010

McGraw-Hill World Languages. Deutsch na klar!: An introductory German course 2009

Conference committee member

Learner Corpus Research International Conference Scientific Committee . UniversitE

Catholique de Louvain, Belgium 2011

American Association of Applied Linguistics Graduate Student Award Committee 2010; 2011

Regional:

Authorized proctor for Goethe-Institut certification programs Zertifikat Deutsch fuer den

Beruf and

Zertifikat Deutsch. 2008 present

State:

Member, Kansas Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German (KATG) work

group

for establishing K-16 foreign language proficiency indicators

6/2009

Judge, Kansas High School student congress 3/2008; 3/2009; 3/2010; 3/2011

Participant, Wheat State Whirlwind Tour sponsored by the KU Office of Vice Provost for

Scholarly

Support5/2008University

:

Ambassador, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2007 - present

Co-Director, Center for German Business Language, 2007present

Faculty Research Liaison2009present

Department:

Graduate Studies Committee 2009 2010

Committee on Graduate Students 2007 - present

Undergraduate Studies Committee

2007 - 2011

Awards Committee 2007 2009

Lecture Committee, member 2011

Faculty Performance Evaluation Committee, member 2007, 2011

Academic Misconduct Hearing Panel member 2008, 2011

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GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND AWARDS

Internal:

Gil Watz Dissertation Fellowship. Pennsylvania State University, $1,000, Spring 2006.

Spector Award for Outstanding Graduate Students in Applied Linguistics. Pennsylvania

State

University, $500, Spring 2005.

Max Kade Dissertation Fellowship. Pennsylvania State University, teaching release for

Sp06.

RGSO Dissertation Support Grant. Pennsylvania State University, teaching release for

Fa05.

Walter Edwin Thompson Dr. Regina Bloch Thompson Scholarship, Pennsylvania State

University,

$3600, Su02; $3700, Su03; $2800, Su04; $3500, Su05; $3500, Su06; $4200, Su 07

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZA TIONS

AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics)

AATG (American Association of Teachers of German)

AAUSC (American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators)

CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium)

LANGUAGES

Russian: Native

German: Near native

English: Near native

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