Dr. Scott McGinnis is Academic Advisor for the Washington office of the Defense Language Institute (DLI). He also holds the academic rank of professor at DLI. Between 1999 and 2003, he served as Executive Director of the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages at the National Foreign Language Center in College Park, Maryland. His 24 years in the language teaching profession have included a decade of experience as supervisor of Chinese language programs at the University of Oregon and University of Maryland. Dr. McGinnis has authored or edited five books and over 40 book chapters, journal articles and reviews on language pedagogy and linguistics for the less commonly taught languages in general, and Chinese and Japanese in particular. He served two terms as President of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, as chair of The College Board Chinese Language Test Development Committee for the Educational Testing Service, and as a member of the Board of Examiners for the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. His current professional responsibilities include serving as Coordinator for the Interagency Language Roundtable for the United States government.
✽ 4/28, 4:15pm | Hollander Hall 241
This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Asians Studies, the Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and the Lecture Committee at Williams College.