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Research Areas
Research Interests
- Foreign language education
- Second Language Acquisition
- Computer- and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning
- Phonetics and phonology of French
- L2 critical thinking
- Integration of pronunciation in the proficiency-based FL K-16 classroom
- Impact of technology on study abroad experience
- Mixed methods for research in SLATE
- Process-oriented research in SLATE
- Complex Dynamic System Theory for research in SLATE
Research Description
SLATE
21st-century curriculum for the FL classroom, Teaching and Learning L2 culture, Integration of Pronunciation and Proficiency in the L2 classroom
Acquisition of L2 critical thinking, L2 negotiation of meaning
Computer-Assisted and -Mediated Language Teaching and Learning, Virtual Language Learning Environments, Critical Digital L2 Literacy
Mixed-methods and process-oriented research for SLATE
Education
- M.A. Rhetorics of Arts - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (France)
- M.A. Foreign Language and ESL Education - The University of Iowa
- Ph.D. Foreign Language and ESL Education - The University of Iowa
Recent Publications
Mroz, Aurore Patricia "Integrating Mobile-based Text-To-Speech (TTS) and Speech-To-Text (STT) to Advance Proficiency and Intelligibility in French". McCrocklin, Shannon (editors). Technological Resources for Second Language Pronunciation Learning and Teaching.: Research-based Approaches. Chapter 8, Lexington Books. 2022, 147-169.
Mroz, Aurore Patricia and Tricia Thrasher. "Proficiency Development and Smartphone Usage in Study Abroad: Microgenetic Longitudinal Case Studies of French Learners". Foreign Language Annals. 2022, 55(2). 455-493. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12619
Mroz, Aurore Patricia and Tricia Thrasher Proficiency Development and Smartphone Usage in Study Abroad: Microgenetic Longitudinal Case Studies of French Learners.. 2022 CALICO Conference, 30 May 2022, Seattle, WA, United States, Paper, 2022.
Mroz, Aurore Patricia and Tricia Thrasher. "Unfolding of COVID-19 Crisis in a Study-Abroad Program: Voicers of Stakeholders Involved in the Evacuation". Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. 2022, 34(2). 27-55. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v34i2.568
Mroz, Aurore Patricia Impact of Text-To-Speech and Speech-To-Text on French learners’ oral development in various integrated instructional approaches. 2021 American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, 26 Mar 2021, Paper, 2021.