TESL/Applied Linguistics, Iowa State University
Carol A. Chapelle, Professor of TESL/applied linguistics, is
Co-Editor of the
Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series.
Her research explores issues at the intersection of
computer technology and applied linguistics. Recent books are
Computer applications in second language acquisition: Foundations
for teaching, testing, and research
(Cambridge University Press, 2001) and
English language learning
and technology: Lectures on applied linguistics in the age of information and
communication technology (John Benjamins, 2003).
Other
books focus on language assessment and research methods: Assessing
language through
technology (Chapelle & Douglas; Cambridge University Press,
2006), Inference and generalizability in applied linguistics
(Chalhoub-Deville, Chapelle & Duff, editors; John Benjamins
Publishing, 2006), ESOL tests and testing: A resource for teachers
and administrators (Stoynoff & Chapelle; TESOL Publications, 2005).
Her most recent books are Building a validity argument for the
Test of
English as a Foreign Language (Routledge, 2007) and Tips for
teaching with CALL (Pearson-Longman, 2008).
She is
Past President of the American
Association for Applied Linguistics (2006-2007) and
former editor of TESOL Quarterly (1999-2004),
Her papers have appeared in journals such as TESOL Quarterly,
Language Learning,
Language Testing, and Language Learning & Technology, as well as
in Handbooks and Encyclopedias of Applied Linguistics. She teaches
courses in
applied linguistics at Iowa State University and has taught in Arizona,
Denmark, Hawai'i,
Michigan, Spain, and Canada. She has lectured at conferences in
Canada, Chile, England, France, Japan, Iceland, Mexico, Morocco, Scotland,
Singapore, South Korea, Spain, and Taiwan.
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