Richard Kern
Associate Professor and Director of the Berkeley Language Center

Professor Kern teaches courses in French linguistics, applied linguistics and foreign language pedagogy. His research interests include second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, reading, writing, and technology. He has served as Associate Editor of the journal Language Learning & Technology since 2001. He is currently writing a book on relationships among language, technology, and literacy.

Publications include:
"Literacy and Technology in French Language Teaching: Issues and Prospects," in D. Ayoun (Ed.) Studies in French Applied Linguistics. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2008, pp. 255-294.

“Making connections through texts in language teaching,” Language Teaching, 41, 3, 2008, pp. 367-387.

“De l’apprenant au locuteur/acteur,” with Anthony Liddicoat, in G. Zarate, D. Lévy, C. Kramsch (Eds.) Précis du plurilinguisme et du pluriculturalisme. Paris: Editions des Archives Contemporaines, 2008, pp. 27-33.

“La communication médiatisée par ordinateur en langues: recherches et applications récentes aux USA,” Le français dans le monde: recherches et applications, No. 40, 2006, pp. 17-29.

“Perspectives on Technology in Learning and Teaching Languages,” TESOL Quarterly 40, 1, 2006, pp. 183-210.

“Beyond orality: Investigating literacy and the literary in second and foreign language instruction,” with Jean Marie Schultz, Modern Language Journal, 89, 3, 2005, pp. 381-392.

Literacy and Language Teaching, Oxford University Press, 2000.