Jessica Williams

601 South Morgan Street (MC 162)
University Hall, Suite 2021
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: 312.413.7378
Fax: 312.413.1005
Email: jessicaw@uic.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Professor
Second language acquisition;
Director, Linguistics


Jessica Williams is an applied linguist in the Linguistics/ TESOL program. She also directs the English as a Second Language and Less Commonly Taught Languages programs. Her research interests include second language writing and lexical development, and the effect of instruction in second language acquisition. Her recent publications include Teaching Writing in Second and Foreign Language Classrooms (McGraw Hill), Theories in Second Language Acquisition (with Bill VanPatten) (Erlbaum) and a content-based reading/writing ESL text: Academic Encounters:  American Studies (Cambridge).

PUBLICATIONS

Academic Encounters: American Studies Student's Book
Cambridge University Press
Published: June 2007
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Theories in Second Language Acquisition: An Introduction
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: September 26, 2006
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