Dear Applied Linguistics Students,
I'm writing to inform you that Prof. Macedo has stepped down as chair of the Applied Linguistics Department, and that I have been selected as his replacement.
I don’t regularly teach in the online program, so let me provide you with some background information about myself. I have been teaching at UMass Boston for 25 years. Within the Department of Applied Linguistics, I teach courses dealing with language theory, structure, and use: Linguistics (601), Phonetics/Phonemics (627), and The Structure of the English Language (629). Several years ago, I taught 629 online, and I hope to be able to teach another course in the online program very soon.
I conduct research in the area of corpus linguistics. Linguists working within this branch of linguistics analyze large computerized databases of spoken and written language to study the structure and use of English and other languages. You can read more about the research I do on my website and also look at past syllabi from the classes I teach: http://www.cs.umb.edu/~meyer/
In closing, I would like to thank Professor Macedo for his many years of service to theDepartment of Applied Linguistics. He has been instrumental in developing the department to the point that students can now earn an MA in Applied Linguistics both on-campus and online. I wish Professor Macedo continued success in his teaching and with the two grants he is currently overseeing.
Sincerely,
Charles Meyer
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