Research and Scholarship by Hiram Maxim

 

L2 Reading and Instruction

"A Study into the Feasibility and Effects of Reading Extended Authentic Discourse in the Beginning German Language Classroom."  Modern Language Journal 86 (2002):  20-35.

"The Effects of Extensive Authentic Reading on First-Semester German Students' Reading Comprehension, Cultural Horizon, and Language Proficiency."  Unpublished dissertation, University of Texas-Austin, 1999.  (Abstract)

"The Effects of Guided Extensive Reading on Beginning L2 Learners' Reading Behavior and Affect."  AAAL Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, April 8, 2002.

"Giving Beginning Language Learners a Voice:  A Case for Poetry in the Foreign Language Classroom."  MLA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., December 28, 2000.

"Selecting Appropriate Authentic Materials for the Foreign Language Classroom."  Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Association (TFLTA) Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, November 4, 2000.

"Integrating Language Instruction and Cultural Inquiry Through Reading." MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, December 28, 1999.

"In-class Reading: The Neglected Component of Foreign Language Reading." TFLTA Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, November 6, 1999.

"Extensive Reading of Authentic Discourse in the Beginning Foreign Language Class." AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 21, 1998.

"Lesen längerer authentischer Texte in Anfängerkursen." Annual Convention of the Fachverband für Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Jena, Germany, June 6, 1998.

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Reading and Writing

"Using Extensive Reading to Link Meaning and Form in the Beginning College Foreign Language Classroom."  Form Meaning Connections in Second Language Acquisition Conference, University of Illinois-Chicago, February 22, 2002.

"A Study into the Effects of Linking Form and Meaning in the Beginning Foreign Language Classroom."  SECOL LXIV, Knoxville, TN, April 6, 2001.

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TA Development

"Preparing Graduate Students as Teachers within a Coherent Departmental and Curricular Framework."  MLA Annual Convention, New York, NY, December 27-30, 2002.

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Curriculum Development and Reform

"Student and Instructor Perceptions of the Advanced Language Learner."  AATG Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 21-24, 2002

"Task-based Writing across the Curriculum."  Faculty of Languages and Linguistics Faculty Development Workshop, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., October 5, 2001.

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Language Learning as Cultural Inquiry

"Using personal narratives to link language learning and culture learning at the Intermediate level."  In the session "Teaching toward the Standards as teaching with textual genre: From Intermediate to Advanced L2 learning," Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT), Washington, DC, February 17, 2003.

"Authenticity Revisited:  Cult or Culture?"  German Studies Research Seminar, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., September 12, 2001.

"Using Cultural Theory to Navigate the Cultural C's in the Foreign Language Classroom." Blue Ridge International Conference on the Humanities and the Arts, Boone, NC, April 15, 2000.

"Integrating Language Learning and Cultural Inquiry in the Beginning Foreign Language Classroom."  ADFL Bulletin 32.1 (2000):  12-17.

"Integrating Language Instruction and Cultural Inquiry Through Reading." MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, December 28, 1999.

"Authorizing the Foreign Language Student." Foreign Language Annals 31 (1998): 407-430.

"Incorporating Critical Thinking and Authenticity into Business German Testing." Modern Language Journal 82 (1998): 19-32. Co-authored with Maria Egbert.

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The Foreign Language Teaching Profession

"Lessons from Abroad:  A Study of German as a Second Language (DaF) Instruction in Germany."  AATG/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 18, 2000.

"The German Outreach Program at the University of Texas-Austin." MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, December 28, 1999. Co-presentation with Kirsten Belgum.

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