{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2022-02-12T22:10:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T03:10:36","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1118\/2012\/10\/OlgaPadilla-Falto_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-44\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1118\/2012\/10\/OlgaPadilla-Falto_0.jpg\" alt=\"Olga Padilla-Falto\" width=\"115\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD, Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University, 1996<\/li>\n<li>MS, Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University, 1992<\/li>\n<li>BS, Linguistics &amp; Spanish (dual major), Georgetown University, 1990<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Work Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2021-present- UNC-Charlotte Teaching Professor and Elementary Spanish Coordinator, Department of Languages and Culture Studies<\/li>\n<li>2018-2021- UNC-Charlotte Lecturer and Elementary Spanish Coordinator, Department of Languages and Culture Studies<\/li>\n<li>2016-2018- UNC-Charlotte, Lecturer, Department of Languages and Culture Studies<\/li>\n<li>2007-2016 &#8211; <strong>Blacksburg New School<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident, Board of Directors (2007-2012)<br \/>\nSpanish Lead Teacher (2007-2016)<\/li>\n<li>2004-2007- <strong>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature<\/li>\n<li>2000-2004 &#8211; <strong>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature<\/li>\n<li>1996-2000 &#8211; <strong>University of Puerto Rico, Mayag\u00fcez Campus<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Assistant Professor, English Department<\/li>\n<li>1994-1996 &#8211; <strong>Georgetown University<br \/>\n<\/strong> Assistant to the Foreign Language Program Director<\/li>\n<li>1991-1996 &#8211; <strong>Georgetown University<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lecturer in Spanish as a Foreign Language<\/li>\n<li>1994 &#8211; <strong>Georgetown University Language Laboratory<\/strong><br \/>\nTranslator<\/li>\n<li>1990-1992 &#8211; <strong>Center for Applied Linguistics<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Research Assistant<\/li>\n<li>1992 &#8211; <strong>US Language School<br \/>\n<\/strong>Special Contractor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spanish Phonetics<\/li>\n<li>History of the Spanish Language<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Grammar and Style<\/li>\n<li>Writing Intensive Spanish<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Spanish Linguistics<\/li>\n<li>Latin American Spanish (language variation)<\/li>\n<li>Spanish Language Variation (Dialectology)<\/li>\n<li>Second Language Acquisition<\/li>\n<li>Testing and Materials for ESL<\/li>\n<li>Phonetics of American English<\/li>\n<li>Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced ESL<\/li>\n<li>Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Spanish as a Second Language<\/li>\n<li>Elementary Spanish in Hybrid (50% online), online and F2F\u00a0 formats<\/li>\n<li>K-8 Spanish as a Second Language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teaching<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Teachers\u2019 Preparation, Second Language Testing, Spanish as a Second Language, Language Variation (Dialectology), Advanced Grammar, Language Teaching Methodology, ESL, Heritage Learners<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Second language acquisition, language learning in the classroom, individual differences in language learning, learning\/teaching grammar, bilingualism, Spanish in the US, inclusive language in the classroom, heritage learners, equity in the classroom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards and Recognitions<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Certificate for Teaching Excellence 2006-2007, VT<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Student Award &#8211; Linguistics Department, May 1990<\/li>\n<li>Cuca Esquinazi-Mayo Award for distinguished student in the Spanish Department, May 1990<\/li>\n<li>Member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society<\/li>\n<li>Georgetown University Dean\u2019s List Spring 1989, Spring 1990<\/li>\n<li>Recipient of the US Department of Education\u2019s Title VII Fellowship 1990-1993<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education PhD, Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University, 1996 MS, Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University, 1992 BS, Linguistics &amp; Spanish (dual major), Georgetown University, 1990 Work Experience 2021-present- UNC-Charlotte Teaching Professor and Elementary Spanish Coordinator, Department of Languages and Culture Studies 2018-2021- UNC-Charlotte Lecturer and Elementary Spanish Coordinator, Department of Languages and Culture Studies 2016-2018- UNC-Charlotte, Lecturer, Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2004,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/opadill1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}