Contact Information

Office: 4056 JFSB

Phone: 422-5353

E-mail: neil_anderson@byu.edu

Office Hours:
On sabbatical until March 1, 2010

Link to Vitae

Neil J Anderson is currently a Fulbright Fellow in el Centro de Aprendizaje de Lenguas de la Universidad de San Carlos (CALUSAC) de Guatemala in Guatemala City. He is training language faculty in the Department of Linguistics as well as conducting research on the role of motivation in language learning and teaching. He will be in Guatemala from June 1, 2009 through February 28, 2010.

Dr. Anderson is a Professor of Linguistics and English Language at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He also serves as the Coordinator of the English Language Center. He teaches courses in the TESOL Master’s program as well as language classes to second language learners. His research interests include second language reading, language learner strategies, and English Language Teaching leadership development. Professor Anderson has taught and presented papers and workshops in over 25 countries. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of over 40 books, book chapters, and professional articles, among them Second Language Reading Research and Instruction: Crossing the Boundaries (2009, The University of Michigan Press), Milestones (2009, Heinle), Exploring Second Language Reading: Issues and Strategies (1999, Heinle), ELT Advantage: Reading (2006, Heinle), ACTIVE Skills for Reading (2007/2008 Heinle), Practical English Language Teaching: Reading (2008, McGraw-Hill), and Second Language Reading Research and Instruction: Crossing the Boundaries (2009, The University of Michigan Press, co-edited with Z.-H. Han). Professor Anderson served as President of the international association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. from 2001-2002. During 2002-2003 he was a Fulbright Scholar conducting research and teaching in Costa Rica. He also served on the Board of Trustees for The International Research Foundation for English Language Education from 2004-2008.

Degrees

Ph.D. 1989 The University of Texas at Austin
M.A. 1981 Brigham Young University
B.A. 1980 Brigham Young University

Interests

Second Language (English) Reading
Learning Strategies and Metacognition
Motivation and Language Learning