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Aurore Patricia Mroz

Assistant Professor

Research Interests

  • Foreign language education
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Computer- and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning
  • Phonetics and phonology of French
  • L2 critical thinking
  • Integration of pronunciation in the proficiency-based FL K-16 classroom
  • Impact of technology on study abroad experience
  • Mixed methods for research in SLATE
  • Process-oriented research in SLATE
  • Complex Dynamic System Theory for research in SLATE

Research Description

SLATE

21st-century curriculum for the FL classroom, Teaching and Learning L2 culture, Integration of Pronunciation and Proficiency in the L2 classroom

Acquisition of L2 critical thinking, L2 negotiation of meaning

Computer-Assisted and -Mediated Language Teaching and Learning, Virtual Language Learning Environments, Critical Digital L2 Literacy

Mixed-methods and process-oriented research for SLATE

Education

  • M.A. Rhetorics of Arts - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (France)
  • M.A. Foreign Language and ESL Education - The University of Iowa
  • Ph.D. Foreign Language and ESL Education - The University of Iowa

Additional Campus Affiliations

Assistant Professor, French and Italian

Recent Publications

Mroz, A. P. (2022). Integrating Mobile-based Text-To-Speech (TTS) and Speech-To-Text (STT) to Advance Proficiency and Intelligibility in French. In S. McCrocklin (Ed.), Technological Resources for Second Language Pronunciation Learning and Teaching.: Research-based Approaches (pp. 147-169). Lexington Books.

Mroz, A. P., & Thrasher, T. (2022). Proficiency Development and Smartphone Usage in Study Abroad: Microgenetic Longitudinal Case Studies of French Learners. Foreign Language Annals, 55(2), 455-493. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12619

Mroz, A. P., & Thrasher, T. (2022). Proficiency Development and Smartphone Usage in Study Abroad: Microgenetic Longitudinal Case Studies of French Learners.. Paper presented at 2022 CALICO Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

Mroz, A. P., & Thrasher, T. (2022). Unfolding of COVID-19 Crisis in a Study-Abroad Program: Voicers of Stakeholders Involved in the Evacuation. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 34(2), 27-55. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v34i2.568

Mroz, A. P. (2021). Impact of Text-To-Speech and Speech-To-Text on French learners’ oral development in various integrated instructional approaches. Paper presented at 2021 American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference.

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