David Gurney's Home Page


This page was created in order to share ideas with teachers in the field of foreign language education.
Later, I created a page devoted only to second language education:   Foreign Languages and ESOL.
Click:   Foreign Language Education.

I have maintained the page related to my interests and professional career in this important field.   These ideas are the product of many years of language teaching, observations of teachers, workshops witnessed and conducted, etc.   I coordinated the program for foreign language education here at UCF, a program that I designed, until 1999.

       The program coordinator, now, is Dr. Karen Verkler  kverkler@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

There are interesting ideas and materials for language teachers on the page.   In the future, I will concentrate on the examination of research on the brain and memory functioning in order to develop insights about language acquisition and suggest modifications in teaching techniques for second languages based on this study.    Please visit me on the Foreign Language Education  page.

On that page, you will see some of my interests in language teaching, including:
      Language as Human Behavior    Cultural Focus of Language Teaching     Research     FLES        Professional Workshops,

Here on my home page, I will concentrate
on other things that I am interested in:
Opera    Poetry    Photography    Cooking  
Gurney stuff, naturally.

  Warning: This page is under construction!

Language Links  among other interesting sites.

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My primary field of expertise is Foreign Language Education/TESOL.
The past few years, I have taught as an Interdisciplinary Fellow under the auspices of the Office Interdisciplinary Studies
and for the Burnett Honors College.
I am available for consulting in Second Language Acquisition/Methods,
Culture, and Curriculum and Instruction.

Please tune in frequently for updates on my home page.


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Autobiography


I have retired from the College of Education at
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
David W. Gurney, Ph.D.
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I retain my email addresses. I prefer the first one.
This page last modified on July 5, 2009
Biography

David W. Gurney, Ph. D.

Voice Mail: 407-823-2017

Fax: 407-823-5815

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