Joshua Bonzo, Ph.D.

Professor of German and American Studies and Culture, Career Track

Head of Section, German

 

Biography

Dr. Bonzo’s research and publications focus primarily on how language output is influenced both autonomously as well as by instructional convention. His studies include extensive backgrounds in second language acquisition and foreign language pedagogy. He is also deeply interested in comparative and historical Germanic linguistics as well as sociolinguistics.

PhD, Foreign Language Pedagogy/Applied Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin

MA, Second Language Acquisition, Brigham Young University

BA, German, Southern Utah University

Hometown: Cedar City, Utah

Area of Research/Specialties: Applied Linguistics & Language Writing

Favorite Quote: “Be not simply good—be good for something.” –Henry David Thoreau

 

Publications

• Hubert, Michael D. and Joshua Bonzo. “Theory and Practice in U.S. University Foreign Language Writing Instruction“, Journal of Second Language Teaching and Research, vol. 7, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-19.

• Hubert, Michael D. and Joshua Bonzo. “Does Second Language Writing Research Influence U.S. University Foreign Language Instruction?” System vol. 38, no. 4, 2010, pp. 517-528.

• Bonzo, Joshua. “To Assign or Not: Observing Fluency and Complexity in Intermediate Foreign Language Writing” Foreign Language Annals, vol. 41, no. 4, 2008. pp. 722-735.
  

• Horwitz, E. K., Hsieh, P-H., Bonzo, J. D., Huang, D., Na, Y-H., & Rubrecht, B.G. “Case Studies of Language Learners as a Tool for Helping Teachers Understand the Experience of Language Learning.” Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, vol. 9, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1–14.

• “Translation as an L2-Production Tool?  Mapping Language Learners’ Susceptibility and Resistance to Transfer Using an L1-Driven Task.”  Texas Papers in Foreign Language, vol. 8, no. 1, 2003, pp. 87-105.