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Ludovic M. Kovalik Associate Professor Office: Anderson Center C-024 Phone: (336) 750-3264  E-mail: kovaliklm@wssu.edu   Curriculum Vitae

Educational History

PhD in English (TESL/Linguistics), Oklahoma State University, May 2004

MA in English (TESL/Linguistics), Oklahoma State University, December 2001

BA in English and French Languages and Literatures, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, June 1979

Profile

Research interests in

• development and usage of classroom simulation as a means to facilitate ESL student learning
• tendencies in present-day American English: novel spellings, novel meanings, novel syntaxes
• overtly-elliptical structures: usage and acceptance in written discourse

Courses Taught

• ESL 5301: Descriptive Linguistics
• ESL 5303: Discourse Analysis
• ESL 5312: Testing, Assessment, and Evaluation in ESL
• ESL 5315: Advanced Grammar for ESL Teachers
• ESL 5317: Literacy Skills Development in ESL
• ESL 5321: Special Projects in ESL
• ESL 6301: Research Methods in ESL
• ESL 6302: Special Topics in ESL

Selected Publications

• Raising awareness of the importance of reading: How young people may benefit from classroom simulation.  (forthcoming).  Journal of Simulation/Gaming for Learning and Development, 1(1). (with Doina L. Kovalik and Manuelita Cardona).
• TOWN-HALL MEETING: An incursion into the role of reading in everyday life.  (forthcoming).  Journal of Simulation/Gaming for Learning and Development, 1(1).  (with Doina L. Kovalik and Manuelita Cardona)
• A solution toward bettering the validity of the language acceptability assessment elicitation procedure.  (2008).  Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 30, 174-182.  Available online at https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/3913/1/kwpl-30-Kovalik.pdf.
• A lesson learned through gaming.  (2008).  Simulation & Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory, Practice, and Research, 39, 118-125.  Available online at http://sag.sagepub.com. courseinfo.wssu.edu/content/39/1/118.full.pdf+html (with Doina L. Kovalik)
• Language simulation: The blending space of critical thinking and writing.  (2007).  Simulation & Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory, Practice, and Research, 38, 310-322.  Available online at http://sag.sagepub.com.courseinfo.wssu.edu/content/38/3/310.full.pdf+html (with Doina L. Kovalik)
• Language learning simulations: A Piagetian perspective.  (2002).  Simulation & Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory, Practice, and Research, 33, 345-352.  Available online at http://sag.sagepub.com.courseinfo.wssu.edu/content/33/3/345.full.pdf+html (with Doina L. Kovalik)

Selected Presentations

• Native-speaker / nonnative-speaker interaction: A two-way benefit, The 2011 Southeast TESOL Regional Conference, Richmond, VA, October 13-15, 2011. (with Doina L. Kovalik)
• Language simulation: A learning environment for grade-level ESL classroom settings, panel discussion, The 8th Annual TALGS Conference, Greenville, NC, February 19, 2011. (with MA candidates in WSSU's TESL and Applied Linguistics Program)
• Texting: A blend of technology and linguistically-creative young brains, The American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 6-9, 2010. (with Doina L. Kovalik and Manuelita Cardona)
• Expression of elicited surprise: A cross-cultural study, The American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Denver, CO, March 21-24, 2009. (with Doina L. Kovalik)
• Getting back to basics: Understanding that it takes a village to teach developmental college writing, The Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, Greensboro, NC, 8-10 February, 2008. (with colleagues)
• A solution toward bettering the validity of the language acceptability assessment elicitation procedure, The Mid-America Linguistics Conference, Lawrence, KS, October 26-28, 2007.
• The read, the inferred, and the already-known: Acquiring knowledge through reading, The American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, April 21-24, 2007.
• Critical thinking in language simulations, part of the symposium "Adapting simulation techniques in ESL composition classes," The 41st TESOL Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, March 20-24, 2007. (with Doina L. Kovalik)
• Ellipsis and its impact upon discourse: A cross-linguistic study, part of the symposium "Cognitive approaches to cross-linguistic discourse analysis," The 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, hosted by the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Madison, WI, July 24-29, 2005.
• Back-channeling in an all-ESL oral interaction, The American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Arlington, VA, March 22-25, 2003.
• Context vs. isolation in ellipsis acceptability assessments, The Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, D.C., February 15-17, 2003.
• Native vs. nonnative assessments of ellipsis, The OABE/OKTESOL Joint Conference, Tulsa, OK, November 8-10, 2001.
• Teaching English behind the former Iron Curtain, The 19th Annual OKTESOL Conference, Edmond, OK, October 13-14, 2000. (with Doina L. Kovalik)

Media Appearances & Coverage

• Spencer, Erik. (2007, November 7). Long journey brings talented teachers to WSSU. The News Argus, p.3.  Available online at http://www.thenewsargus.com/2.5243/long-journey-brings-talented-teachers-to-wssu-1.800052#.UGBp8FE5ies