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"Prior Language Experience: Individual Differences in L2 Task Performance and Outcomes"

Julio Torres
Assistant Professor of Hispanic and Italian Studies
State University of New York, Albany

Julio Torres earned his PhD in Spanish Linguistics at Georgetown University. His research interests include Heritage and Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Cognition and Task-based Language Learning. He is also interested in issues pertaining to instruction and curriculum development. Julio is a permanent certified teacher in the state of Pennsylvania where he taught high school Spanish, worked as a collaborating teacher in training student teachers and served as curriculum leader as department chair. He also served as assistant director for Georgetown University's Intensive Basic and Intermediate Spanish Language program.