Daryl Beres, LRC Director
Areas of Technology Experience:
- Audio/video chatting and conferencing tools
- Phonetic and acoustic speech analysis
- Web 2.0 tools for language learning
- Wikis, blogs, microblogs
- Interactive web-based programming and activity design
Current Research Interests:
- Mobile language learning and smart phone applications
- Natural language processing and corpus linguistics
- First year experience and successful college transitions for Generation 1.5
Past Language Teaching and Technology Projects:
Education:
- Master of Arts in English as a Second Language, University of Minnesota
- Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics, Carleton College
About:
As a linguist, Daryl is fascinated by all aspects of language, with a particular love for grammar. Prior to joining Mount Holyoke College as the Director of the Language Resource Center in 2009, Daryl taught English for speakers of other languages for over 10 years in a variety of settings both in the U.S and abroad, at levels from elementary school to college. In addition to English, Daryl speaks Spanish and Japanese and looks forward to opportunities to study more languages here at MHC. When she's not at home relaxing with her partner Robert and their small flock of parakeets (Nigel, Daisy, Pudgie, and Miss Tweetie), Daryl is likely to be out hiking, camping and/or fishing.