Biography
Teaching Experience
Teresa Reber Bell joined the faculty of the Department of German and Russian at BYU in August 2013. She teaches German 377/378 (German Teaching Methods), FLANG 276 (Exploring Foreign Language Teaching), and German. She supervises the student instructors and the student teachers and is the advisor for the German Teaching Major. Shealso oversees the annual German Fair.
From 2002-2013 she was a faculty member of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at the University of Oklahoma. She graduated from the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona in May 2001. From August 2000-April 2002 she taught German at the University of Pittsburgh. At the University of Oklahoma she teaches the foreign language teaching methods course, second language acquisition, phonetics, and German.
Research
Since May 2009, she teaches the online methods course for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. In 2008, she was President of the Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers’ Association. In April 2009, she was awarded the Longmire Prize for dedication to teaching and the scholarship of teaching. In 2012, she was elected the 2012 Foreign Language Teacher of the Year for the state of Oklahoma. In 2013, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers’ Association. In 2018, she received the Excellence in Post-Secondary Teaching Award from SWCOLT.
She regularly presents at ACTFL, CSCTFL, and SWCOLT. Her research focuses on successful FL teaching and learning and foreign language teacher development. Since April 2016 she has been serving as the ACTFL Program Review Coordinator for the Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation (CAEP).
Her recent research projects can be viewed at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Teresa_Bell3
Research Interests
Native speaker perception of non-native speaker production of written and spoken German, teacher and student beliefs regarding language teaching, proficiency levels for teacher candidates, language teacher preparationTeaching Interests
German language and culture, second language acquisition, language teaching, language teacher preparationEducation
- Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, , University of Arizona (2001)
- MA in German Literature, , Brigham Young University (1992)
- BA in German, Minor in Math, , Brigham Young University (1990)
Honors and Awards
- ACTFL Distance Learning SIG Outstanding Teaching Award, ACTFL (2022 - Present)
- Excellence in Post-Secondary Teaching, Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (2018 - 2018)
- Excellence in Teaching, Oklahoma Foreigh Language Teachers' Association (2013 - 2013)
- Finalist, Southwest Conference on Language Teaching Teacher of the Year, Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (2012 - 2012)
- Oklahoma Foreign Language Teacher of the Year , State of Oklahoma (2011 - 2012)
- The Longmire Prize for Teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching , University of Oklahoma, College of Arts and Sciences (2009 - 2009)
Memberships
- Faculty Women Association (2013 - Present)
- Utah Foreign Language Association (2013 - Present)
- Central States Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (2008 - Present)
- Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (2002 - Present)
- American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) (1994 - Present)
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (1994 - Present)
- Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers' Association (2002 - 2013)
Professional Citizenship
- Board Member, LTI Higher Ed Educator Panel (2022 - Present)
- Committee/Council Chair, AP German Language and Culture Development Committee (2021 - Present)
- Board Member, AP German Advisory Board (2020 - Present)
- Committee/Council Member, AP German Language and Culture Reader (2018 - Present)
- Committee/Council Chair, ACTFL Program Review Coordinator for CAEP (2016 - Present)
- Board Member, Christkindlmarkt SLC (2016 - Present)
- Board Member, American Association of Teachers of German (2014 - Present)
- Committee/Council Chair, ACTFL/CAEP Standards Revision Task Force (2017 - 2023)
- Other, SWCOLT, Teacher of the Year Judge (2023 - 2023)
- Editorial Review Board Member, ACTFL, The Language Educator (2019 - 2022)
- Other, ACTFL, Conference Proposal Reviewer (2018 - 2022)
- Media Interview, US News and World Report Interview about Why People Should Learn German (2020 - 2020)
- Committee/Council Chair, ACTFL Wilga Rivers Award for Foreign Language Education (Post-secondary) Award Committee (2020 - 2020)
- Committee/Council Chair, ACTFL, Awards Committee (2020 - 2020)
- Member, ACTFL New Website Tester (2020 - 2020)
- Board Member, ACTFL Wilga Rivers Award for Foreign Language Education (Post-secondary) Award Committee (2019 - 2019)
- Other, SWCOLT, Teacher of the Year Judge (2019 - 2019)
- Committee/Council Member, ACTFL edTPA Task Force (2016 - 2019)
- Board Member, Hobble Creek Elementary PTA (2016 - 2017)
- Board Member, ACTFL-NYSAFLT Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education Award Committee (2016 - 2016)
- Board Member, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation National Audit Team (2015 - 2016)
- Officer (specify in Other), ACTFL Teacher Development Special Interest Group (2014 - 2016)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (2008 - 2015)
- Committee/Council Member, Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (2013 - 2013)
- Committee/Council Member, Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation ACTFL Representative (2010 - 2013)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Program Review Advisory Board (2010 - 2013)
- Committee/Council Member, Oklahoma Foreign Language Chairpersons’ Council (2005 - 2013)
- Committee/Council Member, Foreign Languages in Elementary Schools Task Force (2003 - 2013)
- Other, NCATE Specialized Professional Association (SPA) program reports for French, German, and Spanish B.A. teacher preparation programs (2002 - 2013)
- Committee/Council Chair, Outstanding Intern Selection Committee Chair (2002 - 2013)
- Committee/Council Chair, Outstanding Senior Selection Committee Chair (2002 - 2013)
- Committee/Council Member, Citizens’ Advisory Council for the City of Norman and Norman Public Schools (2012 - 2013)
- Board Member, Staff Professional Development Committee, Norman Public Schools, Parent Representative (2012 - 2013)
- Officer (specify in Other), Roosevelt Elementary School Parent Teacher Association President (2012 - 2013)
- Guest Speaker, Volunteer German teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School for PreK-4th grades (2007 - 2013)
- Officer (specify in Other), Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers’ Association (2005 - 2009)
- Committee/Council Member, Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (2008 - 2009)
- Conference-Related Role, Southwest Conference on Language Teaching Annual Conference (2008 - 2009)
- Committee/Council Member, University of Oklahoma Ambassadors for Teacher Improvement Committee (2003 - 2008)
- Committee/Council Member, ACTFL-MLJ Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education Selection Committee (2008 - 2008)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, ACTFL Conference Proposal Reviewer (1999 - 2000)