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BIOGRAPHY	Dr. José Manuel Franco Rodríguez was born in Chercos (Almería, Spain). Dr. FRANCO received his Licentiate in English Philology from the University of Granada, Spain, and his Licentiate in Spanish Philology from the University of Almería, Spain. In addition to his passion for Renaissance literature, a keen interest in language acquisition processes sprang from his years teaching English in Spain and ESL and Spanish at Bilston Community College, England. This new focus of his academic activity led him to the United States, where he sought first-hand acquaintance with its effervescent bilingualism and languages in contact. During his seven years in California as a bilingual teacher, he also completed his M.A. in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and his Ph.D. in Spanish Philology at the University of Almería, Spain. Dr. Franco has taught Spanish courses as an Assistant Professor at Methodist College, NC. He sees Fayetteville State University as an institution with an incomparable potential for both students and professors.

COURSES TAUGHT	Literature Survey of Spanish literature I: Medieval & Golden Age periods Survey of Spanish literature II: 18^th century to contemporary literature Cervantes Linguistics Spanish Linguistics I: phonetics & phonology Spanish Linguistics II. morphology syntax & semantics Advanced grammar Education Methods and materials in teaching Spanish Student teaching Language and Culture Spanish culture & civilization Spanish American culture and civilization Spanish conversation & composition Intermediate Spanish I Elementary Spanish I

RESEARCH INTERESTS	The Spanish dialogue: recuperation of early Spanish dialogues women from this genre's perspective Linguistic landscape: language evolution language vitality, Spanglish the language of Hispanics in the US

PUBLICATIONS	Books 2010 Rare and Unpublished Spanish Dialogues: La vida del soberbio, Edwin Mellen Press: Lewiston, NY. (in progress2009 Rare and Unpublished Spanish Dialogues: La vida del soberbio, Edwin Mellen Press: Lewiston, NY. 2003 Estudio y edición crítica del Diálogo de los pajes de Diego de Hermosilla, Almería: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Almería. 2003 Diego de Hermosilla, Diálogo de los pajes, ed. and introd. José M. Franco Rodríguez, Almería: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Almería. Articles 2009 "Interpreting the Linguistic Traits of Linguistic Landscapes as Ethnolinguistic Vitality: Methodological Approach," in Elana Shohami et al. (eds.), Linguistic Urban Landscape, [tentative title and submitted for review to different publishers]. 2009 "Linguistic Landscape and Language Maintenance: The Case of Los Angeles and Miami-Dade Counties," in Michael Morris (ed.), Culture and Language: Multidisciplinary Case Studies, New York: Cambridge University Press (currently under review). 2008 " Círculo de Ligüística Aplicada a la Comunicación 35: 3-43. 2007 "El español en el condado de Miami-Dade desde su paisaje lingüístico," Lingüística en la Red 5, December 2007. 2005 "El español en el condado de Los Ángeles desde la señaléctica comercial y urbana," Hispania 88.4 (2005): 825-833.