Dr. José M. Franco Rodríguez

Associate Professor of Spanish

Dr. Franco has been at FSU since 2005. Prior to that he taught at Methodist University, was a bilingual teacher in Los Angeles County for seven years, taught Spanish at a community college in England, and worked as an English instructor to middle and high school students in Spain.

For nine years, Dr. Franco has been an invited scholar at the summer seminars offered by the Instituto Cervantes at the University of Almería (Spain). He has earned teaching credentials in Spain, England, California, and North Carolina, and has been the coordinator of the Spanish Education program at FSU since 2005.

Education

PhD in Hispanic Philology (University of Almería, Spain)

M.Ed. in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language (University of Barcelona, Spain)

M.A. in Spanish Philology (University of Almería, Spain)

M.A. in English Philology (University of Granada, Spain)

Courses taught

Literature

Survey of Spanish Literature I: Medieval & Golden Age periods

Survey of Spanish Literature II: 18^th century to contemporary literature

Cervantes

Survey of Spanish-American Literature I: From Colonization to Independence

Survey of Spanish-American Literature II: From Independence to present

Linguistics

Spanish Linguistics I: Phonetics and Phonology

Spanish Linguistics II: Morphology, Syntax and Semantics

Advanced Spanish Grammar

Education

Methods and Materials in Teaching Spanish

Clinical Experience in Public Schools (Student Teaching)

Language and Culture

Spanish for Health Professionals I and II

Spanish for the Professions I and II

Elementary Spanish I and II

Intermediate Spanish I

Advanced Spanish Conversation and Culture

Advanced Spanish Composition and Culture

Spanish Civilization and Culture

Spanish-American Civilization and Culture

Senior Seminar: Current Issues in the Spanish-Speaking World

Research

Research interests

Linguistics

Ethnolinguistic vitality in the linguistic landscape

Literature

Recuperation of unedited dialogues from the Early Modern Period

Pedagogy

Impact of online telecollaboration on the learning of second languages

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters

2020 "Diego Gracián de Alderete: el autor clandestino del Diálogo de los pajes," Janus: Estudios sobre el Siglo de Oro 9, 693-732. https://www.janusdigital.es/articulo.htm?id=158
2020 Andujar, A. and Franco Rodriguez, J.M., "WhatsApp and Jitsi to Foster Student Engagement in an American-Spanish Telecollaboration Exchange," in Recent Tools for Computer- and Mobile-Assisted Foreign Language Learning, 60-78. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1097-1.ch003
2018 "Spanish in the Linguistic Landscapes of the U.S.," in Potowski, Kim (ed.): The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language. London: Routledge, 66-77.
2013 "An Alternative Reading of the Linguistic Landscape: The Case of Almería," Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana 21, 109-134.
2011 "Linguistic Landscape and Linguistic Maintenance: The Case of Los Angeles and Miami-Dade Counties," in Morris, Michael A. (ed.): Culture and Language: Multidisciplinary Case Studies. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 69-119.
2009 "Interpreting the Linguistic Traits of Linguistic Landscapes as Ethnolinguistic Vitality: Methodological Approach," Revista Electrónica de Lingüística Aplicada 8: 1-15.
2008 "El paisaje lingüístico del Condado de Los Ángeles y del Condado de Miami-Dade: propuesta metodológica," 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.

Books

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.

Professional Experience and Membership

Reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals in the field of linguistic landscapes

Spanish program coordinator

Study abroad coordinator

Professional memberships

ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)

AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese)

Honors, Awards, and Grants

Scholarship Award, Department of Communication, Languages and Cultures. (2021).

Global Understanding Course Travel Award, UNCCH Center for Global Initiatives. (2017).

Teacher of the Year, College of Arts and Sciences. (2014).

Teacher of the Year, Department of World Languages and Cultures. (2014).

Teacher of the Year, Department of English and Foreign Languages. (2010).