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Department of Foreign Languages Faculty

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Mr. James Kilpatrick, Jr.

Webster Hall, Room 360
417-625-9332
E-Mail - kilpatrick-j@mssu.edu

 

Fall 2008 Office Hours:

MWF

 

TR

 

W

09:00-10:00

12:00-12:30

10:00-11:00

12:15-01:00

03:00-05:00 BY APT. ONLY

 

Mr. James Kilpatrick, Jr. teaches Spanishand supervises student teachers of foreign languages. James worked as a Sign Language Interpreter and a Sign Language Instructor for Joplin Public Schools while attending Missouri Southern. He graduated from Missouri Southern in Dec. of 96 with a B.S.E. (Spanish Education K -12). He graduated from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus, with a MA in Spanish Literature in the spring of 99. James attained ABD status from the University of Kansas (Lawrence) from the School of Education with a major in Foreign Language Education and an Emphasis in Spanish in the Fall of 2003. James worked as a Sign Language/English and Spanish/English interpreter for the medical staff and their patients from the Spring of 2002 until Summer of 2004 at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas.

 

 

Courses Taught At MSSU:
Span 101 Beginning Spanish I

Span 102 Beginning Spanish II
Span 203 Intermediate Spanish I
Span 298 Intro to Mexican Culture

Span 310 Conversation I

Educ 345 Teaching Foreign Languages K-12

Research Interests:
2nd Language Acquisition
Language Education (K - College)
Sign Language Modes and/or Sign Language Systems
Interpreting

Professional Memberships:
Beta Rho Chapter of Phi Sigma Iota
ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
NAD - National Association of the Deaf
KAI - Kansas Association of Interpreters

Honors/Awards/Recognition
Outstanding Student of Spanish Education MSSC 1996
National Dean's List 1994-96

Publications & Presentations

  • Medical Staff and the use of Medical Interpreters at Kansas City area Hospitals (2002 - Present)
  • New Visions 2000 & American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, special project Recruitment & Retention of Foreign Language Teachers in the US
  • Evaluate & certify educational sign language interpreters for Missouri Commission for the Deaf of Jefferson City, MO (1999-Present)
  • Workshop presenter in KS & MO to improve skills of educational interpreters in public schools & colleges (1999-Present)
  • Spanish workshops for public schools with growing Hispanic populations

Mr. Kilpatrick's Links:
Center for Applied Linguistics
S.E.E. CENTER

 

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