Virginia David

Affiliation

Western Michigan University

Biography

Dr. Virginia David received her B.A. degree in English language and literature from Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, in Vitoria, Brazil. In 2011, she received her M.A. degree in teaching English as a second language from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her doctorate degree in second language studies from Michigan State University in 2015. Dr. David taught English as a foreign and second language for over 20 years. In addition, she has been training ESL teachers since 2012. Since 2015, Dr. David has been teaching SLA, teaching methods, assessment, and research methods courses in the ESL graduate certificate and M.A. in TESOL programs at Western Michigan University. Her research interests include L2 interaction, L2 writing, and assessment, Task-Based Language Teaching, and ESL teacher education.