Languages and Cultures

Research Interests

• Second Language (English) Vocabulary Acquisition
• Second Language Reading and Writing
• Applied Corpus Linguistics
• Content-Based Instruction
• (Alternative) Second Language Assessment

Recent Publications

• Colovic-Markovic, J. (2025). Supervising TESOL Practicum at the Adult ESL Community Outreach Program, INTESOL Journal, 22(1), doi:TBD.
• Colovic-Markovic, J. (2025). Tasks for teaching speaking to advanced learners. In J. Liontas, T. International Association and M. DelliCarpini (Eds.). The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0253.pub2
• Colovic-Markovic, J. (2023).  Undertaking TESOL practicum at the Adult ESL Community Outreach Program: Student Teachers’ Perceived Affordances, Advantages and Disadvantages. In Pu, C. and Wright W. (Eds), Innovating the TESOL Practicum in Teacher Education: Design, Implementation, and Pedagogy in an Era of Change, (pp.  99-119). Routledge.
• Colovic-Markovic, J. (2019). “The class changed the way I read”: The effects of explicit instruction of academic formulas on ESL writers. Applied Language Learning, 29(1&2), 17-51. 
• Colovic-Markovic, J. (2018). Tasks for teaching speaking to advanced learners. In J. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (vol. 3, pp. 1838 – 1846). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Colovic-Markovic, J. (2018). Teaching Relative Clauses. In J. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (vol. 5, pp. 3326 – 3334). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Colovic-Markovic, J. (2018). Teaching Vocabulary for IELTS* Advanced. In J. Liontas (Ed.), The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (vol. 5, pp. 3397 – 3404). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Colovic-Markovic, J. (2017). “I used them because I had to . . .”: The effects of explicit instruction of topic-induced word combinations on ESL writers. TESOL International Journal,12, 32-47.

Note: *IELTS: International English Language Testing System

Awards and Recognitions

• 2024 Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, The Office of the Executive Vice President, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
• Excellence in Community-Engaged Learning Teaching Award, Center for Civic Engagement & Social Impact (CCESI), Spring 2024, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
• Equity Access Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives (EAIDI) Excellence Award, Spring 2022, College of Arts and Humanities, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
• Outstanding Faculty Award, 2021-2022, Honors College, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
• Outstanding Advising Award, 2021-2022, University College and WCU Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, West Chester University, West Chester, PA  
• Lois Darlene Simmerman Clayton Professional Development Grant 2011/2012. Linguistics Department, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Graduate Research Fellowship 2011/2012, Graduate School, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Steffensen Cannon Scholarship 2010-2011, Graduate School, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• TESOL Professional Development Scholarship 2011, TESOL Int. Association.
• Linguistics Department Alumni Endowed Scholarship 2010-2011, Linguistics Department, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Outstanding TESOL Thesis Award, 2003, Linguistics and English Language Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Classes Regularly Taught

• Teaching English Language Learners PK-12 (LAN 382/569)
• Second Language (L2) Vocabulary Learning and Teaching (LAN 588)
• Content-Based Instruction (ENG 611)
• ESL Practicum (ENG 587)
• Structure of Modern English (ENG 575)
• ESL Assessment (ENG 612)
• Curriculum and Materials Development (ENG 576)
• Teaching L2/ESL Reading and Writing (LAN 584) 

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