Jeff MacSwan
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University of Maryland College Park Benjamin Building 2311 College Park, MD 20742
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Jeff MacSwan is Professor of Education in the Division of Language, Literacy, and Social Inquiry in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership (TLPL) in the College of Education at the University of Maryland. He is also Professor in the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program there, and Affiliate Professor in the University of Maryland Linguistics Department and Center for the Advanced Study of Language.
He previously served as Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Mary Lou Fulton Graduate School of Education at ASU. For updates on his work since leaving ASU in 2011, please visit his faculty web page at the University of Maryland.
Bilingualism, language minority education
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Grammatical Theory and Bilingual Codeswitching. (2009).
- . . Rethinking Language in School (2008).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Stephen Krashen. Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (2008).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey,Rolstad, Kellie. Semilingualism: Theory and critique. Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (2008).
- Rolstad, Kellie,MacSwan, Jeffrey. BICS/CALP: Theory and critique. Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (2008).
- Krashen, S., Rolstad, Kellie, MacSwan, Jeffrey, Krashen, S., Rolstad, Kellie, MacSwan, Jeffrey. Review of "Research summary and bibliography for Structured English Immersion programs" of the Arizona English Language Learners Task Force. (2007).
- . . The Condition of PreK-12 Education in Arizona, 2005 (2005).
- . . Cascadilla Press (2005).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. ISB4: Afterword and closing remarks. Cascadilla Press (2005).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. The "non-non" crisis and academic bias in native language assessment of linguistic minorities. Cascadilla Press (2005).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey, Rolstad, Kellie, Cohen, James, McAlister, Kara. Introduction. Cascadilla Press (2005).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey,Rolstad, Kellie. Linguistic diversity, echooling, and social class: Rethinking our conception of language proficiency in language minority education. Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings (2003).
- Kellie Rolstad, Jeffrey MacSwan, Gene Glass. Do some school-age children have no language? Some problems of construct validity in the Pre-LAS Espanol. Bilingual Research Journal (2002).
- Kellie Rolstad, Jeffrey MacSwan, P. MacLaren. Padagogik und Sprache: Basil Bernsteins Werk und Wirkung. [Pedagogy and language: Basil Bernstein's work and impact. Sozialwissenschaftliche Literatur Rundschau (2000).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. A Minimalist Approach to Intrasentential Code Switching. (1999).
- Macswan,Jeffrey*. 2003 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF EDUCATION/SPENCER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP. NATL ACADEMY OF EDUCATION(5/22/2003 - 6/30/2005).
- Macswan,Jeffrey*. FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BILINGUALISM. HHS-NIH-NICHD(4/1/2003 - 9/30/2004).
- Macswan,Jeffrey*. FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BILINGUALISM. NSF-SBE(2/15/2003 - 2/29/2004).
- Macswan,Jeffrey*. BEYOND EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH: EXPLAINING LOW ACHIEVEMENT IN LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICEINT STUDENT. ED(7/1/2000 - 6/30/2005).
- Macswan,Jeffrey*. THE 'NON-NON' CRISIS: DO SOME SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN KNOW NO LONGUAGE?. SPENCER FDN(7/1/1999 - 9/30/2000).
Courses
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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DCI 792 | Research |
DCI 784 | Internship |
DCI 799 | Dissertation |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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DCI 792 | Research |
DCI 784 | Internship |
DCI 799 | Dissertation |
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Proposals, programs and paradigms: Unconstraining codeswitching research. Workshop on Codeswitching (Dec 2007).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. The "non-non" crisis: How language testing misleads us about children's ability. Achieving A+ Summit: Acquisition of English and Academic Achievement for All (Dec 2007).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey, Colina, S. Interface conditions on language mixing. 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism (May 2007).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey, Thompson, Marilyn, Deklerk, Gertruida. Theory, research and theory-driven research: Explanations of academic achievement differences among English Language Learners. Annual meeting of the University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute (LMRI) (May 2007).
- Mahoney, K., Haladyna, Thomas, MacSwan, Jeffrey. A validity study of the Stanford English Proficiency Test (SELP) as used ofr classifying English Language Learners. Annual meeting of the University of Caliofrnia Linguistic Minority Research Institute (LMRI) (May 2007).
- Cantone, K., MacSwan, Jeffrey. Adjectives in codeswitching. 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism (May 2007).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Grammatical contraints on language mixing below sentential boundaries: What kind of theory should a theory of codeswitching be?. Linguistics Department (Nov 2006).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Impact of second language acquisition on issus in language eduction policy. Linguistics Department (Nov 2006).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Language proficiency and assessment: How our views of language affect children. Applied Linguistics Colloquium (Nov 2006).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Why some kids do better than others: The role of language in theories of academic achievement differences among English Learners. Applied Linguistics Colloquium (Oct 2006).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey, Deklerk, Gertruida, Thompson, Marilyn, McAlister, Kara. Beyond program effectiveness research: Explaining academic achievement differences among English Language Learners. Annual meeting (Apr 2006).
- Mahoney, K., Haladyna, Thomas, MacSwan, Jeffrey. A validity study of the SELP (Stanford English Language Proficiency) test as a tool for reclassifying English Language Learners. Annual meeting (Apr 2006).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. What is language? Theoretical foundations of construct validity in language testing. Annual meeting (Apr 2006).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Learning English at school: Do English-only and bilingual education programs meet their respective goals for rate of acquisitionof English?. Annual meeting (Mar 2006).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Construct validity in language assessments for English Language Learners. Annual meeting (Dec 2005).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Learning English bilingually: Age of onset of exposure and rate of acquisition of English among children in a bilingual education program. English Language Development (ELD) Conference (Dec 2005).
- Mahoney, K., Haladyna, Thomas, MacSwan, Jeffrey. A validity study of the SELP (Stanford English Language Proficiency) test. Annual meeting (Dec 2005).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey, Colina, S. Phonological effects in intersentential codewsitching. Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia 2005 (Jun 2005).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Do some school-age children have no language? How language assessments mislead us about the native language ability of English learners. Addressing Health, Educational, and Socioeconomic Disparities of Children in Immigrant Families (May 2005).
- Rolstad, Kellie, MacSwan, Jeffrey. Bilingual education in the US news: An analysis of news and opinion regarding bilingual education. Annual Meeting (Apr 2005).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey. Codeswitching and grammatical theory. Multidisciplinary Transatlantic Luso Spanish Conference (Apr 2005).
- Yazzie, A., Rolstad, Kellie, MacSwan, Jeffrey. (Mis)identifying limited English speakers of Navajo heritage: Some problems with the Language Assessment Scales (LAS)-English. Annual Meeting (Apr 2002).
- Rolstad, Kellie, MacSwan, Jeffrey. Language death in Central Mexico: The decline of Spanish Nahuatl bilingualism maintenance programs. Conference on Ethnographic Inquiry and Qualitative Research (Jun 1997).
- MacSwan, Jeffrey, Rolstad, Kellie. News as propoganda: All the news that's fit to print about bilingual education. Annual meeting
- Colina, S., MacSwan, Jeffrey. Language mixing at the interface: How does phonology affect the syntax of codeswitching?. 5th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB5)