Contact Information

N282 Lindquist Center
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Email: david-byrd@uiowa.edu
Telephone:  319/335-5593
Fax:  319/335-5608
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00-12:00
Thursday 12:00-1:00

• Brigham Young University, BA German teaching
• University of Arizona, MA, German Literature with an emphasis in pedagogy
• University of Iowa, PhD, Foreign Language and ESL Education

• Teaching and Learning
• Foreign Languages and ESL Education
• Program RELEVANCE

• American Association of Teachers of German
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Teacher educator special interest group of ACTFL
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
• Professional Development Board of the LangSource Project

• Abrams, Zs., Byrd, D., Moehring, A. & Boovy, B. (2006). Culture Portfolios Revisited: Feedback from Students and Instructors, Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 39, (1-2): 80-90.
• Byrd, D. R. (2003). Practical Tips for Implementing Peer Editing Tasks in the Foreign Language Classroom. Foreign Language Annals, 36 (3): 434-441.
• Byrd, D.R. (2003). Pre-Writing Tasks for the Second Language Classroom. Peals: The Journal of the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers, 40 (2): 5-7.
• Byrd, D.R. (1994). Peer Editing: Common Concerns and Applications in the Foreign Language Classroom.” in Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German.27, (1): 119-123.

• Teacher education
• Culture
• Second language writing

• 7S/E 110: Teaching K-12 Second Language Learners
• 7S: 116 Learning to Teach Languages I
• 7S: 117 Learning to Teach Languages II
• 7S/E: 118 ESL Practicum I
• 7S/E: 119 ESL Practicum II