Alessandro Rosborough
Assistant Professor
McKay School of Education: 120 MCKB – 206S
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-1266
ACADEMIC:
Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction (TESOL Emphasis), College of Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2006 - 2010
Dissertation: Gesture as an act of meaning-making: An eco-social perspective of a sheltered-English second grade classroom
Chair: Dr. Steve McCafferty
M.A.Linguistics, School of Humanities, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 2001
Concentration: Applied Linguistics
File Paper: She’s like: The use of like as a marker of reported speech
Advisors: Dr. Maryann Christison, Dr. Marianna Di Paolo
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate, University of Utah, 2001
English as a Second Language Secondary Ed. Credential, University of Utah, 2001
B.A. in Education, School of Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 1996 Concentrations: Anthropology/Archaeology and History Teaching
Social Studies Secondary Education Credential, Brigham Young University, Utah, 1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University (BYU) 2011- current
TELL 410 – Second Language Acquisition - Foundations
TELL 435 – Language Arts and Literacy Instruction – dual-language immersion
TELL 445 – Integrated Content and Language Instruction – dual-language immersion
TELL 478 – Dual Language Immersion Practicum - Co-Instructor/supervisor
TED 663R – Graduate Seminar (Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning)
Assistant Professor(ABD), Idaho State University (ISU) 2009- 2011
EDUC 4460 - ESL Theory
EDUC 4463 - ESL Methods
EDUC 4464 - ESL Practicum
EDUC 3302 - Classroom Management & Motivation
EDUC 2204 - Families, Community, & Culture
ESL/ENL Minor Advisor
Grow Your Own Grant Scholarship Advisor
Instructor & Student-Teacher Supervisor, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)2007-2009
Methods for English Language Learners (EDRL, 474; Summer, 2009; 2008)
Language Acquisition, Development & Learning (EDRL, 471; Spring, 2008)
Theories in Second Language Acquisition and Learning (ICG 462; Fall/Spring, ‘07-‘08)
ESL 105 – Communications V– Intermediate to Advanced (Summer, ’07)
Supervise student-teacher practicuum I-III (Spring/Summer, ‘07)
University of Utah ESL Instructor (Salt Lake City, UT) 2000-2001
Instructor: ESL 1060 Advanced Writing for Non-native English speakers
Teacher’s Assistant (TA) & Practicuum program: teacher training and evaluation program
High School Teacher - Milpitas High(Milpitas, CA) 2001-2004
Grantsville High (Tooele School District, UT) 1998-2000
Vista High (Kern School District, Bakersfield, CA) 1996-1998
Subjects taught: English language development; beginning and intermediate ESL;
English; World History; Geography; Government/Economics
LANGUAGES:
Fluent English; Semi-Fluent Italian (speaking, reading, writing)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Research Working Group (SCT & SLL)
International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS)
International Society for Cultural and Activity Research (ISCAR);
TESOL Association
GRANTS/HONORS/AWARDS:
National Professional Development (NPD) Grant, consultant, $2,491,842 (in review, 2016), Quality: Increasing the quality of the education experience of English learners (ELs) through improving the number and quality of their teachers.
Visiting Professor(s) Coordinator, BYU (2015): funded, $5,000
McKay School of Education Research Grant, BYU (2014): Submitted for $40,000 (2 years)
Orca grant, BYU (rejected)
McKay School of Education Research Grant, BYU (2013): Submitted for $20,000 (rejected)
National Professional Development (NPD) Grant, consultant, RENEWAL: Simultaneous renewal for the education of English learners through professional development for university faculty and public school teachers. (funded, $1,995,000)
Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) Grant, $1,597,704 (rejected)
Chair – XIXth annual: Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Gathering (2012)
McKay School of Education Research Grant, BYU (2011-2013), funded approx. $6,700
Grow Your Own Grant, Principal Investigator, ISU (2009-2011),funded approx. $180,000
Presidential Scholarship Nomination Winner in Curriculum & Instruction Department, UNLV (2009)
UNLV College of Education Student Ambassador (2008-09)
Graduate Assistantship Scholarship, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2006 – 2009
Teaching Assistantship Scholarship, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 2000-2001
PUBLICATIONS:
Articles in Refereed Journals (blind peer-reviewed)
Hall-Kenyon, K. & Rosborough, A. (Accepted – 04/2016). Exploring Pedagogical Relationships in the Context of Free Play. Early Years: an International Research Journal.
Rosborough, A. (2016). Understanding the relations between gesture and chronotope: Embodiment and meaning-making in a second language classroom. Mind, Culture, and Activity: An International Journal23(2), 124-140.doi:10.1080/10749039.2015.1121400
Rosborough, A., Miner, A., Wilcox, B., & Morrison, T. (2015). Institutional productivity ratings based on publications in nine literacy journals: 1972-2012. Journal of Reading Psychology 36(7), 579-594.doi:10.1080/02702711.2014.952465
Rosborough, A. (2014). Gesture, meaning-making, and embodiment: Second language learning in an elementary classroom. Journal of Pedagogy 5(2), 227-250.
McCafferty, S., & Rosborough, A. (2013). Gesture as a private form of communication during lessons in an ESL designated classroom: A sociocultural perspective. TESOL Journal 5(2), 225-246.
Book Chapter (blind peer-reviewed):
Rosborough, A. (2012). Teacher and students’ use of gesture as a meaning-making affordance for second language learners. In Yoon, B. & H. Kim (Eds.), Teachers' roles insecond language learning: Classroom applications of sociocultural theory(pp.63-80).Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Manuscripts Submitted for Review
Rosborough, A., McCafferty, S. (in review). Multimodal contingency in the teaching and learning of second language literacy. The Modern Language Journal.
Miner, A., Whadam, R., Morrison, T., Wilcox, B., Rosborough, A. (in review). Productivity and publication patterns in social studies journals.
In Preparation
Rosborough, A., & Smith, L. (In progress). Gesture and the language of science.
Rosborough, A., & Kenyon-Hall, K. (In progress). Socio-emotional cognition relations: A look at Perezhivanie in a head-start classroom.
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Juried-Presentations
Rosborough, A. (2016). Exploring Gesture’s Role in Teaching and Learning Science and English as a Second Language. International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS), Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France, July 18-22.
Rosborough, A., & Smith, L. (2016). The Role of Gesture in Supporting English Learners’ Language Development During Science Time. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Orlando, FL, April 9-12.
Rosborough, A. (2015). Pre-K Social and Emotional Relationships: Is it Perezhivanie? Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning (SCT & SLL Working Group Gathering), University of Rutgers, Camden, NJ, Oct. 1-3.
Rosborough, A. (2015). Contingent Language Teaching: The Confluence of Speech, Gesture, and Other Multimodal Pedagogical Means in an Elementary Classroom. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Toronto, CA, Mar. 21-24.
Rosborough, A., & Hall-Kenyon, K. (2014). Exploring Head-Start/Pre-K Socio-Emotional/Cognitive Relations During Non-Structured Free-play. Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning (SCT & SLL Working Group Gathering), University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, Nov. 6-8.
Rosborough, A., & McCafferty, S. (2014). Contingent language teaching: The confluence of speech, gesture, and other multimodal pedagogical means in an elementary classroom for students of English as a second language. From Sound to Gesture (S2G) international conference, University of Padova, Italy, May 21-23.
Rosborough, A. (2014). Gesture and Chronotope: A Meaning-making experience in a second language classroom. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, OR, Mar. 22-25.
Rosborough, A. (2013). Embodied teaching: Understanding Multimodal Affordances and Contingencies during Reading Time for Second Language Learners. Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning (SCT & SLL Working Group), The Pennsylvania State University, College Station, PA, Sept. 26-28.
Rosborough, A. (2013). Foreigner Talk, Teacherese, and Gesture: An Embodied Elementary Classroom Meaning-making Experience. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Dallas, TX, Mar. 16-19.
McCafferty, S., Rosborough, A., & Zhang, S. (2012). Teacher self-disclosure in the adult second language classroom. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Boston, MA, Mar. 24-27, 2012.
Rosborough, A. & McCafferty, S. (2011). Gesture and embodiment: Meaning-making by two teachers during rug-reading time. Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning (SCT & SLL Working Group), University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Oct. 13-15.
Rosborough, A., & McCafferty, S. (2011). Teacher self-disclosure and gesture in adult English as a second language classrooms as an ecosocial semiotic affordance. In Symposia - The contribution of sociocultural historical theory to the field of second/foreign language learning-teaching.International Society for Cultural and Activity Research (ISCAR) Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, Sept. 5-10.
McCafferty, S., & Rosborough, A. (2010). Gesture as an Exclusive Channel of Communication in a Second-Grade ESL Classroom.Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Conference (SCT & SLL),Columbia University, New York, Oct. 21-23.
Putney, L., & Rosborough, A. (2010). Fostering knowledge development through discursive practices: A cross-case study of discourse in group interactional spaces. American Educational Research Association (AERA),Denver, CO, Apr. 30- May 4.
McKinney, M., & Rosborough, A. (2009). Reclaiming the wisdom of retired teachers: Exploring the dialogic potential of oral history narratives to inform our present and future practices. National Reading Conference (NRC), Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dec. 2-5.
Rosborough, A. (2009). Gesture as a mediational tool for learning and teaching ESL. Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Conference, University of Miami, Miami, Oct. 15 – 17.
Rosborough, A., & McCafferty, S. (2008). Teacher self-disclosure & mimetic gestures in second language teaching and learning. Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Conference (SCT & SLL), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Oct. 16-18, 2008.
McCafferty, S.,& Rosborough, A. (2008). Foreigner Talk: More than just talk, an embodied discourse. International Society for Cultural and Activity Research (ISCAR), University of California, San Diego, Sept. 9-13.
McCafferty, S., & Rosborough, A, (2008). Foreigner Talk, Mediation, and Learning. American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (AAAL),Washington DC, Mar. 29-Apr.1.
McCafferty, S., & Rosborough, A. (2007). Foreigner Talk Mimesis. Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Conference (SCT & SLL), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Oct. 25- 27.
SERVICE:
National/International
2012-currentBook Review Editor (and editorial board member), Language and Sociocultural Theory
2016Manusript Reviewer (ad hoc), Journal of Teacher Education (JTE)
2016Manuscript Reviewer (ad hoc), Gesture
2015-currentManuscript Reviewer (ad hoc), TESOL Quarterly (TQ)
2012-currentManuscript Reviewer (ad hoc), TESOL Journal (TJ)
- May, 2016
2013 (Fall)Reviewer, American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) proposals (pedagogy strand)
2013 (Spring)Reviewer, Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) proposals
2011-2012Chair/Conference Host, Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Working Group; Provo Vygotskian Collective (PVC) – visiting scholars
Department/College/University
Supervising Student Research, Masters Theses:
Committee Member:
- Stocking, Tawnicia (In-progress, BYU)
- Olsen, Jesika (In-progress, BYU)
- Merrill, L. (2015). English Learners’ Participation in Mathematical Discourse. Department of Mathematical Education. Brigham Young University.
- Jay, Jason (2014). Supporting Ongoing Language and Literacy Development of Adolescent English Language Learners. School of Education, BYU
- Dye, Marie Dye (2011). Malek: A graduate case study. School of Education, Idaho State University.
Department Positions and Academic Responsibilities
College
2015-currentMember, McKay School of Education, Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Committee
Department
2011-current Coordinator, Dual-Language Immersion Minor, BYU
- Advise students; Coordinate communication (multiple departments); Dual Language Immersion Website; Student-Teaching
Member, Administrative Council Committee, Teacher Education, BYU
Member, Graduate Faculty Committee, Teacher Education, BYU
Member, Teaching English Language Learners (TELL) program, BYU
Member, Curriculum Committee, Teacher Education, BYU
Invited speaker, Teacher Education, BYU:
- Education: Pinnegar, 2012, 2014; Wimmer, 2014, 2015; Hall-Kenyon, 2016
Search/Other Committees
2016Member, Search Committee: Teaching English Language Learners position (2015- 2016); Search finalized – Hired: Juan Friere
2015Chair, Search Committee: Teaching English Language Learners position (2014- 2015); Search finalized – Hired: Alaska Black-Hults
2015Member, Search Committee: Instructional Design and Assessment (no hire)
2011-12 Member, Search Committee (2) – Multicultural/TELL position (no hire)
2009-11Lead, Working Group: Educational Linguistics, Idaho State U.
2010-11Designer, Family Literacy Center (temporary Sat. school), Idaho State U.
2009-11Coordinator/Advisor: English Language Learners (ELL/ESL) Idaho State U.
2009-11Member, Course Design Committee: EDUC 3302 & 2204 Idaho St. U.
2010-11Advisor, Grow Your Own Grant: Recruitment & Retention
2010-11MemberSearch Committee (1) – Early Childhood position (ISU)
Search Committee (2) – Science Education position (ISU)
Search Committee (3) – Math Education position (ISU)
Community Service
2012Rock Canyon Elementary, Provo, UT,volunteer
2011American Falls, ID - Saturday School for Spanish L1s learning English
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