Carnegie Mellon University

Rémi  van Compernolle

Rémi Adam van Compernolle

Associate Department Head
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and French & Francophone Studies

Address
Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
Posner Hall 341
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Education

Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University
M.A., French Studies, University of North Texas
B.A., French Studies, University of North Texas

Bio

Rémi van Compernolle joined the Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics at Carnegie Mellon as a faculty member in Second Language Acquisition and French & Francophone Studies in 2012 after completing his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University.

His work focuses on the intersections between cognition, affect and identity in second/foreign/additional language development. Drawing on Vygotskian cultural-historical psychology, his work examines how opportunities for development are co-constructed between people (e.g., teachers and students) and how cultural artifacts (e.g., linguistic forms, semantic and pragmatic concepts) are internalized and, in turn, mediate cognition, affect and identity performance. Most of his work in carried out under formal educational conditions, including classroom discourse and interaction, concept-based instruction and dynamic assessment.

Dr. von Compernolle teaches and advises graduate students in second language acquisition theory, qualitative research methods, interaction analysis and Vygotskian theory. He also teaches undergraduate French courses (all levels) as well as courses for our Applied Multilingual Studies program (e.g., 82-283 Language Diversity and Cultural Identity) and serves as the associate department head.

  • Second language development
  • Cultural-historical psychology
  • Language and cognition
  • Pragmatics
  • Discourse and interaction
  • Second language acquisition: Theories and research
  • Qualitative research methods in second language research
  • Interaction and L2 development
  • Francophone Sociolinguistics
  • Language diversity and cultural identity
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Department Member Since 2012