Foreign Language Coordinator & Assistant Professor of Spanish
Office Location: HE 462
Phone Number: (262) 472-1591
Email Address: hoffp@uww.edu

Degrees:                                                                                                                                                                                             B.A. 1981 (Spanish & French), UW-Madison                                                                                                                                       M.A. 1983 (Romance Linguistics), University of Michigan                                                                                                                   Ph.D. 1990 (Romance Linguistics), University of Michigan

Areas of Teaching:                                                                                                                                                                           Spanish Language, Spanish Phonetics, Civilization of Spain, Spanish for Business

Courses Taught:                                                                                                                                                                               Beginning Spanish (141, 142), Advanced Spanish Language Study (321, 322), Spanish Phonetics (310), Spanish Civilization (350), Spanish for Business (370)

Select Presentations/Publications:                                                                                                                                               "Teaching Foreign Language for Business" (one hour presentation). Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) Fall Conference, November 6-8, 2003                                                                                                                                  "Understanding the '-ismos' and '-eos' of Spanish Dialect Variation" (one hour presentation). Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) Fall Conference, November 3-5, 2005                                                                                                "Tradition & Innovation in Language Development: Some Examples from the Romance Languages" (one hour presentation). Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) Fall Conference, November 2-4, 2006