Professor
English
Alla Zareva
5046 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
NORFOLK, 23529
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Georgia, (2004)
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Watson, S. R., Judge, S. and Zareva, A. "Creating Teams of Educators to Build the Literacy Skills of English Learners with and without Disabilities" $3,072,263. Federal. September 2021 - August 2026
- Watson, S. R., Judge, S. and Zareva, A. "Preparing Teams of Educators to Assess and Instruct English Learners With and Without Disabilities " $2,143,221. Federal. September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2021
- Zareva, A. "Student Use of Corpora for Language Research Purposes" $2,300. Old Dominion University. 2011 - 2012
- Zareva, A. "Comparison of oral and written graduate student discourse" $6,000. Old Dominion University. June 2010 - August 2010
- Zareva, A. "Vocabulary size of Bulgarian college students. Private. February 2006 - December 2006
Expertise
Research Interests
Second language mental lexicon, lexical research, corpus-based research, genre analysis, prepared oral discourse, student academic presentations
Articles
- Zareva, A. (2020). L2 students’ prepositional and phrasal verb use in academic presentations. Vocabulary Education and Research Bulletin (VERB) 9 (1) , pp. 2 - 6.
- Zareva, A. (2019). Lexical complexity of academic presentations: Similarities despite situational differences. Journal of Second Language Studies 2 (1) , pp. 72–93.
- Zareva, A. (2018). Evaluation in moderation: Evaluative adjectives in student academic presentations. Journal of Academic Language and Learning 12 (2) , pp. 149–162. (Available at: http://journal.aall.org.au/index.php/jall/article/view/574/435435443.
- Zareva, A. (2017). Incorporating corpus literacy skills in TESOL teacher training. ELT Journal 71 (1) , pp. 69-79.
- Zareva, A. (2016). Multi-word verbs in students academic presentations. Journal of English for Academic Purposes 23 , pp. 83-98.
- Zareva, A. and Shehata, A. (2015). At the intersection of L1 congruence and L2 exposure: Collocational knowledge of advanced Arab users of English. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies 15 , pp. 77-102.
- Zareva, A. (2015). Challenging themselves while challenging prescriptivism: Student collaboration on data-driven research projects. The International Journal of Technologies in Learning 21 (2) , pp. 1 - 10.
- Zareva, A. (2015). “I think I wanna talk about the reasons why I chose my topic”: Discourse functions of self-mention in Asian graduate student academic presentations. . The Journal of Asia TEFL 12 (1) , pp. 141–168.
- Zareva, A. (2013). Self-mention and the projection of multiple identity roles in TESOL graduate student presentations: The influence of the written academic genres. English for Specific Purposes 32 , pp. 72-83.
- Zareva, A. and Fomina, A. (2013). Strategy use of Russian pre-service TEFL university students: Using a strategy inventory for evaluation of Program effectiveness. International Journal of English Studies 13 (1) , pp. 69-88.
- Zareva, A. (2012). Expression of stance and persuasion in student academic presentations. Applied Psycholinguistics 2 , pp. 316 – 323.
- Zareva, A. (2012). Lexical composition of effective L1 and L2 student academic presentations. Journal of Applied Linguistics 6 (1) , pp. 91-110.
- Zareva, A. (2012). Partial word knowledge: Frontier words in the L2 mental lexicon. Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL) 50 , pp. 277-301.
- Zareva, A. and Wolter, B. (2012). The “promise” of three methods of word association analysis to L2 lexical research. Second Language Research 28 (1) , pp. 41-67.
- Zareva, A. (2011). Effects of lexical class and word frequency on the L1 and L2 English-based mental lexicon. Journal of Language Teaching and Learning 1 (2) , pp. 1-17.
- Zareva, A. (2011). L2 graduate student PowerPoint presentation designs: A reality check. International Journal of Innovation and Learning 9 (2) , pp. 127–144.
- Zareva, A. (2011). ‘And so that was it’: Linking adverbials in student academic presentations. RELC Journal 42 (1) , pp. 5–15.
- Zareva, A. (2010). Multicompetence and L2 users’ associative links: Being unlike nativelike. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 20 (1) , pp. 2–22.
- Zareva, A. (2009). Student academic presentations: The processing side of interactiveness. Text Construction 2 (2) , pp. 265–288.
- Zareva, A. (2009). Informational packaging, level of formality, and the use of circumstance adverbials in L1 and L2 student academic presentations. Journal of English for Academic Purposes 8 (1) , pp. 55–68.
- Zareva, A., Lazarova, M. and Nikolova, Y. (2008). Количествени характеристики на лексикалното познание на образования носител на български език. Български език и литература 6, 22–33. [Quantitative features of the lexical knowledge of educated native speakers of Bulgarian. Bulgarian Language and Literature 6 , pp. 22-33.
- Zareva, A. (2007). Structure of the L2 mental lexicon: How does it compare to native speakers’ lexical organization?. Second Language Research 23 (2) , pp. 123–153.
- Zareva, A., Schwanenflugel, P. and Nikolova, Y. (2005). Relationship between lexical competence and language proficiency: Variable sensitivity. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 27 (4) , pp. 567–595.
- Zareva, A. (2005). Models of L2 learners’ vocabulary knowledge assessment. System 33 (4) , pp. 547–562.
- Zareva, A. (2005). Serving justice in People’s Court: Power in legal discourse. Bourgas Free University Collected Papers 13 , pp. 99–109.
- Zareva, A. (2005). What is new in the new TOEFL-iBT 2006 test format?. Foreign Language Teaching 2 (2) , pp. 45–57.
- Zareva, A. (2003). Transfer effects on the process of L2 reading comprehension. Literacy Across Cultures 6 , pp. 25–34.
- Zareva, A. (2002). Lexical access in L1 and L2. Foreign Language Teaching Journal 3 , pp. 13–24.
- Zareva, A. (2001). A Minimalist analysis of the adverb effect. University of Georgia Working Papers in Linguistics (1) , pp. 55–60.
- Zareva, A. (2001). Pragmatic and lexical ambiguity resolution: Common ground, common problems. (Critical Review). Foreign Language Teaching Journal 3-4 , pp. 19–31.
- Zareva, A. (1999). Прагматика и междукултурни аспекти на междуезиковата комуникация. [Pragmatics and aspects of cross-cultural communication]. Bourgas Free University Collected Papers 2 , pp. 303–308.
- Zareva, A. (1998). Ролята на дейктическите форми за изграждане на контекст в рекламната комуникация. [The role of deixis in the contextual interpretation of advertisements]. Free University Collected Papers 1 , pp. 277–284.
- Zareva, A. (1997). Genre analysis of recruitment advertising. TEMPUS JEP 07307-94 Professional Development for Language Teachers and Teacher Trainers: Collected papers , pp. 127–132.
- Zareva, A. and Nikolova, Y. (1997). The Socio-cultural and intercultural dimensions in teaching English for Economics and Business (EEB) to pre-experienced students of Business Studies. TEMPUS JEP 07307-94 Professional Development for Language Teachers and Teacher Trainers: Collected papers , pp. 95–100.
- Zareva, A. and Nikolova, Y. (1996). Rationale for an integrated course in English for Economics and Business. TEMPUS JEP 07307-94 4 , pp. 19-22.
- Zareva, A. and Nikolova, Y. (1996). What is economics about? . TEMPUS JEP 07307-94 4 , pp. 22–23.
Books
- Zareva, A. (2020). Speech Accommodation in Student Presentations. Palgrave MacMillan.
- Zareva, A. and Nikolova, Y. (1998). Help Yourself! . Selekta.
Book Chapters
- Watson, S. R. (2024). Meeting the needs of diverse ESL classrooms: A team approach to professional development of educators. Addressing issues of learner diversity in English language education (pp. 227–243.) IGI Global (Available at: https://www.igi-global.com/book/addressing-issues-learner-diversity-eng…).
- Zareva, A. and Zamora. H. (2022). Politicizing the discourse on mask wearing in U.S. digital news reports during COVID-19: A corpus-based study. Analysing health discourse in digital environments: Current paradigms and practices (pp. 72–91.) Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Zareva, A., Watson, S. R. and Donahue, T. (2022). Professional development for teams of educators working with English learners with and without disabilities. Advocacy for social and linguistic justice in TESOL: Nurturing inclusivity, equity, and social responsibility in English language teaching (pp. 135–149.) Routledge.
- Zareva, A. (2021). Oral academic genres and features of student academic presentations Research questions in language education and applied linguistics: A reference guide (pp. 487– 492) . Cham: Springer.
- Zareva, A. (2020). Setting the lexical EAP bar for ESL learners: Lexical complexity of L2 academic presentations Understanding vocabulary learning and teaching: Implications for language program development (pp. pp 146 – 163) . Boston, MA: Cengage.
- Zareva, A. (2019). "First, we'll go over some definitions I came across and then I'll talk about the theories they're based on": Multi-word verbs in ESL students' lexical use. The description, measurement, and pedagogy of words. (pp. 173–194) . Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Zareva, A. (2019). Providing feedback on the lexical use of ESP students’ academic presentations: Teacher training considerations. In S. Papadima-Sophocleous, E. Constantinou, C. Giannikas (Eds.), ESP teaching and teacher education: Current theories and practices (pp. 63 - 78) . Voillans: Research-publishing.net (Available at: https://research-publishing.net/book?10.14705/rpnet.2019.33.97824900574…).
- Zareva, A. (2014). Frontier words: L1 and L2 partial knowledge of vocabulary Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics.
- Zareva, A. (2012). Expression of stance and persuasion in student academic presentations Applied Psycholinguistics (pp. 316 – 323) Milano, Italy: Franco Angeli.
Presentations
- Zareva, A. (July , 2018). Lexical awareness and genre appropriateness of student academic presentations: Oral Presentation 14th conference of the Association for Language Awareness Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Zareva, A. (March , 2018). Assessment of lexical complexity of academic presentations: Feedback considerations: Oral Presentation 39th ODU Annual Spring Conference on the Teaching of Writing Norfolk, VA.
- Zareva, A., Mourao, M. and Krzyzaniak, D. (April , 2017). Panel: "The gift of our passion: Building scholarly careers by intertwining art and scholarship"; Presentation: "Creative forms of self-expression as vehicles for enriched wellbeing and flourishing" Oral Presentation Works in Progress 2017 Norfolk, VA.
- Zareva, A. (March , 2017). "Vocabulary profiles of high quality college student writing": Paper 38th ODU Annual Spring Conference on the Teaching of Writing Norfolk, VA.
- Zareva, A. (June , 2016). "Lexical composition of L2 students' oral academic presentations": Paper International Conference on Spoken Communication Naples, Italy.
- Zareva, A. (July , 2015). "Benefits of working on data-based research projects: The graduate students' perspective": Paper 22nd International Conference on Learning Madrid, Spain.
- Zareva, A. (January , 2015). "Graduate student collaborative research: The students’ perspective": Paper International Conferences in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Honolulu, HI.
- Zareva, A. (March , 2014). "Multiple identity roles in English native speaking and Asian ESL graduate students’ academic presentations": Paper American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Portland (OR).
- Zareva, A. (July , 2013). "Challenging themselves while challenging prescriptivism: Student collaboration on data-driven research projects": Paper 20th International Conference on Learning Rhodes, Greece.
- Zareva, A. (June , 2012). "Self-mention in English native-speaking and international students’ academic presentations": Paper CADAAD (Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines) Braga, Portugal.
- Zareva, A. (May , 2012). "Collaborative student projects based on data-driven corpus research": Paper Faculty Summer Institute Norfolk, VA.
- Zareva, A. (March , 2012). "Authorial and professional identity in graduate students’ presentations": Paper American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Boston, MA.
- Zareva, A. (July , 2011). "Professional identity and stance in graduate students' academic presentations": International Society for Language Studies Oranjestad, Aruba.
- Zareva, A. (March , 2011). "Lexical profiles of student academic presentations": American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Chicago, IL.
- Zareva, A. (June , 2010). "Lexical expression of stance and persuasion in academic presentations": International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics 9th Congress Bari, Italy.
- Zareva, A. (March , 2010). "Student PowerPoint presentations: A reality check": American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Atlanta, GA.
- Zareva, A. (March , 2009). "Interactiveness, level of formality, and the use of adverbials in L1 and L2 student academic presentations": American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Denver, CO.
- Zareva, A. (October , 2008). "Lexical class and native language effects on the L2 mental lexicon structure": Paper Second Language Research Forum University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii.
- Zareva, A. (July , 2008). "Interaction between L1 and L2 in structuring the mental lexicon of L2 learners of English": Paper International conference on philology, literatures and linguistics Athens, Greece.
- Zareva, A. (March , 2008). The use of adverbials in student academic presentations American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Washington, DC.
- Zareva, A. (June , 2006). "Multicompetence and the structure of the mental lexicon of L2 learners of English": Paper American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Zareva, A. (October , 2004). "Effects of lexical class and word frequency on the qualitative and quantitative features of L2 learners’ associative domains": Paper Second Language Research Forum State College, PA.
- Zareva, A. (May , 2004). "Exploring the notion of “nativelikeness” of word associations of non-native speakers: Is non-nativelike “childlike”?": Paper American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Portland, OR.
- Zareva, A. (March , 2003). "Quality and quantity of L2 vocabulary knowledge": Paper 37th Annual TESOL Convention Baltimore, MD.
- Zareva, A. (January , 1997). "Cultural and intercultural dimension in teaching English for Economics and Business": Paper Business English seminar Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Zareva, A. (September , 1995). "Teaching basic economic concepts and principles through cultural studies": Paper IATEFL Second National Annual Conference of Moravian Silesian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language Zlin, Czech Republic.
- 2018: Shining Star, Old Dominion University Division of Student Affairs
- 2015: Shining Star, Old Dominion University Division of Student Affairs
- 2010: Shining Star , Old Dominion University Division of Student Affairs
- 2006: Morley Scholarship Award, University of Michigan
- 2004: Graduate Student Research Award, University of Georgia
- 2003: Graduate Student Research Award, University of Georgia
- 1999: Graduate Studies Scholarship Award, Open Society (Soros) Foundation
- 1994: The University of Cambridge (U.K.) Summer School Scholarship Award, The British Council Scholarship