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'''Grüezi!'''
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== Grüezi! ==


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I am a US American living in the beautiful Central Swiss city of Lucerne.  I am currently employed at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, where I teach young and upstart BusAdmin students the complexities of the English language.  My wife is Swiss, our daughter a dual national.
I am a US American living in the beautiful Central Swiss village of [http://www.escholzmatt.ch Escholzmatt] in the Canton of Lucerne.  I am currently employed at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, where I teach young and upstart BusAdmin students the complexities of Business English.  My wife is Swiss, our daughter a dual national.


My professional interest is directly linked to a personal one, the love of learning languages.  My first encounter with learning a foreign language was with Russian, in Siberia, in 1992.  I managed fairly well after six months and have since then forgotten almost everything.
My professional interest is directly linked to a personal one, the love of learning languages.  My first encounter with learning a foreign language was with Russian, in Siberia, in 1992.  I managed fairly well after six months and have since then forgotten almost everything.
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== CZ Interests ==
== CZ Interests ==


My qualifications and interests lie in applied linguistics with an MA in Education.  I have primarily devoted my efforts to language learning and acquisition, discourse analysis and corpus lingusitics.  On my to-do list is an article related to the linguistics > grammar entry, where I will attempt an update on "lexis" including the latest research findings from corpora, studies on the genome, and cognitive psychology.
My qualifications and interests lie in applied linguistics with an MA in Education.  I have primarily devoted my efforts to language learning and acquisition, discourse analysis and corpus lingusitics.   


At the moment I am gathering notes and hope to write them up by Christmas 2006.  Like all of you, I look forward to participating in the CZ project.
'''To do'''
 
* Expand the [[lexis]] article with entries on '''register''' and '''colligation'''
 
* Re-work the article on [[web usability]]
 
 
 
 
[[Category:CZ Authors|MacKevett, Douglas]]
[[Category:Linguistics Authors|MacKevett, Douglas]]

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Grüezi!

I am a US American living in the beautiful Central Swiss village of Escholzmatt in the Canton of Lucerne. I am currently employed at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, where I teach young and upstart BusAdmin students the complexities of Business English. My wife is Swiss, our daughter a dual national.

My professional interest is directly linked to a personal one, the love of learning languages. My first encounter with learning a foreign language was with Russian, in Siberia, in 1992. I managed fairly well after six months and have since then forgotten almost everything.

My next experience was with Spanish, in Chiapas, Mexico, where my wife ran a hotel and I taught English to sociology students at university. I began studying English more intensely there, while improving my Spanish.

In 1995, we moved to Switzerland, where I have lived since.


CZ Interests

My qualifications and interests lie in applied linguistics with an MA in Education. I have primarily devoted my efforts to language learning and acquisition, discourse analysis and corpus lingusitics.

To do

  • Expand the lexis article with entries on register and colligation