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Darren LaScotte is a Teaching Specialist in the Minnesota English Language Program at the University of Minnesota. Over the last decade, his scholarship has focused on second language acquisition and use, and on the resulting implications for teaching and learning.

Colleen Meyers holds an MA in TESOL from the University of Minnesota, where she consulted with international teaching assistants and faculty members.  She has presented workshops at TESOL, PSLLT, and AAAL, and she was awarded a Fulbright to do teacher training in Turkey.  In addition to co-authoring several pronunciation textbooks, Colleen wrote the segment on “Mirroring” for the “Pronunciation for Teachers” website (pronunciationforteachers.com).

Elaine Tarone is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita and retired Director of the Center of Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota.