Shawn Loewen knows what it’s like to learn a second language through “blood, sweat and tears.” He started taking private Spanish lessons when he was 13 and studied Spanish and French all through high school. Passionate about language learning, he majored in language and linguistics in college and decided to become a teacher and research scholar.
Today, Loewen is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and German, Slavic, Asian and African Languages in the College of Arts and Letters. He’s intent on making language learning easier by examining the effectiveness of teaching methods, instruction and popular apps and platforms.
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