1. My name is Chris RogersI am really excited to be the facilitator for this course!!Second Language Acquisition is full of possibility and opportunity, and I hope that you will feel my excitement for the subject and in my interactions with you. 2. I was born and raised in Southern California 3. Currently, I am living in Utah 4. I really enjoy teaching, and have taught undergraduate and graduate courses in linguistics for about 6 years. 5. When I am not in the classroom I am usually somewhere in Central or South America documenting native languages! 6. I really like what I do!!!! If you are interested you can find out more about this side of me at www.languageconservation.org 7. I speak, use or write between 10 and 14 languages (and have studied many more). 8. I have spent a long time learning to do what I dobut I love my education and consider myself a life-long learner.B.A. Spanish M.A. LinguisticsPhD Linguistics 9. Please free to contact me anytime with Questions Concerns or AdviceChristopher.Rogers@faculty.ashford.edu (801) 882-1702 10. Dont forget to check out the faculty expectations for this course. That is where you will find information about my grading policies my teaching philosophy what you can expect from me as a teacher Welcome to the course! I hope we have a good experience learning together!