Juan José Garrido Pozú

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Furman University

About

I am an Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Furman University (Greenville, SC). I hold a Ph.D. in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ), an M.A. in Spanish from Auburn University (Auburn, AL), and a B.Ed. in English Language Teaching (TESOL) from Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (Lima, Peru). I also obtained a graduate certificate in Cognitive Science from the Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science. My experience teaching both English and Spanish as a second/foreign language inspired my interest in how L2 learners and bilinguals perceive, process, and acquire second language phonology. My most recent projects examined cross-language interactions in L2 speech segmentation, syllabification, and spoken word recognition.

Interests

Second language acquisition
Bilingualism
Phonology and Phonetics
Spoken word recognition
Psycholinguistics

Education

Ph.D. in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition, 2018 - 2022

Rutgers University
M.A. in Spanish, 2016 - 2018

Auburn University
B.Ed. in English Language Teaching (TESOL), 2011 - 2014

Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

Experience

Assistant Professor of Spanish

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Furman University

Aug 2022 – Present Greenville, SC

Spanish Program Assistant Coordinator (100-level courses)

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University

Sep 2021 – May 2022 New Brunswick, NJ

Assessment Development Assistant

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University

May 2019 – Jun 2019 New Brunswick, NJ

Language Lab Assistant

The Language Center, Rutgers University

Jan 2019 – May 2022 New Brunswick, NJ

Teaching Assistant

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University

Sep 2018 – May 2022 New Brunswick, NJ

English Language Teacher

TutorABC

Dec 2016 – Oct 2019 Taiwan

Teaching Assistant

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Auburn University

Aug 2016 – May 2018 Auburn, AL

English Language Teacher

Instituto Euroidiomas

Jul 2012 – May 2013 Lima, Peru

English Language Teacher

Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano

Sep 2010 – Jul 2016 Lima, Peru

Publications

Casillas, J.V., Garrido-Pozú, J.J., Parrish, K., Fernández Arroyo, L., Rodríguez, N., and et al. (2023). Using intonation to disambiguate meaning: The role of empathy and proficiency in L2 perceptual development. Applied Psycholinguistics, 1-28.

DOI Available materials at OSF

Garrido-Pozú, Juan J. (2023). L2 speech segmentation for word recognition: The role of lexical stress and syllable structure. In: Radek Skarnitzl & Jan Volín (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 540-544). Guarant International..

PDF

Garrido-Pozú, Juan J. (2022). Predictive processing of grammatical gender: Using gender cues to facilitate processing in Spanish. Lingua, 278, 103416.

DOI

Lozano-Argüelles, C., Fernández Arroyo, L., Rodríguez, N., Durand López, E.M., Garrido Pozú, J.J., Markovits Rojas, J., Varela, J., Rocafiguera, N., and Casillas, J. (2021). Conceptually-cued perceptual categorization in adult L2 learners. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 43(1), 204-219.

DOI Available materials at OSF

Current Projects

Garrido Pozú, J. J. (Registered Report accepted). Cross-linguistic effects in spoken word recognition of Spanish and English cognates.

Garrido Pozú, J. J. & Casillas, J. V. (in preparation). Assessing language proficiency via vocabulary size.

Garrido Pozú, J. J. & Casillas, J. V. (in preparation). Syllable boundary placement in L2 syllabic segmentation: Effects of consonant sonority, L2 proficiency, and L1 phonological structure.

Garrido Pozú, J.J. (in preparation). The interplay of syllable structure and consonant sonority in L2 speech segmentation.

Garrido Pozú, J.J. (in preparation). Stress-based and syllable-based speech segmentation in L2 learners.

Garrido Pozú, J.J. & Parrish, K. (in preparation). The effect of lexical frequency on word duration: a corpus data analysis.

Teaching

Courses taught

Furman University – Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (Greenville, SC):

 Undergraduate courses:
  - The Sounds of Spanish - Fall 2023
  - Advanced Spanish Oral and Written Production – Fall 2022
  - Elementary Spanish II - Spring 2023
  - Elementary Spanish I – Fall 2022, Fall 2023

Rutgers University – Department of Spanish and Portuguese (New Brunswick, NJ):

 Graduate courses:  
  - Spanish for Reading Knowledge (online) – Summer 2021
  - Secrets of the Spanish Language (TA) – Summer 2020   

 Undergraduate courses:  
  - Bilingualism in the Spanish Speaking World – Fall 2021 
  - Spanish Conversation and Composition – Spring 2020 
  - Intermediate Spanish I – Fall 2019

Tutor ABC – Interactive Learning English Online Education (China):

  - Elementary English (online)   
  - Intermediate English (online)   
  - Advanced English (online)

Auburn University – Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Auburn, AL):

  Undergraduate courses:    
  - Elementary Spanish – Fall 2016, Spring 2017   
  - Intermediate Spanish – Fall 2017, Spring 2018

Instituto Euroidiomas (Lima, Peru):

  - Intermediate English I    
  - English for Tourism – Intermediate II (In-house corporate)    
  - English for Tourism - Advanced I (In-house corporate)

Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (Lima, Peru):

  - Basic English (courses 1 through 12)    
  - Intermediate English (courses 1 through 12)   
  - Advanced English Pronunciation I    
  - Advanced English Pronunciation II   
  - Advanced English Pronunciation III  
  - Advanced English Grammar I   
  - Advanced English Grammar II  
  - Advanced English Grammar III  
  - Advanced English Writing I  
  - Advanced English Writing II  
  - Advanced English Writing III  
  - Advanced English Listening and Speaking I  
  - Advanced English Listening and Speaking II  
  - Advanced English Listening and Speaking III

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Contact

juan.garrido@furman.edu
Furman University
3300 Poinsett Highway,
Furman Hall 235H,
Greenville, SC 29613
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