Dr. Emma Betz Assistant Professor of German & German Language Program Coordinator (100-level) EH 107 (785) 532-1922 emmabetz@ksu.edu Prof. Betz is a native speaker of German, who was born in Romania and grew up in Northern Bavaria. She completed her Ph.D. in German Linguistics with an additional Certificate of Advanced Study in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Betz joins the Department of Modern Languages to teach German language and German Studies courses as well as Linguistics/Applied Linguistics. She also coordinates the basic language program. Prof. Betz’s research interests include conversation analysis, specifically grammar and interaction, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics (in particular dialectology). Her dissertation “Grammar and Interaction: Pivots in German Conversation” investigates the syntax (specifically word order rules) of spoken German. She is currently also researching the function of various modal and response particles in German, including ach, achja, and achso. Prof. Betz is also interested in second language acquisition theory and pedagogy (e.g., languages for specific purposes).  In her spare time, Prof. Betz enjoys gardening, running, and playing Frisbee golf. Education    Dissertation    Publications    Conferences    Courses    Honors

Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D., Germanic Languages and Literatures, 2007 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.A., Germanic Languages and Literatures, 2003 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, B.A. equivalent, German Studies, 2000, English Studies, 1999 Top Dissertation “Grammar and Interaction: Pivots in German Conversation” Thesis Director: Dr. Andrea Golato Top Recent and Forthcoming Publications Betz, E. & Golato, A. (in press). Remembering relevant information and withholding relevant next actions: The German token ach ja. Research on Language and Social Interaction. Golato, A. & Betz. E. (to appear). German ach and achso in repair uptake:  Resources to sustain or remove epistemic asymmetry. Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft. Betz, E. (2006). Book Review: The Interactional Architecture of the Language Classroom: A Conversation Analysis Perspective. Die Unterrichtspraxis/ Teaching German 39, 1-2. Top Recent and Upcoming Conference Presentations Betz, E. (upcoming). “ Syntactic resources for managing speakership and recipiency in everyday interaction: Pivots in German conversation.” Part of the session ‘Top Four Papers in the Language and Social Interaction Division.’ Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, Nov. 15-18, 2007. Golato, A. & Betz, E. (upcoming). “Repair uptake in German interactions: Sustaining and removing epistemic asymmetry.” Part of a panel on ‘New studies of conversational repair.’ Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, Nov. 15-18, 2007. Betz, E. & Golato, A. (2007). “German ach and achso in repair uptake: A resource to sustain or remove epistemic asymmetry.”  Part of a colloquium on ‘Conversation analytic research on repair across languages, modalities, and speech exchange systems.’ American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, April 21-24, 2007. Betz, E. (2006). “Syntactic pivots as a strategy for overlap management in two varieties of German.” International Conference on Conversation Analysis, Helsinki, Finland, May 10-14, 2006. Top Courses Taught First, second, and third-year German language courses, including study abroad German for reading knowledge Conversation and composition courses Top Teaching Honors  2005 Campus Teaching Award: Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)  2005 LAS Teaching Award: Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIUC   2003 Ruth E. Lorbe Excellence in Teaching Award: Teaching Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Instruction; Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, UIUC Top