Visiting Senior Lecturer
Fields of Interest
Biography
Makda Weatherspoon is a Visiting Senior Lecturer of Arabic from Cornell University.
Professor Weatherspoon has over ten years of experience in the field of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) with expertise in curriculum design. She is the recipient of the 2020-2021 "Sophie Washburn French Instructorship Award" in recognition of excellence in language instruction. In addition, she is the co-author of the Arabiyyat al-Naas textbook series (elementary and intermediate levels). Other academic interests include Second Language Acquisition, Corpus Linguistics, utilizing films as a tool for teaching language and culture, and integrating new technologies into language teaching.