
Teresa Reber Bell
Associate Professor, German & Russian
3102 JFSB
801-422-4961
Research Areas:
Applied linguistics, Computer assisted learning, Cultural studies, L2 education, L2 testing, Psycholinguistics
Teresa Reber Bell joined the faculty of the Department of German and Russian at BYU in August 2013. She teaches German 377/378 (German Teaching Methods), FLANG 276 (Exploring Foreign Language Teaching), and German. She supervises the student instructors and the student teachers and is the advisor for the German Teaching Major. She also oversees the annual German Fair. Since May 2009, she teaches the online methods course for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. In 2008, she was President of the Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers’ Association. In April 2009, she was awarded the Longmire Prize for dedication to teaching and the scholarship of teaching. In 2012, she was elected the 2012 Foreign Language Teacher of the Year for the state of Oklahoma. In 2013, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers’ Association. In 2018, she received the Excellence in Post-Secondary Teaching Award from SWCOLT. She regularly presents at ACTFL, CSCTFL, and SWCOLT. Her research focuses on successful FL teaching and learning and foreign language teacher development. Since April 2016 she has been serving as the ACTFL Program Review Coordinator for the Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation (CAEP). My focus on citizenship is primarily in the area of advocating for quality language teaching and language learning opportunities for everyone. I serve at the national level as the ACTFL program review coordinator for CAEP and as the major and minor advisor for German Teaching.Teaching Experience
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