Name: Genny Petschulat

Title of Program: Language Acquisition and Creative Writing

E-mail Address: gpetschu@utk.edu

Hometown: Franklin, TN

Year: Senior

Anticipated Graduation Date: spring 2010

Description of Program: studying methodologies and techniques in second language acquisition with a focus on creative writing as a language teaching tool. I am supplementing these studies with courses in advanced French, Portuguese and Spanish in order to experience foreign language acquisition firsthand, and with creative writing and literature courses in the English department that allow me to explore the artistic side of language.

Departmental Emphases: Linguistics, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ilona Leki Professor of English specializing in language acquisition

Plans after graduation (career, graduate/professional school, etc.): teaching ESL in France or Brazil, then probably graduate school and a career in ESL education back in the U.S., hopefully with enough time on the side to write poetry that people like enough to publish.

Other Academic Interests: Literature, Photography, Philosophy

Study Abroad: Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France spring 2008; FAAP of São Paulo, Brazil summer 2009

Part-time employment; Hobbies; Campus Clubs/Activities: tutoring students of French at the Black Cultural Center, Amnesty International, French and Portuguese language tables, piano, photography, Chancellor's Honors Program, tutoring English through Bridge Refugee program