Nina Spada

Biography

Dr. Nina Spada is Professor Emeritus in the Language and Literacies Education program at the University of Toronto,

Dr. Spada is a leading international expert on the role of instruction in second language acquisition (SLA). Her large-scale research on the contributions of form-focused instruction in classroom SLA  has had a significant impact on the conceptualization and design of research investigating the teaching and learning of second/foreign languages in classroom settings.

Dr. Spada has published numerous journal articles as well as books and edited volumes.  

Dr. Spada is regularly invited as a keynote speaker at conferences throughout the world. She has also made significant contributions to international projects related to the teaching and learning of second and foreign languages .

Dr. Spada is co-editor of the Language Learning and Language Teaching book series with John Benjamins and the Key Concepts for the Language Classroom series published by Oxford University Press. She is Past President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics.