Professor
Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1975
Research and Interests: language acquisition, second language acquisition, neurobiology of language, evolution of language
John H. Schumann, Ed.D.
Professor
Department of Applied Linguistics & TESL
University of California, Los Angeles
Rolfe Hall 3323
(310) 825-0869
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Professor Schumann's interests lie in language acquisition,
the neurobiology of language, and the language evolution.He was a Peace Corps volunteer teaching
English in Iran, and after finishing his service he became the director Peace
Corps TESL program in that country.He
later taught ESL at the junior high school level in Waltham Mass.
He received his doctorate in human development from a Harvard University
Graduate School of Education in 1975.He
has been a professor at UCLA since that time.Professor Schumann served as chair of the Department of Applied
Linguistics and TESL for 16 years.
In the department, Professor Schumann is a member of the
Neurobiology of Language Research Group (end LRG).In 2004, the members of this group (John
Schumann, Sheila Crowell Nancy Jones Namhee Lee, Sara Ann Schuchert, Alexandra Wood),
published The Neurobiology of Learning: Perspectives from Second Language
Acquisition with Lawrence Erlbaum. A second book, authored by Namhee Lee,
Lisa Mikesell, Anna Joaquin, Andrea Mates, John Schumann and called The Interactional Instinct: The Evolution and Acquisition of Language
will be published by Oxford University Press in the spring of 2009. At UCLA,
Dr. Schumann is also a member of the Center for Behavior Evolution and Culture
and the Center for Culture, Brain and Development.He serves on the editorial board of the
journal, Language Learning, and he is
the general editor of The Language Learning -- Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics Cognitive Neuroscience Series.
Professor