Innovation in Language Learning
Donna Chambers
Institution: Penn State Berks
Address: 107 Country Meadows Dr.
Postal Code: 17602
Country: United States
Dr. Donna Chambers is a Teaching Professor of Spanish at Penn State Berks where she is also the Coordinator of Academic Community Engagement. Although she holds a Ph.D. from Georgetown University specializing in 17th century Spanish women’s literature, many her courses focus on prioritizing task-based language learning with a community service component. To that end, Dr. Chambers coordinates multiple events that benefit the Latino community such as bilingual storytelling and after school tutoring programs for the Migrant Education program.
Locally, Dr. Chambers works with the literacy council teaching English to newly arrived residents to Pennsylvania. Internationally, Dr. Chambers works with colleagues and students both in-person and virtually. In 2024, she co-created the first, in-person, two-week study abroad experience in Toledo, Spain for Penn State students. Dr. Chamber’s most recent endeavors are virtual immersion projects endorsed by Penn State’s Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) Program.
Areas of expertise: Language learning, higher education, school education, service-learning, international community engagement, e-learning, languages for specific purposes.
Locally, Dr. Chambers works with the literacy council teaching English to newly arrived residents to Pennsylvania. Internationally, Dr. Chambers works with colleagues and students both in-person and virtually. In 2024, she co-created the first, in-person, two-week study abroad experience in Toledo, Spain for Penn State students. Dr. Chamber’s most recent endeavors are virtual immersion projects endorsed by Penn State’s Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) Program.
Areas of expertise: Language learning, higher education, school education, service-learning, international community engagement, e-learning, languages for specific purposes.
