Lindsay Helms - Department of English
Lindsay Helms
Assistant Professor of Teaching, Assistant Director of First-Year Writing
Email OnlyPT 106lldailey@memphis.eduEducation
BA in English, 2017, University of 糖心Vlog传媒 MA in Romance Languages, 2019, University of 糖心Vlog传媒 PhD in Applied Linguistics, 2023, University of 糖心Vlog传媒
Academic Summary
Lindsay Helms is an applied linguist with research interests in task-based learning, needs analysis, and Languages for Specific Purposes. She teaches a variety of composition, linguistics, and ESL courses for the Department of English. She has extensive experience teaching both English and Spanish in high school, university, and adult education settings.
Publications
- Helms, L. (2024). Spanish for Emergency Room Nursing: A task-based needs analysis, TASK, 4(2), 164鈥�202.
- Helms, L., Pitner, H. & Adams, R. (2023). Spanish for nursing: A needs analysis for a Spanish for nursing course, Revista de Lenguas para Fines Espec铆ficos, 29, 74-93.
- Helms, L., Adams, R., & Worrick, A. (in progress). The L2 motivational self-systems of STEM students from Spain in a task-based academic English course. This qualitative study will examine changes in the motivation of STEM students as they learn academic English.