Teaching

Eight courses taught as instructor of record at the University of Arizona, from introductory linguistics to psycholinguistics and syntax.

Teaching approach

I believe students learn best by doing. In my courses, a short introduction to each concept is followed by hands-on work, such as workshops, games, data problems and the analysis of real language examples, so that students practice the ideas in class rather than only hearing about them. I teach students from many majors, and I try to make linguistics concrete by connecting it to the languages they speak and are learning. Above all, I want my classroom to be a place where we learn together, and where questions and mistakes are a normal part of learning.

Instructor of record University of Arizona

Fall 2026
How to Learn a Foreign Language (LING/GER/RSSS 114)
Spring 2025
Language Development (LING/PSY/SLHS 341)
Fall 2024
Word Structure and Meaning (LING/ENGL 322)
Summer 2024
Psycholinguistics (LING/PSY/PHIL 432)
Spring 2024
Psycholinguistics (LING/PSY/PHIL 432)
Summer 2023
Introduction to Linguistics (LING/PSY 201)
Spring 2023
Introduction to Syntax (LING 300)
Summer 2022
Language in the World (LING 150A)

Teaching assistant

Fall 2023
Psycholinguistics (LING/PSY/PHIL 432)
Instructor: Diane Ohala, University of Arizona
Fall 2022
Language in the World (LING 150A)
Instructor: Amy Fountain, University of Arizona
Fall 2022
Introduction to Syntax (LING 300)
Instructor: Simin Karimi, University of Arizona
Fall 2018
Transformational Grammar
Instructor: Yadgar Karimi, University of Kurdistan
Spring 2018
Transformational Grammar
Instructor: Yadgar Karimi, University of Kurdistan
Spring 2017
Principles of Grammar
Instructor: Yadgar Karimi, University of Kurdistan

Other teaching

2016–2020
English as a Second Language
Private teacher