Dominik Wolff
- Associate Professor of Languages
- Ph.D., Michigan State University
- M.A., Syracuse University
- B.A., Gerhard Mercator University
- DWolff@wcupa.edu
- Mitchell Hall 307
- 610-436-1071
Research Interests
- Teacher Identity
- Corrective Feedback
- Instructed SLA
- Teacher Preparation
- ESL Teaching Methods
- Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
- Classes regularly taught
Classes regularly taught
- LIN 501
- LAN 583
- LAN 575
- LAN 327
- LAN 382
Select Publications
- Wolff, D., with Mahbodi, M., & Papi, M. (forthcoming). Examining the Role of Teacher-Student Relationships in Learners’ Feedback-Seeking Behaviors: A Mixed-Methods Study. Language Teaching Research.
- Wolff, D., with Kane, W. (2024). Back to normal? ESL Instructors’ Post-Pandemic Perceptions of Virtual Learning. TESOL and Technology Studies, 5(1), 26–41. LINK
- Wolff, D., with Papi, M. Nakatsukasa, K., & Bellwoar, E. (2021). Motivational factors Underlying learner preferences for corrective feedback: Language mindsets and achievement goals. Language Teaching Research, 25(6), 858-877. LINK
- Wolff, D. with De Costa, P. (2017). Expanding the language teacher identity landscape: An investigation of the emotions and strategies of a NNEST. The Modern Language Journal. LINK
- Wolff, D. with Loewen, S. (2016). Task-based interaction in F2F and CMC contexts. In M. Sato & S. Ballinger (Eds.), Peer interaction and second language learning: Pedagogical potential and research agenda. John Benjamins: Amsterdam.
Recent Conference Presentations
- Wolff, D., with Kane W. (2025). Emotion labor in K-12 foreign language education: Is technology making it better or worse? Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Denver, CO, USA.
- Wolff, D., with Mahbodi, M., & Papi, M. (2024). An Examination of How Feedback-Seeking Behaviors Predict Learner Preferences for Different Types of Corrective Feedback. Fifth annual Psychology in Language Learning (PLL) conference. Madrid, Spain. Accepted.
- Wolff, D., with Kane, W. (2024). Back to normal? - K-12 ESL teachers’ post-COVID verdicts and equity concerns. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Houston, TX, USA.
- Wolff, D., with Mahbodi, M., & Papi, M. (2024). Examining the Relationship between Feedback-Seeking and Learner Preferences for Different Types of Corrective Feedback. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Houston, TX, USA.
- Wolff, D., with Kane, W. (2023). Views from the classroom: ESL teachers’ experiences switching to and away from remote instruction. Eighth TESOL/Applied Linguistics/Foreign Languages (TALFL) Conference, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA.
- Wolff, D., with Kane, W. (2023). K-12 ESL Instructors' Attitudes toward Virtual Learning. Video Workshop, New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NJTESOL)/New Jersey Bilingual Educators (NJBE) Spring Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
- Wolff, D. (2022). “I don’t want to tell them they’re wrong” -- The problem with implicit corrective feedback in the ESL classroom. 8th International Conference (virtual) of the Linguistic Association of Pakistan. University of the Punjab, Lahore.
- Wolff, D. with Papi. (2021) M. Learner-teacher relationships and their effect on learners’ Feedback-Seeking Behavior. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (virtual) conference.